Events
We the Experts: Adoptee and Non-Adoptee Panel Series'
Adoptees are the experts in their lived experience! We the Experts present a monthly panel with a specific theme to amplify adoptee voices.
Adoptee Only Socials (fka Pizza Parties)
Our adoptee-only socials are a time to gather and share meals, stories, and community. Come to relax, meet other adoptees, eat, and have a good time!
Conscious Adoption: Parent Courses
Only offered once per year!
Courses for adoptive parents that are empathetic, adoptee-led and adoptee-centered.
These are on the calendar below and sent out in our newsletter.
Conscious Adoption: Lifelong Tools for Successful Parenting Begins (12 sessions)
Every child deserves to know about their origins, their story, and why they came to be part of their adoptive family.
Are you prepared to talk about adoption in a way that is full of complexity and nuance from the moment your child joins your family?
Facilitators: Astrid Castro, Sujata Soni-Wipper, and Jennifer Poole
https://adoptionmosaic.com/lifelong-tools-for-successful-parenting
https://bit.ly/llt-reg-2025
Conscious Adoption: Navigating Estrangement Begins (8 sessions)
Wondering why your relationship with the adoptee in your life has changed? What happened to the happy child you used to know? Conscious Adoption: Navigating Estrangement is an eight-session online course for adoptive parents wanting to better understand how to process and manage any level of estrangement with the adoptee in their lives. Course goals include:
https://adoptionmosaic.com/navigating-estrangement
We the Experts: Adoptees Childfree Not By Choice
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-1224-infertility-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
December 2024 Adoptee Social
Our adoptee-only socials (formerly known as our adoptee-only pizza parties) are a time to gather and share meals, stories, and community. Come to relax, meet other adoptees, eat, and have a good time!
Click HERE to Register
We the Experts Non-Adoptee Series: Birth/1st Parents and “Open” Adoptions
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-na-bfparents-open-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Adoptee Abolitionists
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-1124-abolition-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
Online Community Connection Event: Mosaic Mixer
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/mosaic-mixer-landing-2024
Conscious Adoption: Seasoned Parents Begins (6 sessions)
(6 sessions)
When your kids are adults there is often the false notion you no longer need to talk about adoption.
Join us to reflect on your story, tackle more challenging topics together, and practice talking with your adult adoptee and others about these adoption issues.
Facilitators: Astrid Castro and Maureen McCauley
www.adoptionmosaic.com/seasoned-parents
https://bit.ly/seasoned-parents-reg-2024
We the Experts: Adoptees & Cults
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-1024-cults-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Adoptees Raised with 5+ Adoptees
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0924-5plus-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
Conscious Adoption: Transracial Parenting Begins (8 sessions)
All transracial/interracial adoptees deserve to have parents who know that race matters.
We have created this course to give adoptive parents a compassionate space to learn about race and racism, move theory into practice, and much more.
Faciltators: Astrid Castro, Shelise Gieseke, and Jade Henness
www.adoptionmosaic.com/transracial-parenting
https://bit.ly/tr-reg-2024
Korean American Adoptee and Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) Conference
https://www.wearekaan.org/conference
We the Experts Non-Adoptee Series: Adult Children of Adoptees and Adoptive Family Relationships
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-na-0524-acoa-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Alternative Healing Modalities
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0524-alt-heal-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
Conscious Adoption: Navigating Estrangement (6 sessions)
Wondering why your relationship with the adoptee in your life has changed? What happened to the happy child you used to know? Conscious Adoption: Navigating Estrangement is a six-session online course for adoptive parents wanting to better understand how to process and manage any level of estrangement with the adoptee in their lives. Course goals include:
https://adoptionmosaic.com/navigating-estrangement
Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys Conference: From Polkas to Parentage
https://adoptionart.org/about-aaaa/events/annual-conference/#!form/Milwaukee2024Sponsorships
Adoptees with Guatemalan Roots: 5th Annual Conference
https://www.guateroots.org/conference/
National Adoption Association Conference
Listen, learn, and innovate with friends and colleagues in the city of Angels! This action-packed, two-day conference is centered around how we as professionals are evolving our practice to better serve children, youth and families. Join us and connect with your peers to deepen your knowledge of the latest effective practices in the field of adoption. Join us for a star-studded reception and view the lights of the Hollywood hills from the penthouse ballroom!
NAAP Untangling Our Roots & Right to Know Conference
https://naapunited.org/conferences
Adoptee Beacon Group
This group leans into exploring adoptee critical thought and the nuanced layers of estrangement, fostering a deeper understanding of self unique to the adoptee experience.
www.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-beacon