Paula C. Davis, Adoption (2021)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2021-05-19
Duration: 00:32:09
Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Adoption
Contributors:
- Davis, Paula C. Speaker
Description
This episode of the series “Newsmakers” features a speech by Paula Davis before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on May 19, 2021. Davis is an adjunct professor at the LSU School of Social Work and a clinical director at Catholic Charities. She discusses: adoption statistics; adoption myths; the differences between agency adoptions and attorney adoptions; access to adoption records; and the impact of DNA registries on adoption search. She also answers questions from the audience.