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 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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Adopting Privilege: What is it? Who has it? And how is access to information and informed consent attempting to shift it?
Questions? Contact Betsie Norris at betsie.norris@adoptionnetwork.org or (216) 482-2314.
