There are plenty of myths and facts on the topic of transracial adoption, including who transracial adoptees are, pathways into transracial adoption, and the practices and policies that shape it today. Register to join a free, hour-long, online conversation about transracial adoptions with the EmbraceRace community, happening Tuesday, November 19, at 5:30 pm PT/8:30 pm ET.
EmbraceRace is a multiracial community of parents, teachers, experts, and other caring adults who support each other to meet the challenges that race poses to our children, families, and communities.
The conversation will be facilitated by Gina Miranda Samuels, PhD, MSW, an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration, and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. Her teaching and training focuses on issues related to social work practice with individuals and families, multiraciality and adoption, and applied qualitative research.
Dr. Samuels is a transracial adoptee who works with and does research on the experiences of transracial adoptees and their families. Her scholarship explores identity, belonging, loss, and chronic displacements from home among those who have experienced foster care, homelessness, and/or transracial adoption. Dr. Samuels' recent book with Dr. Kelly Jackson, Multiracial Cultural Attunement, explores how social workers and others can engage the dynamics of race and culture in ways that are critical, complex, and socially just.
Join EmbraceRace for a look at a few of the common experiences of race and racism faced by transracial adoptive families and people who are transracially adopted, and at issues unique to sub-groups within the community. The discussion considers transracial adoption as a unique context in which children learn about race, ethnicity and culture, and what this might mean for parental socialization within and beyond families. Please also take the extra step to Tweet, FaceBook, or Instagram about this free, online event to your networks.
EmbraceRace is a multiracial community of parents, teachers, experts, and other caring adults who support each other to meet the challenges that race poses to our children, families, and communities.
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| Dr. Gina Samuels |
Dr. Samuels is a transracial adoptee who works with and does research on the experiences of transracial adoptees and their families. Her scholarship explores identity, belonging, loss, and chronic displacements from home among those who have experienced foster care, homelessness, and/or transracial adoption. Dr. Samuels' recent book with Dr. Kelly Jackson, Multiracial Cultural Attunement, explores how social workers and others can engage the dynamics of race and culture in ways that are critical, complex, and socially just.
Join EmbraceRace for a look at a few of the common experiences of race and racism faced by transracial adoptive families and people who are transracially adopted, and at issues unique to sub-groups within the community. The discussion considers transracial adoption as a unique context in which children learn about race, ethnicity and culture, and what this might mean for parental socialization within and beyond families. Please also take the extra step to Tweet, FaceBook, or Instagram about this free, online event to your networks.