Finally - the workshop you've been waiting for!
True Colors II is a workshop focusing on the life long education of adoptive
parents parenting children of color across racial lines. True Colors II will
feature advanced conversations about race that begin with a foundation that
already acknowledges racism exists and has a direct impact on my child's
life as well as my own. You must have attended Pact's True Colors I (or
demonstrate other substantive education on transracial adoption) to
participate in this workshop. We will highlight hands on internal work with
other parents to collaborate and develop parenting strategies.
True Colors II includes dissection of the politics of race, transracial and
international adoption, and becoming a white ally. This workshop is a
corrective action to assist participants in understanding how race impacts
transculturally and transracially adopted children as well as their (usually
white) parents. We will ask you to dig deeper into your own unexplored
racialized thinking and experience. How do you think of yourselves as white
allies to people of color? What does this mean? How does this relate to
overcoming the urge to be the 'racism police' or learning how to speaking
with, but not for people of color? We will think specifically about how you
operate in the neighborhoods and communities where you and your children
reside, and how that translates to supporting your child's self-esteem, and
creating a strong sense of comfort in their own skin as well as membership
in your family.
We will have lunch on-site, so bring your own lunch or order your lunch in
advance!
