Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA) is offering a
free “talk” entitled
“Adoption is Forever:
When Adoptees Grow up”
with Amy Strickler, LMSW, LSW and Amy Geller, LCSW
on Friday, May 3rd
from 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST
Join Amy Strickler and Amy
Geller on this thought-provoking topic focusing on the adoptee in
adulthood. This program will encourage
interactive dialog among the participants discussing questions such as:
What is the experience of an adoptee when they
reach adulthood?
How does being adopted inform the transitions and turning points that come
with this phase of life?
Chat about common issues that
adult adoptees face as they continue their lifelong journey. This program should
prove to be a very interesting discussion for pre-and post- adoptive parents as
well as adult adoptees.
Click
here to register: https://fs17.formsite.com/cpfanj/CanWeTalk/index
A Zoom link will be sent to you the day before the event
Click below for the Can We Talk flyer:
About
Amy Strickler, LMSW, LSW:
Ms. Strickler is currently the Assistant Director of the Intensive
Weekend Program, and Assistant Professor of Teaching at the Rutgers School of
Social Work. Ms. Strickler is also an adult adoptee as well as an adoptive
parent with three grown children.
About
Amy Geller, LCSW:
Ms. Geller is a Doctoral Student at
the State University of New Jersey at Rutgers, a licensed clinical social
worker, lecturer and is in private practice.
Ms. Geller is also an adult adoptee and focuses much of her therapeutic
work and research on adoptees and adoptive families.
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The Book Club group will be meeting on Thursday, April 25th at 7:30 pm.
This is an in person gathering to be held at the Panera's
187 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932
We will be discussing "the Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese.
join Please join us on Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 7:30-9:00 pm,
at Panera Bread, 187 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932.
We will be having a discussion on The Covenant of Water,
by Abraham Verghese.
Remember, reading the book is encouraged, but not required.😀
Click below for the Book Club flyer with additional information about this months selection.
CPFA offers a great opportunity to network with other adoptive parents. CPFA is not an adoption agency,
but a volunteer organization working to support those who wish to adopt, and provide educational and networking resources to those who have adopted. Membership is encouraged and is open to anyone concerned with adoption.
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The Lynne Witkin/CPFA Scholarship
Sponsored by Concerned Persons for Adoption www.cpfanj.org
Lynne Witkin was a social worker,
adoptive parent and volunteer advocate for adoption. She recognized the need
for an annual gathering of professionals and parents and in 1979, pioneered New
Jersey’s first “Let’s Talk Adoption” Conference. Lynne also served as president
of Concerned Persons for Adoption, the adoptive parent support group which has
continued to coordinate this conference since her death.
This scholarship is offered in the
hope of helping and encouraging qualified social work majors who are interested
in pursuing a career in the area of adoption/child welfare. There are currently
over a half million children in the U.S. in foster care. More than 100,000 of
these are awaiting adoptive parents. There is a critical need for caring,
capable social workers to enter the field of child welfare - protective
services, foster care, adoption, post-adoption services and the like,
especially at this time in New Jersey.
Scholarship winner will be
announced May 15, 2024.
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