Hear adult adoptees of color discuss what worked and what didn't and get advice from them about understanding adoptees feelings. This is a great opportunity to ask questions of those who have lived the experience and explore the lifelong issues that are part of the experience.

Parents will spend time practicing responses to various questions from their children about adoption and birth parents while the children will work together to explore their own adoption stories. The day will end with a presentation where parents will hear from their children about their feelings and questions about adoption.

Join Malaika Parker and other Pact staff in celebrating Juneteenth. Juneteenth is celebrated in the African American community as the true day that slavery was ended in America. As an adoptive community we will celebrate and remember our history. This event will be hosted by Pact's adoptive families of color group and will be open to the entire Pact community. Programming will be available for both adult and youth.

With special programming for adoptive parents of color, Pact's Family Camp is an opportunity to join other families as well as experts and adult adoptees who will educate parents and mentor children to normalize their experiences in adoptive families. This kind of immersion experience is an investment in long term positive self esteem for adopted children of color who are otherwise vulnerable to feeling isolated or ashamed of their adoption status.

Focusing on the relationships between children, their birth parents and their adoptive parents, whether they are in an open adoption or a closed adoption, this workshop will help parents address children's questions about their birth parents -- both the questions they ask and those they hold inside. This will be a safe place to discuss fears and hopes regarding our children's birth parents and their relationship (or lack thereof) to them and us.

Enjoy a holiday gathering and book fair that will include extended family members who would like to attend. We will offer a selection of books for children and enjoy some rituals and ceremonies that can be incorporated into our holiday, birthday and family life as a way of commemorating our children's exploration of their adoption experience.