Lifelong Learning
Lifelong Learning
Adoption is a lifelong journey—there is always more to learn. Ready to deepen your understanding of the complex intersections of adoption, family, and race? Pact is here for you, with year-round education programs that reflect our honest, anti-racist, child-centered approach to adoption. We welcome and encourage the participation of prospective adopters, adoptive parents, and first/birth parents of children of color, as well as extended family members; adult adoptees of color; community members and adoption professionals. Our educational offerings draw on 30+ years of experience in the field, as well as the latest emerging research.
Learn more about:
Adoption Webinars
Expand your knowledge from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office, anywhere in the United States. All webinars (both live and pre-recorded) cost $38.50 each. A 20% discount is available for Pact members. Join Pact today.
Live Webinars:
Looking for an interactive experience? Live webinars allow you to participate in discussion and pose questions to Pact experts and guest speakers. Go to our Events page to find and register for upcoming webinars, or browse our full-year webinar schedules:
2025 Webinar Schedule
On-Demand Webinars:
What you want to know, when you need to know it! As soon as you purchase a webinar, you will be emailed a link to the video.
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Not sure where to begin? Check out our Voices of the Triad series, where you can hear directly from adoptees, first/birth parents, and adoptive parents, who candidly share their experiences and emotions on the lifelong journey of adoption.
Adoptive Parenting by Age Group
Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity
Adoption Professionals/Professional Development
Join Pact today to receive a member discount on both recorded and live adoption webinars.
Conferences & Trainings
Pact sponsors two important conferences held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area:
California Adoption Conference
Co-sponsored by six Bay Area non-profit organizations, the California Adoption Conference is a two-day, comprehensive conference with numerous workshops and resources of interest to birth parents, prospective and current adoptive parents, foster parents, adult adoptees, former foster youth, non-adopted siblings, extended family, social workers, therapists, psychologists, teachers, and allies. Each day includes a keynote address followed by concurrent workshops that allow participants to find the learning opportunities that meet their needs. Topics include open adoption, transracial adoption, attachment, and searching for first/birth family. Speakers include birth/first parents, adopted adults, adoptive parents, adoption researchers, and activists.
Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative (APCC) Convening:
Organized by Pact’s Adoptive Parents of Color Collaborative (APCC), this daylong educational and community-building event is created by and for adoptive parents of color (people of color who have adopted children). Adult programming focuses on the intersections of adoption, parenting, race, and child development, while simultaneous youth programming provides age-appropriate activities.
Trainings: Pact can design and deliver customized educational programming for organizations; contact education@pactadopt.org for more information.
Register for upcoming conferences on our Events page. Join Pact today to receive a member discount on conference fees.