The decision to adopt across cultural and racial lines is a lifelong commitment to exploring matters of race, confronting racism in all its forms and constantly developing new skills and awareness. This series of three workshops will help you to identify assumptions, provide you with tools and resources, and create a sense of confidence as you explore your future as a transracial family.
The workshops can be taken in any order.
Workshop A Topics:
- Myths and Reality
- Fears
- Racism – including how to respond to racism and talking with children about racism
Workshop B Topics:
- Cultural Competence
- Development of Racial Identity
Workshop C Topics:
- Counter-Intuitive Parenting
- Personalizing Culture
Comments from past participants:
- I would recommend this class to current and prospective transracial families. This class gives you tools and a sense of competency for being able to talk to your children about racial issues.
- This class is a forum to talk about race. I think everyone learned to think differently about the role of parenting transracially, about the experience of being a minority in this culture, of having the combination of being of color, being adopted and having parents of a different race.
- The thing I like about Astrid’s approach is that it is affirming. I appreciate that Adoption Mosaic focuses on the triad.
- Thank you for your openness and honesty – a model for us as parents.
The Details
Instructor: Astrid Dabbeni
When: Workshop C -June 5th 2010, 9am to 1pm
Where: TBA in Portland, Oregon
Cost: $60 per person, $90 per couple
Next planned workshops: Workshop C – March 13th 2010, Workshop A – April 17th 1010
This class is also offered on a request basis; contact us for details.