In addition to our general biweekly meetings, we also host various social or larger community events throughout the year!
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DisOrient Film Festival
The annual event, DisOrient Film Festival of Oregon, showcased two feature films centered around adoptees. Some of our members volunteered at the film festival in support of the event. The films and live stream Q & A’s with directors enabled us to broaden our perspective of adoptees and other Asian Americans’ experiences. We were also able to network and share the presence of our organization with the event coordinators and film makers.
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Holt International Dinners
Approximately once a month the Adoptees Meets World group associated with Holt International hosts a dinner for local adoptees to connect and enjoy a meal together. Members from our organization are invited to attend these dinners. This gives members of our group a chance to get to know other adoptees from the local community and connect with more resources related to adoption.
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Holt International Workshop
We invited staff members from Holt International, an adoption agency based in Eugene, to lead us in a session inspired from material they utilize at their annual summer camps for adoptee youth. Participants were able to explore personal meaning of their adopted and birth names, as well as other links back to their birth cultures.
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ASU x OSU: Somewhere In Between
We collaborated with an adoptee from Oregon State University on an event to further awareness and validation of experiences of adoptees within the Asian Pacific American community. The event included the screening of a short film, a speaker panel with a diverse mix of adult adoptees from the Seattle based organization: Adoptees for Justice, and opportunities for discussion and networking. The event was open to all and attracted people from around Eugene, Corvallis, Seattle and beyond.
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ASU Ice Cream Social
To celebrate our first year as a club, we held this public event for the UO community, allowing students the opportunity to be introduced to the club and further the awareness of our group’s presence on campus. Adoptees were also able to be exposed to the club for the first time and connect with other adopted students through the fun and delicious event.