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.
NAAP Untangling Our Roots & Right to Know Conference
https://naapunited.org/conferences
Adoptees with Guatemalan Roots: 5th Annual Conference
https://www.guateroots.org/conference/
Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys Conference: From Polkas to Parentage
https://adoptionart.org/about-aaaa/events/annual-conference/#!form/Milwaukee2024Sponsorships
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
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
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
Korean American Adoptee and Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) Conference
https://www.wearekaan.org/conference
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
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
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
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: Adoptee Abolitionists
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-1124-abolition-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
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: 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
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!
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
We the Experts: LGBTQIA+ Adoptees & Reunion
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0424-lgbtq-reunion-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Adoptee Actors
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0324-actors-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
Portland Adoptee Only Social
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!
Register here: https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-social-land-03-02-24
Learn more about our socials here: www.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-socials
We the Experts Non-Adoptee Series: Partners of Adoptees
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-na-partnersof-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Adoptees in Non-traditional Relationships
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0224-non-trad-rel-reg
Learn more about We the Experts: www.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
We the Experts: Male Adoptees
Registration link: https://bit.ly/wte-0124-male-reg
Learn more about We the Experts here: www.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
Portland Adoptee Only Yurt Social
Our adoptee-only parties are a time to gather and share meals, stories, and community. Come to relax, meet other adoptees, eat, and have a good time!
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-yurt-social-land
Adoption Unfiltered Book Tour
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/adoption-unfiltered-land
We the Experts: Adoptee Podcast Hosts
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts-reg-podcast
Online Community Connection Event
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/adoption-mosaic-mixer
We the Experts: Adoptees and Adoptive Family Estrangement
Join us for the 50th We the Experts panel on Estrangement! We have a special giveaway you don’t want to miss!
https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts-register-estrangement
Conscious Adoption: Seasoned Parents Begins (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
BIPOC Adoptees VOICES
Join the BIPOC Adoptees community for their very first VOICES event, a day-long event created for BIPOC adoptees and by BIPOC adoptees. This FREE day-long event will be on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
Adoption Mosaic is a program partner and presenting a panel titled “Evolution of Relationships - Adoptees + Adoptive Family”.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bipoc-adoptees-voices-community-event-tickets-690635528457
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
We the Experts: BIPOC Same Race Adoptees
Register for the panel! https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts-register-bipoc
Learn more about our We the Experts series: www.adoptionmosaic.com/we-the-experts
All times are in Pacific.
Portland Adoptee Only Pizza Party
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!
Register here: https://programs.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-pizza-party-land-aug-2023
Learn more about our pizza parties here: www.adoptionmosaic.com/adoptee-pizza-parties
COFFEE - Ethiopian Heritage Camp (Adoption Mosaic training)
The C.O.F.F.E.E. Camp Mission:
TO HELP NURTURE WITHIN OUR ADOPTIVE CHILDREN A GROUNDED SENSE OF SELF BY CONNECTING COMMUNITIES, CELEBRATING FAMILY THROUGH ADOPTION, AND ENCOURAGING AND EXPLORING ETHIOPIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE WITH OTHER ADOPTIVE KIDS AND ETHIOPIAN AMERICANS.
(C.O.F.F.E.E., an acronym for Central Oregon Friends and Families of Ethiopian Ethnicity, was founded by a Bend family who adopted twin boys from Ethiopia back in 2008. We are a growing, eclectic group of families striving to raise strong, proud Ethiopian children, and we hope this camp brings a rich experience to ALL participants, forges new friendships, and creates lasting memories! We hope you can join us!)