FRUA participates in adoption related events on the national level, as well as in regional/chapter events. Events listed on this calendar by no means represent all activities going on in FRUA chapters, nor are listed events necessarily sponsored by FRUA.
To submit your conference or meeting information for posting on this site, e-mail details to: Outreach@frua.org. This calendar will be updated monthly by site volunteers so plan plenty of lead time if you have an event you would like posted.
(September 23 – 26, 2009)
ATTACH CONFERENCE – 21st Annual - Hope for Healing: The Neurological Connection
September 23-26, 2009 – Crowne Plaza Riverwalk – San Antonio, Texas, www.attach.org
(November 14, 2009)
8th Annual Adoption Resource Network Conference (ARNI)
Nov. 14, 8 A.M. - 4 P.M., Bay Trail Middle School, 1760 Scribner Rd., Penfield, NY. Featured speakers, Rita Soronen, Leslie Pate McKinnon, Susan Badeau & Josh Kroll. Spons. by Hillside Adoption Services. www.hillside.com 585-256-7500 or info@hillside.com
(Go to the following sites for events listed on their calendars and list on ours. Plus links for more info to these sites are fine)
The event calendar for Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) http://www.adoptionsupport.org/cal/index.php
The event calendar for Adoptive Families Magazine
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/calendar.php?cal=pre
The event calendar for Beyond Consequences Institute, Heather T. Forbes, LSCW
http://www.beyondconsequences.com/events.html
(Saturday, January 30, 2010)
8th Annual South Carolina Adoption Expo, 10:AM – 1:PM at the YWCA of Greenville, 700 Augusta Street. Sponsored by the SC Adoption Coalition for Education and Support with the SC Bar Young Lawyers Division. www.ACEKids.org
(Saturday, February 20, 2010)
Families Forever Adoption Fair, Felix C. Davis (Park Circle) Community Center Charleston, SC. Sponsored by the SC Bar Young Lawyers Division with the SC Adoption Coalition for Education and Support. www.scbar.org/adoption
(March 17 – 20, 2010)
Joint Council of International Children’s Services is pleased to announce the Annual Medical Institute and Conference to be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Baltimore, MD from March 17th – 20th, 2010. conference@jcics.org, www.jcics.org
(July 6 – 9, 2010)
National Council for Adoption, 2010 National Adoption Conference, July 6 - 9 "The Age to Engage in Adoption"
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on the Potomac
201 Waterfront Street National Harbor, Maryland 20745, For more info: www.adoptioncouncil.org
(October 15-16, 2010)
FRUA (Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions) FRUA's 7th Annual Conference on Education: October 15 & 16, 2010, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in collaboration with the International Adoption Health Program., 34th and Civic Center Boulevard,Philadelphia, PA 19104, www.frua.org