Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Concerned United Birthparents

CIGNA Insurance Company lists CUB in CIGNA's "Self Help Clearinghouse," which is accessible by insurees.

A website on "Open Adoption" "strongly" recommends CUB to "Parents Considering Placement of a Child," saying CUB's work is "valuable" and suggesting particular publications produced by CUB.

The government agency, National Child Welfare Association, includes CUB in its "Child Welfare Information Gateway." See:

The Sacramento Bee carried an April 14, 2013 article, "Pain of giving up children for adoption endures through decades."

CUB has collected and digitized over 4,000 pages of materials it has produced since 1976 to support, to educate, and to advocate for birthparents. The materials are available to members and, for free, to professionals who are qualified by CUB Founder, Lee Campbell, at CUB.Curator@gmail.com.

CUB Founder, Lee Campbell, wrote the back story of CUB's conception in STOW AWAY (2013), available at all e-book outlets and soon in print. The sequel, CAST OFF, about CUB's early years will be available in 2014.

"Agencies Database" updates its list annually and continues to carry CUB in its lists:

CUB supported an indy film, "Resilience." See:

The 10th Australian Adoption Conference included a paper presented by Evelyn Robinson, author of "Adoption: Then and Now." The paper cited the work of Concerned United Birthparents. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADOPTION. Vol. 6, No 1 (2012).

An Associated Press Article written by Leanne Italie, was disseminated both in print and on the web. The article introduced a "New TV Series" called "The Baby Wait." The series "shows open adoption from both sides." See, for examples: and Huff Post's "Parents."

CUB.Curator (talk) 10:56, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) is relevant and noteworthy[edit source | editbeta] CUB has been cited in many books as a national organization that supports all members of the adoption triad and as an organization to be contacted by those in the triad who are looking for support in their search for identity and reunion with birth family. Here are some links to verifiable, objective sources. The resources section of the website for author/filmmaker Ann Fessler. She cites CUB as a national organization http://agirllikeher.com/resources-and-links/ This link is to author Nancy Verrier's website. She is a well known author in the adoption community with 2 books, "The Primal Wound" and "Coming Home to Self" She lists CUB as one of the sites she likes http://nancyverrier.com/?s=CUB The Australian Journal of Adoption http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aja/issue/view/220/showToc Huffinton Post video where a birthmother mentions CUB several times http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/managing-adoption-regret/50c0eecb02a76029fc00008f Associated Press article posted in Salon.com mentions CUB. This article was also run in Huffington Post http://www.salon.com/2012/10/25/new_tv_series_shows_open_adoption_from_both_sides/ From the University of Oregon's Adoption History Project http://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/people/CUB.htm From the Harvard University Library, from their section on "The History of Women in America" http://wax.lib.harvard.edu/collections/seed.do?seed=1446&primColl=261&lang=eng --24.144.124.143 (talk) 21:20, 24 August 2013 (UTC)Christy11946