Weaving Cultures Transracial Family Group
The Weaving Cultures Transracial Family Group is for families who have been formed through transracial adoption. Its purpose is to offer a setting where both children and adults can form relationships and spend time with other families who share similar experiences through social and educational opportunities.
Find out what events are scheduled, including our virtual peer support group specifically for transracial adoptive parents, and register through our calendar.
Join us for all or any of our activities!
We are SO excited to see you!
Parents can also connect with other transracial adoptive parents in our Weaving Cultures Transracial Adoptive Family Group through our private group on Facebook.
For more information and to be added to the email list:
Janelle Poskocil, Program Coordinator - Families & Youth
janelle.poskocil@adoptionnetwork.org
(216) 482-2332
Transracial Adoptive Parent Support Group
Adoption Network Cleveland hosts a monthly support group for parents who have adopted children outside of their own race. We aim to provide an intentionally structured and supportive space where parents can hear from leaders with lived expertise and come together to share their experiences, challenges, and successes in raising transracially adopted persons. Register on our calendar.
The support groups will be conducted virtually via Zoom, allowing participants from different geographical locations to connect and engage in meaningful discussions. The sessions will take place on the third Thursday of each month from 12-1 pm ET.
About your facilitators:
Liz Gordon-Canlas
Liz is an adoptee, advocate, and community leader whose work is shaped by her lived experience as an identical twin adopted from foster care. She is deeply committed to elevating the voices, needs, and rights of adoptees—particularly around access to original birth certificates, medical records, and truthful narratives about identity and family. Liz has presented regionally and nationally on adoptee-centered policy reform and was a featured speaker at the Ohio CASA Celebrate Kids! Conference, where she shared her story of transracial adoption and the lifelong impact of connectedness, belonging, and truth
Janelle Poskocil
Janelle brings over 20 years of experience in education and social services. She loves to support families by creating supportive communities that empower and encourage. She is mom to four transracially adopted children who are now young adults. Her journey over the past twenty-five years has taught her that adoption is complex. 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.
