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August 2017
Holt Adoptee Camp – East Coast
August 7-12 – Monday thru Saturday Cost: $625.00 Additional $20 for Group D Day camp – August 11– Friday Day camp cost: $70.00 for a parent and a child/$20.00 per each additional person 43 Louemma Lane Sussex, NJ 07461 Camp Louemma offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor facilities are designed to meet all of your recreational, educational, and camping needs. Located on 152 scenic acres along the Appalachian Trail, they offer a warm and caring family atmosphere where…
Find out more »Sejong Camp
REGISTER HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/8yw0dwiDbMbrChoh2 Sejong Camp will be held at the Johnsonburg Presbyterian Camp ( 822 Route 519 · Johnsonburg, N.J. 07825) site, from August 13, 2017 to August 19, 2017. FEES: $850.00 for first Camper; $750.00 per additional Camper DISCOUNT: Campers are eligible to receive a $75.00 discount upon a referral for a paid-in-full new camper. DUE WITH REGISTRATION: $200.00 non-refundable deposit per Camper, upon registration. You can make the payment either by check, made out to Sejong Cultural Education,…
Find out more »September 2017
Chinese Heritage Camp
Chinese Heritage Camp was one of the first camps in the country exclusively created for families with children adopted from China. It is one of the 11 camps facilitated by the highly respected Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families. Chinese Heritage Camp offers programs for infants through high school. This will be the 21st year families from across the country meet in Colorado to gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese culture and share their adoption stories. This camp regularly fills…
Find out more »ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 19, Dec 10, 2017 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »Queer/Trans/National Adoption Politics: An Adoptee Roundtable
Get tickets at https://www.facebook.com/events/479204805792702/? Writer, activist, and adoptee Liz Latty hosts a roundtable on the intersections of queerness and adoption politics in the U.S. and abroad, featuring M Campbell, Amandine Gay, and Tara Linh Leaman. Currently, most adoption discourse and activism in American queer communities focuses on queer and trans subjects as parents, and is dominated by the voices of adoptive parents and non-adopted professionals. This convocation of LGBTQ adoptees will use queer and feminist lenses to consider the systems,…
Find out more »October 2017
AKA-SF 20th Anniversary & IKAA Annual Convention 2017
Meet adoptees from the west coast and beyond at AKA SF's Anniversary Celebration and IKAA Annual Convention this October in San Francisco. Explore important topics in our social and cultural landscape that effect us in ways unique to adoptees. Session Highlights include: • Birth Family Search with Professor Keon-Su Lee • Adopted, Without Citizenship • DNA Testing & Birth Family Reunion • LGBTQ Discussion • 1st Generation/Hapa KADs Celebration weekend: October 20-22, 2017 Late registration open until Oct. 5 For…
Find out more »ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 19, Dec 10, 2017 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »November 2017
Discovery & Adoption: “THE HANJI BOX” Screening
For information and tickets, please go here https://ticketing.us.veezi.com/purchase/75?siteToken=bcc0ctadvbph6tkfbaaewsz39w Discovery and Adoption: The Hanji Box NR The stormy relationship between a mother and her adopted teenage daughter is complicated by issues of adoption. When an object of great significance to the daughter is broken, the mother travels to New York's Koreatown to see if she can get it fixed. A charismatic Korean artist and an adventure of cultural immersion, and adoption--her own--await her. ........................... A post-film discussion with Director Nora Jacobson…
Find out more »2017 Adoptive Parents Committee Conference
APC’s annual conference serves to promote a better awareness and understanding of adoption and foster care and provide members with accurate information concerning adoption, foster care, and parenting issues. Conference participants will have the opportunity to attend numerous workshops, seminars, lectures and panel discussions. Led by professionals and experts in the adoption field including attorneys, social workers, physicians, adoptive parents, agency representatives, adoptees and educators, the workshops provide up-to-date information as well as a forum for discussions. Our conference is…
Find out more »ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 19, Dec 10, 2017 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
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