Upcoming Events
Colors of Our Family May 3, 17, & 31, June
14 & 28, and July 12 , 2008
The 3rd Annual Community BBQ July 20, 2008
Playgroups Second Saturday of every month
FUSION Program Summer Day Camp
July 28 - August 8, 2008
Colors of Our Family
Pact, An Adoption Alliance, is excited to introduce a six-session
LGBTQ parent support group designed to discuss issues and strategies
relevant to race, ethnicity, culture, adoption and parenting.
This new group series as part of an ongoing partnership between three
great Bay Area non-profits:
- Our Family Coalition - supporting and advocacy for LGBTQ parents,
- iPride & Fusion - supporting multiracial families and individuals,
- and Pact, An Adoption Alliance - supporting families who have (or
plan to) adopt children of color.
Each group session will offer LGBTQ parents an opportuntity to explore
their feelings about transracial adoptive parenting in a safe and nurturing
setting, with a focus on developmentally appropriate approaches to their
family's issues.
When:
May 3rd, 17th, 31st, June 14th, 28th and July 12th
Saturdays, 2-4 pm
The group will meet 6 times, once every other week.
Who:
The Spring 2008 group is for LGBTQ parents of transracilly adopted children
between the ages of 0 to 5. (Families with older children, please let
us know of your interest as we hope to offer future groups for other
age ranges.)
Where:
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street, San Francisco 94102
Cost:
The cost for 6 sessions is a suggested sliding scale of $90-$120.
($15-$20 per session)
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Free Children's Programming with Childcare at the LGBT Center's KidSpace.
Topics May Include:
- Whiteness and self-analysis
- Race, history, adoption and cultural awareness
- International adoption issues
- Domestic adoption issues
- Mixed race identity
- Racial/ethnic identity development
- Parenting strategies
- Working with schools and other outsiders
- Being a visible family
- Making connections with your child's ethnic or racial community
Facilitators
All groups will be co-led by two peer facilitators, one LGBTQ transracial
adoptive parent and one transracially-adopted adult.
To register by web Click
here
or by phone: Julia Po at 415-981-1960 (Our Family Coalition)
To give us some feedback about topics that interest you
Click
here to fill out our interest survey
Let us know if you are interested in getting information about future
groups Click
here
Please contact Martha Rynberg, group facilitator, for questions specific
to the group via email: martha@pactadopt.org or phone: 510-243-9460
iPride, Swirl Inc and Habitot present... The 3rd Annual Community BBQ
Sunday, July 20, 2008
11am to 4pm
Aquatic Park, Berkeley
games! food! music! fun!
come early! come late! stay a minute or stay all day!
Welcome the entire
Bay Area Community!
Mixed Heritage and Transracially Adopted
Youth, Adults, Partners, Families and Friends!
Summer 2007 was GREAT!
~Let's make it even bigger and better this year~
The Amazing Afro-Asian BBQ Family
will be set up again and selling delicious Grilled Treats! Plus a Bake
Sale will be there to supply you with Yummy Sweets!
~Please bring food to share~
side dishes and snacks
We will provide paper products and lemonade
Bring drums and percussions, blankets, kites, balls, and any other
toys your family will enjoy.
Are you able to volunteer?
help bake for the bake sale? help set-up or clean-up?
info@ipride.org or jilchristina@ipride.org
Aquatic Park
Located in Berkeley
80 Bolivar Drive
@ the foot of Bancroft Way and at the 80 Freeway,
Bancroft is Between Channing and University
This is our Big Community Event and Fundraiser!
Please come, BBQ with us and everyone and help support our ongoing programs
and projects such as...
* The iPride Playgroup www.ipride.org
* Fusion Summer Camp www.fusionprogram.org
* The Multiethnic Education Program www.multiethniceducation.org
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