Campaign Mission
This awareness campaign is born from the issuance of the Dobbs decision, and its subsequent overturn of Roe v Wade. Family to Family Support Network has always had a unique perspective in their work of training healthcare professionals to better serve families and varying patient populations.
Now more than ever, there is a critical need for transparency in pregnancy options education, community collaboration, and the implementation of upstream policies both within the public and private sectors. All aspects are needed to address commonplace systemic shortcomings and solve preventable problems at the root.
Coming Together for Families addresses these needs by purging problematic and divisive rhetoric. This awareness campaign aims to mend the seam between communities and encourage individuals and organizations alike to roll up their sleeves and fill the gaps for the common good.
Weekly Special Guest Interviews
In the Coming Together for Families Campaign, Founder Rebecca Vahle interviews an array of thought leaders – from CEOs to healthcare leaders, from Executive Directors to policy makers, from healthcare consumers to healthcare providers – on what needs to happen now to better support parents, guardians, babies, and children in a post-Roe world.
What to expect:
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Insights from differing perspectives
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Sharing of concerns
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Discussion of solutions

Episode 1: Coming Together for Families Upstream for the Sake of Families Downstream
Rita Soronen
President and CEO
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Episode 2: Supporting Families Through Community Health Services
Talitha Phillips
Chief Executive Officer
Claris Health

Episode 3: Support and Infrastructure Needed in the Post-Roe Era
Dixie Weber, MS, BSN, RN
System Service Line Director for Women's and Children's Services
PeaceHealth System

Episode 4: Concern for the marginalized communities post Roe: A Crucial Conversation
Rose Horton, MSM, RNC-OB, NEA-BC
Founder, #NotOnMyWatch

Episode 5: Involving the Church in Support of Families
Jedd Medefind
President
Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO)

Episode 6: Baby Brokers and Their Impact
Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard
Director of Advocacy and Policy
AdoptMatch

Episode 7: Introducing the Adoption Project: Improving Adoption Policy in Tennessee
Jeremy Harrell
Founder, President & CEO
The Adoption Project
Jennifer Donnals
COO, The Adoption Project

Episode 8: Keeping Adoption a Safe Option: Legally and Logistically
Celeste Liversidge
Attorney and Founder
TruAdopt and AdoptMatch

Episode 9: Support of Families and Communities through Church Involvement
Rick Schmitz
Pastor
Westwoods Community Church

Episode 11: Lessons from Those Who Have Gone Before
Leslie Pate Mackinnon, LCSW
Birth Mother and Therapist
Advocate for Adoption Reform

Episode 12: National Post-Placement Support for Birth Moms
Ashley Mitchell
Birth Mom and Founder
Lifetime Healing Foundation

Episode 13: Cortisol in Pregnancy and the Impact in Our Schools
Heather Forbes, LCSW
Founder
Beyond Consequences Institute

Episode 14: Cortisol in Pregnancy and the Impact on Parents
Bryan Post
Former Foster Child, Founder of the Post Institute, Author of From Fear to Love

Episode 15: Preparation for Openness in Adoption
Lori Holden
Adoption Educator at LavenderLuz.com and Adoption: The Long View Podcast