"There's a motto we often say and stress: 'We're not alone, but when we started the search we were alone.' This struggle has made us all stronger. It's allowed us to meet new people, new families. Some of us may already have lost some members of our families, who went away and were never heard of again. But we've found new families. From that starting point, these spaces (such as the family conference) are crucial, because they enable us to create these alliances."