Conversation Project: Race and Adoption

November 6, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Unity of Portland

4525 SE Stark St., Portland OR 97215

The decision to adopt across racial or cultural lines is a lifelong commitment to exploring matters of race and identity, confronting racism in all its forms, and developing new skills and perspectives. In this conversation, facilitator Astrid Castro will ask participants to explore questions such as, What role do race and racism play in your family? What are the personal experiences that inform how you talk to adopted children in your life about where they are from? Where do you need to grow to be the best resource you can be for children who are adopted? While particularly of relevance to families directly in transracial adoptive families, this conversation will also raise questions of how we talk to children about important issues like race and identity, adoption, and cultural appropriation. Read more.

Event Sponsors

Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center

Cost

Free

Contact

Michael McGrorty at (503) 241-0799 or mmcgrorty@nwresource.org