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MonClair Patch; “Meet Singer, Songwriter, Mother—Zara Phillips”

By JOANNE BLOOMSTEIN Published: February 14, 2011 This week our “She’s All That” person is Zara Phillips, who is a singer, songwriter, performer, advocate for adopted people, and mother of three.

Zara on Adoption

From Author, Singer-Songwriter Zara H. Phillips this short show reel combines some of the recent on-camera work from this vibrant and outspoken Adoptee. Highlights from the BBC, O2 Centre, Documentaries, TV news shows, and her song written and performed with Darryl “DMC” MacDaniles called “I’m Legit”

HipHopRuckus: “DMC and Singer Zara Phillips Tackle Big Cause”

Written by DESTRO2014 Published JUNE 28, 2010 With so many people complaining about a lack of substance in today’s music, Zara Phillips is the complete contrast of that. An adopted singer from Britain, Zara Phillips used her adoption experience to educate others, and utilizes her knowledge to try and better the lives of the millions who are affected by adoption every day.

Eliza and Eric Roberts say…

“Many adopting parents have no tools to understand the children they are adopting. This book is a voice from the inside. Its value and impact are more universal than we can imagine.” Continue reading

The New York Times: “Singing, and Rapping, for Their Rights as Adoptees”

Darryl McDaniels, the rapper also known as DMC of Run-DMC, and Zara H. Phillips, a singer-songwriter, both residents of New Jersey, wrote and recorded “I’m Legit,” a song intended to promote a bill that would give adult adoptees access to their birth records.

By CYNTHIA WOLFE BOYNTON Published: April 10, 2009 TWO musicians have written and recorded a song they hope will revive a bill that would open private adoption records. It has languished in the State Legislature for six years.

The Telegraph: “Adoption: ‘How can you give away your baby?’ “

Written by Eleni Kyriacou Published 02 Mar 2008 The emotional fallout from learning you are adopted can last a lifetime. And many women feel it most when they themselves give birth. Eleni Kyriacou meets four adoptees for whom motherhood brought about a huge change in their attitudes When Zara was pregnant with her first child, Zachary, she was unprepared for the emotional upheaval that would follow. ‘I’d wake up howling,’ she recounts. ‘I kept dreaming that the baby would be taken away from me.’

MonClair Patch; “Meet Singer, Songwriter, Mother—Zara Phillips”

Zara on Adoption

HipHopRuckus: “DMC and Singer Zara Phillips Tackle Big Cause”

Eliza and Eric Roberts say…

The New York Times: “Singing, and Rapping, for Their Rights as Adoptees”

The Telegraph: “Adoption: ‘How can you give away your baby?’ “

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