WHEN: 7:00PM - 8:30PM, 6 weekly sessions - 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/26, 8/2

WHERE: Zoom

COST: FREE!

LGBTQ+ Parents: A Support Group
In this support group designed for LGBTQ+ identifying parents seeking
community, participants will share their stories, experiences, and lives
in ways that help strengthen their sense of belonging while learning
about best practices in navigating the common obstacles LGBTQ+
families face.

ABOUT THE FACILIATOR:

Tony, a former foster youth and adoptee, was adopted by a same sex
couple in the mid 1990’s. He writes about his experiences growing up
as both an interracial adoptee and as a child growing up in a same sex
headed household in his memoir “The Son With Two Moms.”
Today, Tony is an advocate for families like his, having served on the
Board of Directors for organizations that serve to highlight adoptive
families from diverse upbringings, and working with individual families
in both pre and post adoptive placements. A thought leader in the field
of adoption, Tony has been invited to be a speaker at conferences on
adoption and foster care throughout the nation, especially those
involving interracial placements. Tony completed his Masters thesis in
Sociology on the psychology of children within the same sex headed
household in 2013, and in the fall of 2017 was awarded a full
scholarship to begin his PhD studies in Language, Literacy, and Culture
at the Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, where he has begun work
on his dissertation, which focuses on social connectedness among
interracial adoptees. In his time as Training Specialist at C.A.S.E, Tony
has designed innovative training curriculums that help families and
professionals respond to evaluation and assessment tools that
encapsulate holistic pictures of adoptees and foster youth.