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July 5, 2009 Santa Cruz Location 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Northern CA Bay Regional Adoptive Family Group Meeting Families with adopted children of color meet monthly at a park or venue location for informal gatherings on the first Sunday of the month. Locations alternate at various locations around the bay. The majority of the kids who attend regularly range in age from 0 to 12, but all ages are welcome. Specific locations will be sent out monthly to those who sign up to receive the emails. Pact staff do not attend these events.
July 16-20th, 2009 Alliance Redwood Camp Group Occidental, CA	Pact Family Camp Many of the families who have attended previous Pact Family Camps referred to the event as life changing for them and their children. They continue to contact us with stories of new conversations and breakthroughs their children are experiencing about both race and adoption. Whether you're parenting a child who shares your race, or parenting across racial lines, whether your adoption was domestic or international, whether you have birth kids along with adopted kids or not, Pact's gathering for adoptive families of color is designed with your family in mind.
August 1, 2009 San Francisco, CA 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Fundraiser/Adoptive Parent Gathering Join adoptive parents of color and their parenting partners for a fundraiser to support Pact's services for ongoing support and educational groups. Bring your children to enjoy kid friendly activities in the home and backyard of one of our group. Food and drinks provided. Directions sent uopn registration.
August 2, 2009 Oakland Location 12:00pm - 4:00pm	Northern CA Bay Regional Adoptive Family Group Meeting - Annual Family Picnic Families with adopted children of color meet monthly at a park or venue location for informal gatherings on the first Sunday of the month. Locations alternate at various locations around the bay. The majority of the kids who attend regularly range in age from 0 to 12, but all ages are welcome. Specific locations will be sent out monthly to those who sign up to receive the emails. Pact staff do not attend these events.
August 8, 2009 Napa, CA 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Pact Teen Club Meeting Swim Party & Dinner. Concurrent Parent Potluck & Peer Support Group. Teens only! Meet other kids of color who were adopted or fostered. Here's a chance to have a good time with other kids who are like you. There will be teen / tween only activities. Parents can participate in a concurrent peer support group during which childcare will be available for younger siblings. Separate groups for teens and pre-teens.
August 25, 2009 Bananas, Oakland, CA 6:30 - 8:00 pm	Adoption Book Group Featured Book: Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness by Jane Lazarre. Join other adoptive parents for a drop in Book Group to discuss books related to adoption, with a focus on race and parenting. The FREE group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month and is cosponsored by Pact and Bananas.
September 5, 2009 Oakland, CA 1:00pm - 4:00pm	Dismantling Race in the Age of Obama and Oscar Grant Discussion group for adoptive parents of color and their parenting partners Join Malaika Parker, Pact's Family of Color Specialist, in this discussion of how to instill hope while keeping our children safe in this age of change. Race is always a factor, we will discuss how to instill pride in our children as we talk about the racial landscape of their world. Childcare provided.
September 6, 2009 SF Location 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Northern CA Bay Regional Adoptive Family Group Meeting Families with adopted children of color meet monthly at a park or venue location for informal gatherings on the first Sunday of the month. Locations alternate at various locations around the bay. The majority of the kids who attend regularly range in age from 0 to 12, but all ages are welcome. Specific locations will be sent out monthly to those who sign up to receive the emails. Pact staff do not attend these events.
September 12, 2009 Oakland, CA 9:30am - 4:00pm	True Colors 2 FOR PRE-ADOPTIVE AND TRANSRACIAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN. True Colors 2 focuses on the life long education of adoptive parents parenting children of color across racial lines and features advanced conversations about race that begin with a foundation that already acknowledges that racism exists and has a direct impact on ALL of our lives. You must have attended Pact's True Colors I (or demonstrate other substantive education on transracial adoption) to participate in this workshop. We will highlight hands on internal work with other parents to collaborate and develop parenting strategies. Featuring the film: Making Whiteness Visible by Shakti Butler
Date TBA Oakland, CA 9:00am - 1:00pm	Schools & Adoption A to Z People at our children's school are there to support our families even though they don't always understand our special issues. Everything from dealing with teachers, administration, assignments, choosing schools and handling "problems" when they arise will be covered. Practical guidance as well as resources will be shared for students of all ages.
September 19, 2009 Oakland, CA 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Pact Teen Club Meeting A's baseball game. Concurrent Parent Potluck & Peer Support Group. Teens only! Meet other kids of color who were adopted or fostered. Here's a chance to have a good time with other kids who are like you. There will be teen / tween only activities. Parents can participate in a concurrent peer support group during which childcare will be available for younger siblings. Separate groups for teens and pre-teens.
