WORKSHOPS

Our workshops aren’t your typical lecture or presentation. These sessions are engaging, providing opportunities to role-play hard conversations, practice new skills, and build an action plan for how to apply your knowledge in real-life situations. Come engage important adoption and foster care topics in an encouraging yet challenging space designed for those ready to go deeper in their learning.

Upcoming Workshops

Essentials for the Adoption Journey

October 4th, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST via Zoom

In this workshop we‘ll touch on the basics of adoption loss and grief, discuss essential relational qualities for adoptive and transracial adoptive parenting, define and discuss the role of vulnerability in your parenting journey, and identify your strengths and weaknesses as parents. This workshop is a great foundational session to set the stage for navigating adoption with openness and humility. It can also serve as a meaningful personal and couple-based “check-in“ for those who are in the later stages of adoption.

Anti-racist parenting 101: Building racial literacy

October 18th, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST via Zoom

To effectively raise a Black or brown child in the U.S. it's important to gain racial literacy or the necessary vocabulary and historical knowledge needed to understand and discuss race, ethnicity, racism, etc. This workshop will cover a brief history of transracial adoption in the U.S., provide opportunities to define and apply key terms and outline next steps for deepening your anti-racist education. This workshop is meant to act as a launchpad for further learning or as a refresher for those who have already engaged in anti-racist training.

talking about race and adoption with friends and family

November 1st, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST via Zoom

How do you navigate racist Uncle John? How should you respond to inappropriate questions about your child’s race/ethnicity in public? How do you implement boundaries with family who choose not to live an anti-racist lifestyle? This is an interactive, practice-oriented workshop where you’ll gain strategies for addressing challenging topics with your community. This workshop will provide practical tools for maintaining relationships while advocating for your child’s needs.

Talking about adoption grief and birth parents with friends and family

November 15th, 2023 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST via Zoom

How do you navigate comments that portray adoption as “God’s plan” or your child as “lucky.” How should you respond to inappropriate questions about your child’s birth family? How do you recognize your child’s loss while celebrating the growth of your family? This is an interactive, practice-oriented workshop where you’ll gain strategies for addressing challenging topics with your community. This workshop will provide practical tools for maintaining relationships while advocating for your child’s needs.