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Events for November 10, 2026
[Fall Forum] [Foster] Home for the Holidays: Helping Birth Kids Find Predictability in a Season of Change
The holidays often present unique challenges for foster and adoptive families. With the addition of new children to the family, family members’ expectations for the holidays may change. This presentation will examine potential challenges that the family may face related to the holidays, ways to create stability and predictability for children already in the home,…
[Fall Forum] Understanding Your Adoptee’s Adoption Story: The Seven Core Issues
Every adoption story carries layers of complex emotions that adoptees may not always have the words to express at any age. This workshop is designed to help parents understand the seven core issues of adoption—loss, rejection, shame, guilt, grief, identity, and control—and how these experiences shape a child’s inner world over time.
[Fall Forum] COLORISM: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism is a social hierarchy that favors people with lighter skin tones and stigmatizes people with darker skin tones. Colorism frays the fabric of our homes and communities and jeopardizes…