BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.adoptionnetwork.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.1 0// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:7077e12b-17ad-458a-9b55-f450395c82f3 X-WR-CALDESC:Join us this month as we discuss 'Growth: Always Learning and Growing.'\n\nAdoption Network Cleveland and Transracial Journeys join forc es to hold a series of co-hosted monthly support groups for parents who ha ve adopted children outside of their own race. This collaborative effort a ims to provide an intentionally structured and supportive space where pare nts can hear from leaders with lived expertise and come together to share their experiences\, challenges\, and successes in raising transracially ad opted persons.\n\nThe support groups will be conducted virtually via Zoom\ , allowing participants from different geographical locations to connect a nd engage in meaningful discussions. The sessions will take place from 7-8 pm EST.\n\nTransracial Journeys (TRJ) brings expertise in facilitating co nversations on transracial adoption and promoting cultural awareness and c ompetence. With their experience in organizing support groups\, creating o riginal content\, and hosting a yearly camp\, TRJ centers on the best inte rests of transracially adopted persons to provide practical tools and post adoption support for parents of a different race than the Black and Brown children entrusted to them and fosters supportive relationships for trans racially adopted persons of all ages.\n\nAdoption Network Cleveland (ANC) is celebrating 35 years of connecting and empowering individuals\, organiz ations\, and communities impacted by adoption\, kinship\, and foster care. ANC provides a source of healing\, through education\, advocacy\, empower ment\, and peer support for those impacted by adoption and family separati on. The partnership of Transracial Journeys and Adoption Network Cleveland offers a unique opportunity for parents of both communities to benefit fr om the shared expertise and knowledge of both organizations.\n\nTogether\, our two organizations aim to create an inclusive and welcoming environmen t where parents can build connections\, find support\, and learn from one another. By offering these co-hosted monthly support groups\, Adoption Net work Cleveland and Transracial Journeys hope to empower parents to navigat e the unique challenges and joys of transracial adoption while promoting u nderstanding and acceptance within their families and communities.\n\nAbou t your facilitators:\n\nApril Dinwoodie\nAfter a successful career in corp orate marketing\, branding\, and PR and a lifetime as a Black/bi-racial\, transracially adopted person\, April is devoted to elevating our shared ex periences of family and humanity one conversation at a time. Dinwoodie’s p odcast Born in June\, Raised in April: What Adoption Can Teach the World! helps facilitate an open dialogue about identity\, relationships and diver sity. With the calendar as a universal tool\, April guides systems\, corpo rations\, individuals and groups on a more purposeful and practical divers ity and inclusion journey.\n\nJanelle Poskocil\nJanelle brings over 20 yea rs of experience in education and social services. She loves to support fa milies by creating supportive communities that empower and encourage. She is mom to four transracially adopted children who are now young adults. He r journey over the past twenty-two years has taught her that adoption is c omplex. As Program Coordinator for Families and Youth at Adoption Network Cleveland\, Janelle is responsible for implementing responsive support and education opportunities for parents\, caregivers\, and youth in adoptive\ , foster and kinship families. X-WR-RELCALID:2413a4ff16c2464c40ab6cc9840b53b4 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 RDATE:20251102T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5fd0495a-0bf8-49d5-9334-948ffea34a5d DTSTAMP:20260501T092518Z DESCRIPTION:Join us this month as we discuss 'Growth: Always Learning and G rowing.'\n\nAdoption Network Cleveland and Transracial Journeys join force s to hold a series of co-hosted monthly support groups for parents who hav e adopted children outside of their own race. This collaborative effort ai ms to provide an intentionally structured and supportive space where paren ts can hear from leaders with lived expertise and come together to share t heir experiences\, challenges\, and successes in raising transracially ado pted persons.\n\nThe support groups will be conducted virtually via Zoom\, allowing participants from different geographical locations to connect an d engage in meaningful discussions. The sessions will take place from 7-8 pm EST.\n\nTransracial Journeys (TRJ) brings expertise in facilitating con versations on transracial adoption and promoting cultural awareness and co mpetence. With their experience in organizing support groups\, creating or iginal content\, and hosting a yearly camp\, TRJ centers on the best inter ests of transracially adopted persons to provide practical tools and post adoption support for parents of a different race than the Black and Brown children entrusted to them and fosters supportive relationships for transr acially adopted persons of all ages.\n\nAdoption Network Cleveland (ANC) i s celebrating 35 years of connecting and empowering individuals\, organiza tions\, and communities impacted by adoption\, kinship\, and foster care. ANC provides a source of healing\, through education\, advocacy\, empowerm ent\, and peer support for those impacted by adoption and family separatio n. The partnership of Transracial Journeys and Adoption Network Cleveland offers a unique opportunity for parents of both communities to benefit fro m the shared expertise and knowledge of both organizations.\n\nTogether\, our two organizations aim to create an inclusive and welcoming environment where parents can build connections\, find support\, and learn from one a nother. By offering these co-hosted monthly support groups\, Adoption Netw ork Cleveland and Transracial Journeys hope to empower parents to navigate the unique challenges and joys of transracial adoption while promoting un derstanding and acceptance within their families and communities.\n\nAbout your facilitators:\n\nApril Dinwoodie\nAfter a successful career in corpo rate marketing\, branding\, and PR and a lifetime as a Black/bi-racial\, t ransracially adopted person\, April is devoted to elevating our shared exp eriences of family and humanity one conversation at a time. Dinwoodie’s po dcast Born in June\, Raised in April: What Adoption Can Teach the World! h elps facilitate an open dialogue about identity\, relationships and divers ity. With the calendar as a universal tool\, April guides systems\, corpor ations\, individuals and groups on a more purposeful and practical diversi ty and inclusion journey.\n\nJanelle Poskocil\nJanelle brings over 20 year s of experience in education and social services. She loves to support fam ilies by creating supportive communities that empower and encourage. She i s mom to four transracially adopted children who are now young adults. Her journey over the past twenty-two years has taught her that adoption is co mplex. As Program Coordinator for Families and Youth at Adoption Network C leveland\, Janelle is responsible for implementing responsive support and education opportunities for parents\, caregivers\, and youth in adoptive\, foster and kinship families. 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