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The Archibald Project – A podcast on creative and educated child welfare

January 14, 2021 No Comments

Last month, I participated in a podcast with the Archibald Project, an organization that uses storytelling to address the orphan and child vulnerability crisis in creative and educated ways. I loved talking with them because they asked the hard questions, those questions that reveal the complexity and depth of tough issues, the ones that make […]

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My Social Media Experiment – One month and counting

September 20, 2020 No Comments

Addictions run in my family, so when I told my sister I have a social media addiction issue, she just laughed. My son and daughter-in-law said (and I thought initially that they were joking), “We knew that. We’ve known that for a long time.”  How long?  And why didn’t anyone tell me? Why am I […]

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TEDxMileHigh is a wrap! Now, let’s talk…

June 27, 2019 No Comments
Susan Devan Harness - TEDxMileHigh 6/22/2019

Ok, I just gotta say this:  being a speaker at TEDxMileHigh is a (terrifying) rush!  And for me, a relative introvert, it overwhelmed my senses.  After preparing for this moment for almost 2 months, complete with several intense and interesting trainings, Rick and I walked down the hall and toward the dressing room.  One of […]

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Bitterroot is a Finalist for the Colorado Book Award

March 19, 2019 No Comments

Just before I left for London last week, I was notified that Bitterroot:  A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption had been chosen as one of four finalists in the Creative Nonfiction category of the Colorado Book Awards.  I am thrilled and I am so very honored to be among this list of great writers with […]

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My interview with Ryan Warner, of Colorado Public Radio’s “Colorado Matters” has been posted.

December 20, 2018 No Comments

A live interview is far more difficult to carry off than a taped and edited interview. Questions are asked that may not be what was expected, so there are pauses and “ums” as words are searched for in a room filled with tons of information. Even so, listening to this podcast still makes my throat […]

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Being Indian – A Memory

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TEDxMileHigh – Adopting A Child of A Different Race? Let’s Talk.

I had the honor of being a speaker at the June 22, 2019 TEDxMileHigh in Denver Colorado.  My talk Adopting a Child of a Different Race? Let's Talk brings the topic of open adoption out of the shadows and reveals how important it is in today's globalized culture of child movement.  

 

 

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