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.

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

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