WHO: PACT: Inside Out Adoption and the Mixed Roots Foundation
WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:00am until 6:00pm
WHERE:American Red Cross Center, 712 5th Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
WEBSITE: Inside Out Adoption
BONUS: Make it an Adoption Weekend! Go to PACT’s Adoption Conference on the Sat and this on Sun!
WHO: PACT: An Adoption Alliance
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2013 – 8:30 p.m
WHERE: Head Royce School Campus; 4315 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland CA 94602
WEBSITE: PACT.org
BONUS: Joyce Maguire Pavao AND Brenda Romanchik are keynotes!
Learn About Adoption & DNA
WHO: The Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society DNA Interest Group with Richard Hill
WHEN: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 – 6:30 p.m
WHERE: Columbus Main Library Auditorium – 96 S. Grant St., Columbus OH
WEBSITE: Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society website!
EMAIL: TFCGHS@gmail.com
Create the Next Wave Art Show DEADALINE!!!
WHO: American Adoption Congress in connection with Adoption Network Cleveland
WHEN: 04/10/2013 to 04/14/2013
ONLINE Art Registration: Deadline 1/31/13
WHEN: Month of January 2013
WHERE: Online
BONUS: Help Mothers at Risk Parent their Children and Buy Great Jewelry!
Here’s a few anthology writing submissions and the start of the end of year Best of Blogs, all for adoption, of course. Birthmother perspectives, as well as adoptee stories, are needed. Add your voice!
IFAPA hosts a spring training conference every year for foster and adoptive parents, kinship caregivers and social workers.
WHEN: 3/1/2013 to 3/2/2013
WHERE: Adventureland Resort in Altoona, Iowa
WHO: Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida
WHEN:03/03/2013 – 03/06/2013
WHERE: Tampa, FL
CALL: Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida (813) 974-4640
WHO: Adoptee Singer Songwriter Mary Gauthier
WHEN: 3/13/2013
WHERE: Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale , NY
ONLINE: http://www.marygauthier.com/tour/
VENUE: http://www.rosendalecafe.com/music.php
Tickets: $20.00
BONUS: I’ll be there!
WHO: Capital University Law Review and the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
WHEN: 03/14/2013
WHERE: 303 E. Broad St. Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio.
Contested Adoptions: Whose Interests Prevail?
WHO: National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
WHEN:03/15/2013 – 03/16/2013
WHERE: Columbus, Ohio
Create the Next Wave
WHO: American Adoption Congress in connection with Adoption Network Cleveland
WHEN: 04/10/2013 to 04/14/2013
WHERE: Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Cleveland @ 1100 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
BONUS: I’ll be presenting on a panel on April 11
Making Children and Families a Priority: Raising the Bar.
WHO: Child Welfare League of America
WHEN: 04/14/2013 to 04/17/2013
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Crystal City 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway Washington, DC
Your Rights, Your Protest!
WHO: Adoptee Rights Coalition
Dates: 08/11/2012 – 08/13/2012
WHERE: Atlanta, Georgia
EMAIL: ARC@AdopteeRightsCoalition.com
BONUS; I’ll be there with my pom poms!
WHO: Foster Family-based Treatment Organization
WHEN: 07/28/2013 – 07/31/2013
WHERE: Gaylord Opryland® Resort & Convention Center Nashville, TN