Teen AdoptCONNECT

This year’s community series focuses on the experience of children in foster care and adoption. Offered quarterly by Lesli Johnson and Angela Gee, of AdoptCONNECT and sponsored by Five Acres, the presentations will include documentary screenings with discussions, and workshops on transracial adoptive families and treatment strategies for children and adolescents.

The 2017 series is open to all members of the adoption constellation: adoptees, adoptive parents and first parents, as well as adoption professionals, therapists and social workers, as we strive to increase awareness and meet the needs of our community.

Our first presentation on Thursday February 16, 2017 7pm-9pm will include a screening of Tough Love, an award-winning documentary by Stephanie Wang-Breal, that offers a rare look at the inner workings of the American child welfare system, Tough Love chronicles the lives of two parents—one in Seattle and one in New York City—as each fights to be reunited with children taken out of their custody. Through intimate, verité footage of both families, we witness first-hand the complex and daunting bureaucracy of America’s family courts. Moreover, we come to understand the powerful role poverty and prejudice play in keeping parents and children apart—and the challenges parents must overcome in order to put their families back together. There will be a post-screening discussion to discuss the multiple intersections with our clients and families. Please join us!