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Portland, OR area Adoptees - Our adult adoptee-only socials are a time to gather and share meals, stories, and community. Join us on December 7 to relax, meet other adoptees, eat, and have a good time! Sign up below to our pizza party email list to RSVP, volunteer your help, and stay up to date about our parties!

No adoptee or former foster alum is turned away due to financial reasons, community support funds are available at registration.
Details, Registration and Volunteer information:

Adoptee Only Social Our menu changes per event. If you have dietary requests, (vegan, dairy-free, or gluten free, etc.) we are always open to finding a way to assist you the best we can. Please contact [email protected]

FREE Online Event!!
Our 3rd annual Adoption Mosaic Mixer is a free online event!
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 4:00-6:00pm PDT.

This is a space where adoptees can connect with other adoptees and share any projects, events, campaigns, etc., especially during the month of November (National Adoption Awareness month).

Registration and details at

Adoption Mosaic Mixer Our intention is to facilitate the building and strengthening of relationships within our community and support each other.

Adoptive parents - do you know how to navigate conversations about adoption with your adult adoptee? In our 6 week (Oct 16-Nov 20, 2024) Seasoned Parents course we will discuss how to:
~ Reflect on why you chose adoption, and what you have learned over decades of raising children
~ Dig into the challenges of talking about adoption as an industry, gratitude, anger, adoption fog, search, reunion and race
~ Practice talking about these adoption issues with your adult children and with others, in ways that are clear, respectful and helpful

Registration at

Seasoned Parents Dig into the challenges of talking about race, the adoption industry, gratitude, anger, adoption fog, search, and reunion 

Adoption Mosaic's next We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series will feature Adoptees and Cults, on Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 10:00-12:00 pm (PST).

No adoptee or former foster alum will be turned away due to financial need. See Community Support Fund information at registration. Hope you can join us.

Registration and details below

programs.adoptionmosaic.com *No adoptee is turned away due to financial hardship. To attend with community support funds, please click the button below and complete the request form.

Portland, OR area Adoptees - Our adult adoptee-only socials are a time to gather and share meals, stories, and community. Join us on September 7, 2024 to relax, meet other adoptees, eat, and have a good time! Sign up below to Register, volunteer your help, and stay up to date about our parties!

No adoptee or former foster alum is turned away due to financial reasons, community support funds are available at registration.

Details, Registration and Volunteer information:

Adoptee Only Social Our menu changes per event. If you have dietary requests, (vegan, dairy-free, or gluten free, etc.) we are always open to finding a way to assist you the best we can. Please contact [email protected]

All transracial/interracial adoptees deserve to grow up with parents who deeply understand the integral role of race and racism in their child’s life.

Conscious Adoption: Transracial Parenting 8-week course begins Sept 10, 2024 on Zoom. This course, developed by both adoptees and other adoption constellation members, gives adoptive parents a compassionate space to learn about race and racism.

We will look at the history of race & adoption in the U.S., how to talk age-appropriately about race & racism, the struggle for identity of transracial adoptees, and more.
I am super excited to be training with two amazing transracial adoptee co-facilitators Shelise Gieseke and Jordan Davis for this 8 week Transracial Parenting course. Please share with those who would benefit from learning, growing and building community.

Registration at

Transracial Parenting

Our upcoming We The Experts: Adoptees + Alternative Healing Modalities will feature adoptees discussing their experience practicing and using alternative healing modalities.

Hope you can join us on Sat, May 11, 2024, 10:00-12:00 PT, (1:00-3:00 EST), on Zoom. No adoptee or foster alum is turned away due to financial hardship. Request or contribute to our Adoptee Community Support Fund at registration.

Details and Registration below

We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series Adoptees & Alternative Healing Modalities

Support and resources for navigating estrangement with the adoptee in your life - Gain understanding, feel support, and create connection and community.

Conscious Adoption: Navigating Estrangement six-week course begins May 7, 2024 on Zoom. Registration at https://bit.ly/nav-estrange-land-2024

Adoption Mosaic courses are created by adoptees in collaboration with other adoption constellation members to help individuals and families develop adoption competence, make informed decisions around adoption, and meet other members of their adoption community.

Navigating Estrangement Helping adoptive parents with healing

Our upcoming We The Experts: LGBTQIA+ Adoptees and Reunion will feature LGBTQIA+ Adoptees discussing their experience with Reunion.

Hope you can join us on Sat, April 13, 2024, 10:00-12:00 PT, (1:00-3:00 EST), on Zoom.

No adoptee or foster alum is turned away due to financial hardship. Request or contribute to our Adoptee Community Support Fund at registration.
Details and Registration below

We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series LGBTQIA+ Adoptees & Reunion

So excited for our upcoming We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series featuring Adoptee Actors. Saturday, March 9, 2024, 10:00-12:00 PST, (1:00-3:00 EST).

No adoptee or foster alum is turned away due to financial hardship. Request or contribute to Community Support Funds at registration.

Hope you can join us. Registration at

We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series Adoptee Actors

Title: Adoptees in Non-Traditional Relationships

Description:

We the Experts: Adoptees in Non-Traditional Relationships

When: Saturday, February 10th - 10am-12pm PST, (1pm-3pm EST).

Our next We the Experts features Adoptees in non-traditional relationships, this might mean poly, open, consensual non-monogamy, etc. Non-traditional relationships have been stereotyped in various ways that reduce the legitimacy or character of the relationship.
When approached with honesty, respect, and communication, non-traditional relationships can be a place for individuals to find belonging in a world where the traditional narrative doesn’t feel like the right fit. The intersection of being an adoptee in a non-traditional relationship has so many layers of carving your own path, finding community outside of places that didn’t serve you, and redefining what relationships can look like.

~ How did learning about non-traditional relationships affect you?
~ As an adoptee who grew up in a non-traditional family, did that have an impact in your decision to seek out non-traditional relationships?
~ How does being an adoptee play a role in your relationship?
~ What would you like people to know about non-traditional relationships?

The Panelists:
To Be Announced!

Registration link in Bio or https://bit.ly/wte-0224-non-trad-rel-reg
(everyone who pre-registers will receive a link to the recording of the panel)

$10 - adoptee* and $15 - non-adoptee
*No adoptee is turned away due to financial hardship.
Email [email protected] for info. Please note a portion of your fee helps pay our panelists for their time and to our adoptee community fund.
We the Experts is an adoptee-centered space where adoptees are the experts! Each month adoptees and non-adoptees are invited to sit in community to listen to and learn from a myriad of adoptee lived experiences.
Not an Adoptee?
Our non-adoptee support community is welcome. Please note all support people are asked to agree to our Non-Adoptee Waiver (A statement of understanding) - “I understand I am a guest to this adoptee-centered space and my primary intention is to listen and learn. I will not engage in the chat or submit questions.”

We The Experts: Adoptee Speaker Series Non-traditional Relationships