OPERATION
IDENTITY
Serving Albuquerque, N.M., and all with New Mexico Records since 1979
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The
OPERATION IDENTITY
LOGO is made up of various
southwestern symbols. It represents the
aspirations of people with longing thoughts ready to meet
and overcome the challenge presented by the inevitable
difficulties regarding their creation and roots. The logo
also depicts the unknown factors to be encountered in our
desires for happiness, as well as the feeling of belonging
generated by helping each other in our whirlwind search.
It was designed by Judy Jones in April 1980.
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Operation Identity is a peer-led support group for all members of
the adoption triad, which includes adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive
parents, or anyone with an interest in adoption.
Monthly meetings occur on the 4th Thursday, except November (3rd Thursday) and December (Holiday Get-Together, Time/Place TBD) at the Young at Heart Choir Center, 1202 Pennsylvania Ave. N.E. in Albuquerque, beginning at 7:00 p.m. ...
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Operation Identity is a non-profit organization whose
mission is to provide confidential support to those who have been affected by adoption.
Operation Identity is supportive of those in their search for family members. Although we do not conduct
searches, we offer helpful suggestions and input throughout the search and reunion processes.
Operation Identity has reference materials and a variety of pamphlets and books in our Lending Library. In
addition, we publish a newsletter.
Prior to its dissolution in 2024, Operation Identity was a member of the American Adoption Congress (AAC),
a national organization whose mission was to promote honesty, openness, and respect for family connections
in adoption, foster care, and assisted reproduction through education and advocacy.
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O.I. meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of each month
(except November and December) beginning at 7:00 p.m.
During our confidential meetings,
we share personal updates and news about current events and legislation in adoption.
SALLY FILE
(April 14, 1944 - February 23, 2011)
O.I.’s Founder and Past President
LEONIE BOEHMER
(November 1, 1933 - June 8, 2018)
Past President of O.I. (1982-1994) and
Independent Search Consultant
BETTY JEAN LIFTON
(June 11, 1926 - November 19, 2010)
Author of Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter (1975),
Lost and Found: The Adoption Experience (1979), I’m Still Me (1981),
and Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness (1994), among many other works.
FLORENCE FISHER
(May 28, 1928 - October 1, 2023)
Founder, Adoptees Liberty Movement
Association (1971), and Author of
The Search for Anna Fisher (1973) |
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Special Events are denoted in RED
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January 22, 2026
Regular Meeting
February 26, 2026
Regular Meeting
March 26, 2026
Regular Meeting
April 23, 2026
Regular Meeting
May 9, 2026
Birth Mother’s Day
May 24, 2026
O.I.’s Anniversary
May 28, 2026
Regular Meeting
June 25, 2026
Regular Meeting
July 23, 2026
Regular Meeting
August 27, 2026
Regular Meeting
September 24, 2026
Regular Meeting
October 22, 2026
Regular Meeting
October 30, 2026
Adoptee Remembrance Day
November 19, 2026
Regular Meeting
November 22, 2026
National Adoption Day
December 2026
Holiday Potluck
in lieu of Regular Meeting
(Date, Time and Locale to be
announced at November Regular Meeting.)
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Selected Adoption-Related
Books That Appeared in 2025
You Can’t Get Rid of Me: An Adopted Son’s
Search for Family
by Jesse Scott & Keri Ault
A search for his birth family takes the author on a wild and rocky pursuit of his past as he uncovers the truth;
a journey that redefines his identity and reshapes his understanding of what family truly means. (Memoir/Anamcara Press)
Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of
American Foster Care
by Claudia Rowe
Award-winning journalist offers readers a deep understanding of the foster care-to-prison pipeline via interviews
with psychologists, advocates, judges, and the former foster children themselves. (Non-Fiction/Abrams Press)
Shadow Family by Wayne Caldwell
After searching diligently for his birth mother, a young man brings her and his adoptive mother together in the end. Told in these three voices, it is a story of
perseverance and, ultimately, hope. (Fiction/Madville Publishing)
Nearly Exactly Almost Like Me
by Jennifer Bradbury
When he gets questioning looks at the playground, a big brother explains all the ways in which his little
brother is just like him, even though they do not look alike. (Juvenile Fiction/Atheneum)
Who Is a Worthy Mother?: An Intimate
History of Adoption
by Rebecca Wellington
While reckoning with the pain and unanswered questions of her own experience as an adoptee and mother, the author
draws on historical research to explore broader issues surrounding adoption in America. (Non-Fiction/University of Oklahoma Press)
Inclusion in this list does not necessarily constitute a recommendation
by Operation Identity. |
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On March 4, 2011, the Albuquerque Journal remembered our Founder,
Sally File.
Read the October 4, 2010
Albuquerque Journal article about our Founder, Sally File’s reunion!
All original material published on this website is the Property of Operation Identity,
which retains all applicable rights under international law.
Website designed and maintained by Willaim L. Gage
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