WHEN: Third Wednesday of the month beginning April 13th from 7:00-8:30 PM EST

WHERE: Zoom

COST: One-time fee of $25

A Support Group for Parents in Racially Diverse Families
This support group will provide a space where interracial adoptive parents of children (and adults) of all ages can share their experiences about parenting children of a different race, while fostering a sense of community. Without the support of their parents, interracial adoptees are at a disadvantage. However, sometimes, it can be hard for parents to know what is going on with their children and when to step up, step back, or take a different route entirely. This support group offers a free-flowing environment where participants can share anything relevant to the discussion surrounding their families. Additionally, within the support group, how to form and maintain secure attachments in interracial adoptive households, the importance of creating diverse environments, how to talk about race and racism with children, navigating birth family relationships, and the urgency of examining our own biases as we attempt to support the needs of interracial adoptees, are all topics the group expects to talk about with great vulnerability. We look forward to seeing you!

Registration Details: A one-time payment of $25 provides lifetime access to the support group 

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.