{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spence-Chapin","provider_url":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es","author_name":"Jayna Rose","author_url":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/author\/jayna\/","title":"Farewell to Russia: A Conversation on Adoption, Memory, & Healing - Spence-Chapin","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wLfl0QqIlY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/events\/farewell-to-russia-november-2026\/\">Farewell to Russia: A Conversation on Adoption, Memory, &#038; Healing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/events\/farewell-to-russia-november-2026\/embed\/#?secret=wLfl0QqIlY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Farewell to Russia: A Conversation on Adoption, Memory, &#038; Healing&#8221; &#8212; Spence-Chapin\" data-secret=\"wLfl0QqIlY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Save-the-date-Farewell-to-Russia.webp","thumbnail_width":1080,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"Address: 120 East 16th Street, Floor 11, New York, New York, 10003  In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, we\u2019re hosting a powerful conversation with the author and translators of Farewell to Russia: Memories of When I Was Kola.  This memoir follows the author, Nikolai Prestia, as he navigates growing up in 1990s Russia. He examines his early relationships with birth family, the child welfare system, and eventually, finding permanency through adoption. The book centers themes of loss, memory, resilience, and healing, and gives us a unique perspective to deepen our understanding of the diversity of experiences in the adoption constellation."}