Please join us on October 5, 2021, to discuss diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the adoptee community, the first in a series of discussions about who is—and who should be—heard, included, and welcomed within adoptee rights work and issues.
Adoptees United has committed to a board and an active adoptee community that represents diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DIB). But what does that mean? Already the board has answered a series of internal questions to begin its own process of hard-wiring diversity, inclusion, and belonging within the organization’s work. Those three questions were:
- What does Diversity mean and how do you envision it within the adoptee community?
- What does Inclusion mean and how do you see the adoptee community becoming more inclusive?
- What comes to mind for Belonging and how do we live that and represent it in the work we all do, either as an organization, on behalf of adoptees, or for our own adoption-related work?
AU board member Erica Babino, who is the Adoptees United Leader of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, will present on the issue and facilitate an open discussion of what DIB means, how you answer each of the three questions above, and what we can all do as a community to make DIB a genuine reality in our work, lives, and advocacy.
This event has already occurred. Upcoming events are listed below.
Understanding Abolition: A Conversation with Dorothy Roberts and Alan Dettlaff
Adoptees United is excited to bring prominent leaders in the movement to abolish the current US child welfare system. Join Adoptees United and Lia Epps on December 12, 2023, as we talk with Dr. Dorothy Roberts and Dr. Alan Dettlaff about their longstanding advocacy and scholarship.
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Book Party & Author Talk
Join Adoptees United (USA) and Adult Adoptee Movement (UK) on Sunday, December 3, for a transatlantic book party with two adoptee authors.
Join Us on September 21
Happy hour, open forum, and meet and greet, all on September 21, 2023.
A Time to Celebrate!
Happy hour to celebrate legislative successes as well as the recent Supreme Court decision that upholds the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Plus, whatever else is on your mind!