National Adoption Awareness Month 2020

National Adoption Awareness Month is a month-long event to encourage people to not only learn about adoption, but to recognize people who have been impacted by adoption.

Throughout November, we will be offering a variety of events specifically for adoptees, as well as adoptive family members and the community.

We are also excited to announce the following events during this year’s National Adoption Awareness Month. All activities will meet via Zoom/online:

  • Thursday, November 5th @ 6:30-8:00pm Central—OurJourneys Discussion & Bingo Night!

    • OurJourneys is a time for pre-teen (middle school and up) and teen adoptees to meet via Zoom to have facilitated discussions, followed up by a fun Bingo night!

    • Open to any pre-teen/teen transracial adoptee

    • Please RSVP to info@adopteebridge.org

  • Sunday, November 8th—Discussion Groups—OurFamily, OurHistory, and OurConnections

    • OurFamily meets @ 1:00-2:00pm Central—open to all adoptive family members

    • OurHistory meets @ 3:00-4:30pm Central—open to all transracial adult adoptees

    • OurConnections meets @ 5:00-6:30pm Central—open to any transracial adoptee who has started the search process, who has reunited, or is interested in initiating a birth family search

  • Sunday, November 8th—Learn More Webinar!—Bridge to Korea Birthland Tours

    • 7:00-8:00pm Central—Learn more about the Bridge to Korea Birthland Tours!

  • Thursday, November 12th* @ 6:30pm Central—Who We Are: Adoptees as Immigrants and the Adoptee Citizenship Act

    • Open to adoptees, adoptive family members, adoption professionals, and community members

  • Sunday, November 15th @ 1:00-3:00pm Central—Who We Are: Adoptees as Adoptive Parents

    • Open to adoptees, adoptive family members, adoption professionals, and community members

  • Friday, November 20th @ 6:30pm Central—Movie Night with discussion

    • Viewing of the documentary "Forget Me Not” (trailer can be found at the following link)

    • Open to adult transracial adoptees and adoptive family members

  • Sunday, November 22nd @ 7:00pm Central—discussion with Korean first mothers (birth mothers)

    • Open to transracial adoptees ONLY

Please be sure to follow AdopteeBridge on Facebook and Instagram, as well as to sign up for our newsletter for more updates!

To register for any of these events, please click on the links above or contact info@adopteebridge.org

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