AMERICAN ADOPTION CONGRESSComing to Denver! Please join American Adoption Congress board members for a special educational training on Friday, August 28, 2015 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the McCollum Room of the Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. Denver, CO. The evening’s educational training is in
conjunction with preparation for AAC’s annual conference held March 29th - April 2, 2016 at the Denver Grand Hyatt Hotel. The evening will feature discussion of the AAC’s mission, and its goals for the future, as well as highlighting board members’ individual adoption journeys. All panel members are happy to field questions related to their personal adoption journeys and look forward to engaging conversation. If you are planning to attend or have any further questions regarding this event, please contact Eileen Skahill at eileenskahill@yahoo.com
directly. We at Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families are quite supportive of this event, but we are not sponsoring it, and therefore cannot adequately answer questions for you. Panel Members Include: Cynthia McGuigan, the American Adoption Congress President has served on the board since 2007 in various positions and is the recipient of AAC's 2013 President Award. Cindy is a former foster child and first/birth mother of a 31 year old son. She and her son's birth father have been married for 25 years, raising 3 daughters. Cindy will discuss her experiences as a birth/first mom and foster child and how it has shaped her as a parent and as a person. Eileen Skahill, American Adoption Congress Education Chair, AAC Colorado State Representative and adult adoptee. Eileen is a Professor of Sociology at the
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs who specializes in adoption research and designs and instructs courses on adoption, foster care and the welfare system. Eileen has been in reunion with her first family since 2002 and will discuss issues related to her adoption and reunion experience as well as her research in the cultural and social experience of adopted children and youth residing in the United States. Susan Harris O'Connor, MSW is the Director of Adoption Services at Children’s Services of Roxbury, AAC New England Regional Director, AAC MA State Representative,
Lost Daughters' member and author and national performance artist of
The Harris Narratives: An Introspective Study of a Transracial Adoptee. Susan will discuss her transracial adoption experience being raised in a white environment and the ways in which her parents contributed in helping her develop a positive self-esteem and identity. Montview Presbyterian Church 1980 Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80220 303-355-1651
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