Older Youth Adoption Panel
Part of ACO Education Month, this Older Youth Adoption Panel Session will feature First Voice Advocates speaking on their experiences of being adopted at an older age. For more information about ACO Education month, click here.
Snack & Chat @ Adopt4Life
Adopt4Life’s weekly Snack & Chat features various members from the adoption constellation including adoptees, parents and caregivers through adoption, fostering, kinship or customary care, and professionals. Join for Adoption Awareness Month as we talk about The Heart That Silence Built, and the important of listening to the voices of lived experience with adoption and permanency journeys.
The Inner Child Podcast by Gloria Zhang
Big thank you to Gloria Zhang, for inviting me to talk about The Heart That Silence Built on The Inner Child Podcast in November in honour of Adoption Awareness Month. More details coming soon.
Learn more about the Inner Child Podcast here
summerFEST Outdoor Summer Market
So excited be announcing that I have been accepted as a vendor for The Nook’s summerFEST Outdoor Summer Market for a weekend in September. I hope to see you there.
This market features vendors that craft handmade goods. Shop apparel, stationary and food at this market supporting small businesses!
Legislating Love Facebook Live
Join me with Ontario’s former Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to talk about the heart that silence built. We’ll be answering questions on what role it plays for professionals, why it’s important to listen to First Voice Advocates and the call to action to ‘stop seeing adoption as a solution to a problem’.
This event is free! RSVP on Facebook to get a reminder! Don’t have Facebook or don’t want to RSVP? The link below will be live at the time of the event, you can just click it to join!
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Friends and Family Book Launch
Celebrate the launch of my first poetry book - oh and it's my birthday!
Join Wendy in celebrating the release of her work with a party! 🎉
Featuring:
Emcee Andrea Gunraj, mentor, friend and author of The Lost Sister
Performances from Owen Seto and Paul Richard
Hear from Never Too Late and their important work!
Guest Nathan Ross, friend, fellow adoptee and author of Mourning After the Storm
Adoption Council of Ontario Book Launch
Join the ACO as we celebrate the launch of The Heart That Silence Built written by Wendy Hayes.
Event Details:
Topics include sibling relationships, the importance of listening to adoptee voices, identity, openness, grief, and the impacts of trauma
Date: Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
Time: 1 pm-3 pm
Where: Virtual – Zoom
Cost: Free