AKA's Virtual Conference: Connected & Courageous

Welcome and Keynote with April Dinwoodie

Strength and Belonging in the Community We Were Never Meant to Have: What Adoption Can Teach the World

Breakout Session #1

Room A: Elizabeth Barbour: Navigating the Complexities of Adoption Reunion with GRACE: Establishing Solid Ground in Your Relationships Room B: Dawn J. Post, Esq. Adoption Promises Broken: Legal and Policy Failures Impacting Abandoned Adoptees

Breakout Session #2

Room A: Katherin Garland, Tarcia Smith, ​and Kevin Hodge-Niblack Barnett: Same, Same, But Different: Understanding the Black Adoptee Experience and the Need for Community Room B: Aimee Sones & Ruby Barnett: Seeing/Knowing/Experiencing Who You Really Are through Meditation