Journeys of Discovery
an Adoption Network Cleveland Conference
Thursday, March 20 - Sunday, March 23, 2025
Journeys of Discovery, an Adoption Network Cleveland Conference, will be held Thursday, March 20th through Sunday, March 23rd, 2025, on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University in Berea Ohio, which is 15 miles south of Cleveland and conveniently located to freeways, hotels, and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Journeys of Discovery, an Adoption Network Cleveland Conference, brings you:
- 3 Keynote presentations
- 6 workshops
- 3 theatrical performances
- 3 evenings of fun
- A catered reception
- 5 meals
- Content qualifying for professional CEUs including 3 ethics hours
- Creative and community-building opportunities
- And more!
Target Audience:
- Adult adoptees
- First/birth parents
- Adoptive parents
- Foster and kinship caregivers
- Donor conceived people
- People with DNA surprises
- Adoption and child welfare professionals
- Mental health professionals
- People in the helping professions
About the Conference: To mark the 10th anniversary of Ohio’s Opening Day – a day 400,000 Ohio adoptees, by law, gained access to their original birth records – Adoption Network Cleveland is hosting a conference to continue the celebration and education. Together, adoptees; birth parents; adoptive, kinship and foster parents; foster alumni; individuals who are donor conceived or have found misattributed parentage through DNA testing; and professionals in the field, and others, will explore unfolding life stories, engage in learning, and create community. More conference details.
To learn more about pricing, registration, and meals, click here.
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Hotel Information
There are many hotels near the Baldwin Wallace Campus. To provide an affordable option we have reserved a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza - see the following information. Given the variety of hotel options, please use your judgment about which local accommodations will best meet your needs.
Adoption Network Cleveland has arranged for a block of rooms at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport for $99/night for conference attendees. The rate applies to both single rooms (one king bed) and double rooms (two queen beds).
The Crowne Plaza is one mile from the conference site on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University, and four miles from Cleveland Hopkins Airport.
Please use this link The Adoption Network to make a hotel reservation online, or use code ANC if making your reservation by phone at 440-243-4040 or toll free at 1-877-227-6963. Hotel reservations must be made by February 27, 2025, to guarantee the $99 room block rate. The address of the hotel is Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport, 7230 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130.
Hotel amenities include:
- Complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle upon request
- From airport, guests call hotel at 440-243-4040 for pick up
- Spot #7 in Hotel/Ground Shuttle Lot - walk out of baggage area by carousel No. 1, follow the signs, cross over to the second lane of pick up spots and walk down to the hotel’s shuttle location.
- Guests should schedule return trip with hotel front desk on shuttle log; shuttle departs on the half hour back to the airport.
- Complimentary shuttle on a space-available basis for guests without a car to and from the Baldwin Wallace University Sandstone Conference Center.
- Indoor pool and sauna
- Complimentary parking
- Health/Fitness center
- Business center
- Wireless internet
- Restaurant and lounge
- Coffee maker, iron/board, hair dryer and refrigerator in each guest room\
- Check in 4 PM, Check out 12 noon
- Complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle upon request
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Adopting Privilege: What is it? Who has it? And how is access to information and informed consent attempting to shift it?
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Healing Adoption Traumas Using the 3 Stage Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Model
Questions? Contact Betsie Norris at betsie.norris@adoptionnetwork.org or (216) 482-2314.
