Untangling Our Roots
Schedule
Thu Apr 25 2024 at 05:00 pm to Sun Apr 28 2024 at 12:30 pm
Location
Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center | Aurora, CO
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We are thrilled at the quality of presentations and entertainment this year, which includes prominent experts, advocates, and community and thought leaders in the NPE, Adoption, and Assisted Reproduction communities. We are confident this year’s conference will cultivate the culture of learning, community, and sharing that made our first conference a resounding success. It is shaping up to be a fabulous 3+ days.We kick off Thursday, April 25 at 4:00 with registration and at 6:00pm with a night of fun featuring the “Misfit Variety Show: Ancestry Dot Comedy’s Community Mic Night” hosted by DCP Lauren LoGiudice with members of our communities performing their thing interspersed between community members open mic acts. Our MC for the conference is adoptee Brian Stanton who made the documentaries @Ghostkingdom and Blank. We will start the summit Friday morning with an opening discussion about trauma and language with Alyssa Mancao, LCSW. Saturday features a Plenary Panel with members from the three communities:
· Angela Tucker, an adoptee whose latest book is You Should Grateful;
· Shirley Munoz Newson, who had an NPE, her book is Little Dark One; and
· Jon Baime, a DCP who just released a documentary Filling in The Blanks.
Friday and Saturday are filled with creative workshops, speaker panels, and speaker presentations. Friday night is our “Musical Walk-Through Genetic Identity” with live samples from musicals on topic by Rich Uhrlaub. Saturday night is our movie night. And, we are excited to announce our Sunday Keynote Speaker is Dr Mariel Buqué whose book Break The Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma is coming out 1/1/24. We will reflect and rejuvenate with our closing ceremony and end at 11:30pm on Sunday, April 28th. Check out is at noon.
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Where is it happening?
Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center, 13200 E 14th Pl, Aurora, CO 80011, United States,Denver, ColoradoEvent Location & Nearby Stays: