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Atlanta attorney receives Congressional award for adoption advocacy
Atlanta legal professional receives congressional award for adoption advocacy
Many households are made entire by means of adoption. One Atlanta legal professional has seen many loving dad and mom by means of that course of for greater than twenty years now… and he or she was lately acknowledged on a nationwide stage for it. She’s this week’s On a regular basis Hero.
ATLANTA – Many households are made entire by means of adoption. One Atlanta legal professional has seen many loving dad and mom by means of that course of for greater than twenty years. She was lately acknowledged on a nationwide stage for it.
“I’ve all the time wished to assist youngsters,” says Atlanta adoption legal professional Ina Cook dinner.
Ina’s calling for baby advocacy dates again to her years finding out at Emory College and even sooner than that in her childhood.
“I used to be raised by my father. He’s a single father. My mother handed once I was 12 and I simply noticed how group works collectively to boost youngsters. I wished to assist these whose group wasn’t as sturdy of their lives serving to them,” says Ina.
For twenty-four years, she has been making households full by means of authorized adoption, and can be advocating reform insurance policies for undocumented youngsters within the system.
Her platform to assist deserted, abused or uncared for youngsters within the foster care system propelled her to Washington D.C. final month to be acknowledged as one of many Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption. Georgia’s U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson was there.
“He’s the one who truly nominated me for the award and he gave me the award,” says Ina. “I can see it as a platform for me to have the ability to discuss among the points which are actually near my coronary heart. So I used to be actually excited in regards to the alternative to try this on a nationwide stage.”
Much more motivation to proceed the work of being an angel and an on a regular basis hero in her personal group.
“I nonetheless tear up. I believe I simply did one yesterday and I began to tear up,” says Ina in regards to the adoption course of. “To know and see that this baby has some safety lastly. It’s a reasonably superb factor to do.”
Ina additionally has her personal private story of adoption. She adopted her youngest daughter at 5 years outdated again in 2005.
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