OUR CORE SERVICES
Quarterly Educational Meetings |
Peer Support Groups |
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All AKA members & friends are welcome to attend these meetings. This is a time for us to all come together and learn from one another. These events are free, but preregistration is required to receive access information.
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April's theme:
Secrets, Shame, and Silence |
AKA's Book Club
AKA's Book Clubs are virtual and open to everyone. Be sure to register at least a day or two before the event to ensure you receive the Zoom link.
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AKA's 2025 Book Club #3
with Marianne Novy May 6, 2025 Adoption Memoirs The book club will be held on Zoom. Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link and any additional important details. |
Adoption Memoirs tells inside stories of adoption that popular media miss. Marianne Novy shows how adoption memoirs and films recount not only happy moments, but also the lasting pain of relinquishing a child, the racism and trauma that adoptees such as Jackie Kay and Jane Jeong Trenka experienced, and the unexpected complexities of child-rearing adoptive parents Emily Prager and Jesse Green encountered.
Novy considers 45 memoirs, mostly from the twenty-first century, by birthmothers, adoptees, and adoptive parents, about same-race and transracial adoption. These adoptees, she recounts, wanted to learn about their ancestry and appreciated adoptive parents who helped. Birthmother Amy Seek shows why open adoption is not simple, and many other memoirs tell stories that continue past reunion. Adoption Memoirs will enlighten readers who lack experience with adoption and help those looking for a shared experience to also understand adoption from a different standpoint. |
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AKA's 2025 Book Club #1:
with Dr. Abby Hasberry February 20, 2025 Adopting Privilege: A Memoir of Reinventing My Adoptee Narrative |
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AKA's 2025 Book Club #4:
with Jean Kelly Widner June 2025 |
AKA's 2025 Book Club #5:
with Julie Ryan McGue August 13, 2025 Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood |
AKA's 2025 Book Club #6:
October 2025 |
Annual Conference
Adoption Knowledge Affiliates' annual conference is two days of connection, education, and support for anyone directly connected to adoption and professionals in the field of adoption.