April
2026
Our Community
Help Us Uplift Film: You're So Lucky
Adoption Mosaic is proud to partner with this film as it competes in the Gold House Renaissance Rally on Seed&Spark, which launched March 30.
In 1988, a 9-year-old boy walked through Gimpo Airport in Seoul and boarded a plane to a life that had already been decided for him. He learned to smile. To be grateful. To make himself smaller.
He learned to call survival a gift.
You’re So Lucky is a short documentary by Korean adoptee Jonathan Moon: a man searching for the boy he once was, and the place he has always belonged. It is a letter to the grandmother who was his first definition of love. And it is a story the adoption world rarely lets adoptees tell for themselves.
Because being saved doesn’t mean you were lost.
Here’s how you can help:
Ethiopian Adoptees Foundation: 5th Annual Gathering
The EAF Gathering is a meaningful event that brings together Ethiopian adoptees ages 18 and older from across the United States to build connections and community in person. It creates a supportive space for shared experiences, cultural connection, and lasting relationships.
This event is open to Ethiopian adoptees age 18 years and older.
WHEN:
June 17-21, 2026
WHERE:
Dickens Lodge
Sevierville, TN
COST:
$250 - includes five days of housing, meals, and all scheduled activities.
The Embodied Rewire™: Creating Wealth & Teaching Your Nervous System How to Sustain It
A powerful community for women of the global majority ready to align mind, body, and spirit while building sustainable wealth.
Learn to expand your capacity, elevate your business, and create success that lasts - through embodiment and nervous system regulation (and your sexual energy).
Help Support Film: The Reunion
The Reunion tells the story of a Korean American adoptee who travels to Seoul to meet her biological mother for the first time.
Director Dahee Kim (she/her) is a Korean adoptee creating her fourth project exploring international adoption. We’re raising $20,000 toward a $50,000 budget via Seed&Spark.
We’re also participating in the Gold House AAPI Renaissance Rally: reaching 80% of our goal and 350 followers would unlock additional funding and networking opportunities.
You can support this campaign by making a financial contribution, following on Seed&Spark, and sharing with your friends and family who value AAPI and adoptee stories. Every bit helps to bring this story to life.
Migrating Toward Wholeness:
Virtual Healing Retreats for Adoptees
Dr. Liz DeBetta’s Virtual Migrating Toward Wholeness™ Retreats support adoptees in reclaiming voice, agency, and connection through trauma-informed writing and reflective practice. Each retreat is designed to honor nervous-system care, consent, and the power of lived experience. Flexible options in 2026 include single retreats and a six-month healing journey.
WHEN:
May 16, 2026
June 20, 2026
WHERE:
Online
TIES - Language at the Lakes
Guatemalan Ties Language at the Lake invites adoptees of all backgrounds and their loved ones to slow down, connect, and experience Guatemala in a warm, authentic way. Set along the stunning shores of Lake Atitlán in San Pedro La Laguna, this program blends meaningful Spanish learning with cultural exploration and community connection. Each day offers something memorable: morning language lessons, afternoons exploring local markets and Tz'utujil traditions, and peaceful moments by the lake. It is an opportunity to deepen your relationship with Guatemala, build community, and feel truly welcomed into the heart of this vibrant lakeside town.
Questions? Contact [email protected] or (303) 418-4579
3rd Annual BIPOC Adoptee VOICES Conference: Registration Opening this Month!
This multi-day conference returns for its third year—an empowering, transformative gathering created by and for our community.
This event is exclusively for adults (18+) who identify as:
-BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) adoptees
-BIPOC descendants of adoptees
-BIPOC former or current foster youth in the child welfare system, adopted, or living with a legal guardian
Attendees can expect plenary sessions, engaging program sessions, support and affinity groups, community-building spaces, and more as we come together to honor our stories, deepen connection, and build collective power.
WHEN:
July 23-26, 2026
WHERE:
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Holding Compassionate Space:
Adoptee-Led Sacred Plant Medicine Retreats
9-Day/8-night adoptee-led sacred plant medicine retreats with adoptee indigenous healers in Pucallpa, Peru. This trauma-informed, adoptee-informed compassionate space in the Amazonian rainforest is offered as a safe container for deep transformational work. It is an opportunity to reconnect with nature, our spirits, and our ancestral roots.
WHEN:
June 1-9, 2026
WHERE:
Pucallpa, Peru
Adoptees of South America + Extended Latin Americas: Monthly Zoom Calls
Adoptees of South America + Extended Latin Americas is a volunteer based, peer centered group for adult adoptees with ties to South America & Extended Latin Americas by birth or birth parent. Our mission is to provide adoptees with a space for connection, support and encouragement in any step of their journey.
Monthly Zoom Calls (18+): Conversations on adoptee-related and broader topics. Times rotate monthly to include members across time zones.
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