September 22, 2009 Bananas, Oakland, CA 6:30 - 8:00 pm	Adoption Book Group Featured Book: The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao. Join other adoptive parents for a drop in Book Group to discuss books related to adoption, with a focus on race and parenting. The FREE group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month and is cosponsored by Pact and Bananas.
September 24, 2009 Pact's Office, Oakland, CA 6:30pm - 8:00pm	Pact's Family of Color Adoption Orientation Join Malaika Parker, Pact's Family of Color Specialist, for a FREE orientation to learn about the adoption process through Pact.
October 3, 2009 LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 8 week session	Colors of Our Family Support for LGBTQ Transracial Adoptive Parents: join a support group for adoptive fathers and mother and/or parenting-caregivers raising adopted children across racial and ethnic lines - for families who have adopted either internationally or domestically, privately or through the foster-care system.
October 3, 2009 Berkeley, CA 10:00 am - 12:00 pm $5/family	Play Café for Adoptive Parents of Color (and their parenting partners) Babies to early school age. Play groups give families of color the opportunity to get together in an informal environment.
October 4, 2009 East Bay Location 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Northern CA Bay Regional Adoptive Family Group Meeting Families with adopted children of color meet monthly at a park or venue location for informal gatherings on the first Sunday of the month. Locations alternate at various locations around the bay. The majority of the kids who attend regularly range in age from 0 to 12, but all ages are welcome. Specific locations will be sent out monthly to those who sign up to receive the emails. Pact staff do not attend these events.
October 10, 2009 Location TBA 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm	Pact Teen Club Meeting Youth Activity TBA. Concurrent Parent Potluck & Peer Support Group. Teens only! Meet other kids of color who were adopted or fostered. Here's a chance to have a good time with other kids who are like you. There will be teen / tween only activities. Parents can participate in a concurrent peer support group during which childcare will be available for younger siblings. Separate groups for teens and pre-teens.
October 17, 2009 Oakland, CA 9:30 am - 4:00 pm	Baby Care for Adopted Infants Finally - - a baby care class designed especially for pre-adoptive parents! You will learn the fundamentals of baby care and won't have to sit through topics that don't necessarily apply to your family (such as post-partum care or the assumption that your child will be breast-fed). The class will teach you the basics of baby care as well as give you really practical information about how to promote attachment and read your new baby's cues. Featured speakers: Molly Branigan, certified infant care instructor, and Dr. Nancy Curtis of the International Adoption Clinic, Children's Hospital of Oakland.
October 27, 2009 Bananas, Oakland, CA 6:30 - 8:00 pm	Adoption Book Group Featured Book: Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez. Join other adoptive parents for a drop in Book Group to discuss books related to adoption, with a focus on race and parenting. The FREE group meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month and is cosponsored by Pact and Bananas.
November 1, 2009 Oakland, CA 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Pact Annual Family Party Join other adoptive families of children of color to celebrate our families and have fun together. Food, games and activities for children babies through teens. A great time to connect with others who share your experience and do your holiday book shopping from Pact's great selection of multicultural books for children and adults.
November 14, 2009 Location TBA 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm	Pact Teen Club Meeting Youth Activity TBA. Concurrent Parent Potluck & Peer Support Group. Teens only! Meet other kids of color who were adopted or fostered. Here's a chance to have a good time with other kids who are like you. There will be teen / tween only activities. Parents can participate in a concurrent peer support group during which childcare will be available for younger siblings. Separate groups for teens and pre-teens.
November 14, 2009 Oakland, CA 9:00am - 1:00 pm	A Lifetime Journey focuses on relationships between children, their birth parents and their adoptive parents, whether they are in an open adoption or a closed one. This workshop will address children's questions about their birth parents -- both the questions they ask and those they hold inside.
December 3, 2009 Oakland, CA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Using Books with Children Discussion group for adoptive parents of color and their parenting partners Supporting a positive sense of self in children means finding books that support our children because they see themselves and positive images reflected in the pages. Join us for this discussion of what to look for in books about adoption, race and family.
December 4, 2009 East Bay Location 12:00pm - 4:00pm	Pact's End of the Year Family Party - More Details coming soon!
December 6, 2009 East Bay Location 2:00pm - 4:00pm	Northern CA Bay Regional Adoptive Family Group Meeting Families with adopted children of color meet monthly at a park or venue location for informal gatherings on the first Sunday of the month. Locations alternate at various locations around the bay. The majority of the kids who attend regularly range in age from 0 to 12, but all ages are welcome. Specific locations will be sent out monthly to those who sign up to receive the emails. Pact staff do not attend these events.