June
2026
Our Community
This space is intended to increase visibility for adoptee-led/centric work, events, and resources. Inclusion is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement, recommendation, or affiliation by Adoption Mosaic.
Support the Protect Adoptees and American Families (PAAF) Act
A community petition is gathering support for the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act (PAAF), a bipartisan bill designed to provide citizenship protections for internationally adopted adults excluded under current law. The legislation seeks to address a longstanding legal gap that has left many adoptees without the rights and security promised through adoption.
AKA presents Taming the Tropes: In Conversation with Adoption Pop!
A conversation and Q&A with Adoption Pop! hosts podcast journalist Haley Radke, filmmaker Kristal Parke, and cultural critic Sullivan Summer. Adoption Pop! started in late 2025 with weekly episodes that burst pop culture's favorite adoption tropes. With wit and astute insight, the show explores how adoption is represented in popular media and challenges how the world commonly views the adoptee experience from the perspective of those who have lived it.
WHEN:
June 15, 2026 @ 7pm CST
WHERE:
Online
COST:
Free for AKA members
$12.51 for non-members
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.
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:
June 20, 2026
WHERE:
Online
Hold It All: Finding Safety in Grief and Joy
Hold It All: Finding Safety in Grief and Joy is a virtual somatic mini-retreat for BIPOC adoptees, co-created by Sun Mee and Lian, for those who are tired of performing wholeness, holding it all together, or feeling guilty for grieving what others expect them to be grateful for. Together, we’ll explore how to create space for joy AND grief through gentle body-based practices, guided reflection, and BIPOC adoptee community where you don’t have to explain the basics.
WHEN:
June 28, 2026
@ 11am PST (2pm EST)
WHERE:
Online
3rd Annual BIPOC Adoptee VOICES Conference: Registration is Open!
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
Coming Home to Self: A Ketamine Retreat for Adoptees
Created by adoptees for adoptees, this intimate 3-day retreat offers a space to explore the deeper layers of the adoptee experience.
Participants will be supported through two physician prescribed journeys, IFS and trauma informed integration, quiet reflective time and connection with others who understand the complexity from the inside.
Why Ketamine? Ketamine assisted experiences help quiet our habitual thoughts and create space for new insight, emotional openness, and compassion. Research suggests it supports the brains ability to form new neural connections and flexibility in our emotional and nervous system patterns. Many participants describe this work as deeply meaningful and often life changing. Limited to 6 participants-we currently have one spot remaining.
If interested, please email:
Heather- [email protected], or
Pam-
[email protected]
Holding Compassionate Space:
Adoptee-Led Sacred Plant Medicine Retreats
Mee Ok, a Korean adoptee, is co-founder of Inin Nete Sacred Plant Medicine Healing Center in Pucallpa, Peru, where she apprentices in the Shipibo tradition alongside Maestra Maricela, adoptee Maestro Francisco, and their children. Inin Nete offers 8-night guided ayahuasca retreats with a 4:10 healer-to-guest ratio and a maximum of 10 participants. The center is indigenous-owned and rooted in lineage-based initiation built for decolonization and reconnection with the sacred.
Offering a $500 scholarship to international adoptees and birth mothers from the Adoption Mosaic community!
WHEN:
August 21-29, 2026
WHERE:
Pucallpa, Peru
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).
TIES - Language at the Lake
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
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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