More Kinds of Awesome: Untold Stories by and for Adoptees
Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 3:00-5:00 pm CT (doors open at 2:30 pm)
The Network of Politicized Adoptees (NPA) is thrilled to present the next installment of our signature storytelling event, “More Kinds of Awesome,” (MKOA). MKOA explores the intersections of adoptee and cultural communities, lived experiences, and our shared fight for justice, equity, and liberation, by uplifting the voices of adoptees who may otherwise not have a platform to share their unique experiences and perspectives. This public event allows adoptees and non-adoptees to share space and learn from our adoptee storytellers' unique experiences. Adoptees, like many other cultural communities, are not a monolithic group and NPA strives to curate a space for learning and healing as a collective. NPA is committed to offering this event with ASL interpretation.
OUR STORYTELLERS:
- Elizabeth Brenes
- Siuho Gong
- Sharissa Mickelson
- Cecilia E. Ortiz
- Mags Scanlon
EVENT HOSTS:
Network of Politicized Adoptees (NPA)’s mission is to strengthen, cultivate, and improve the lives of adoptees by building community power. Through solution-focused action, we advance adoptee justice by telling our own stories and collectively working towards systemic change. NPA’s vision is for all adoptees to feel empowered and have access to history, knowledge, fair policy, records, and positive health and relationships.
NPA is very excited that this year, our very own Julia Gay is curating this event. To read read more about Julia's artistic work, visit www.juliagay.com.
Thank you, Elly, for our amazing event graphic!
