Attending and presenting at health and adoption conferences is a great way to network and help spread the Adoptions From The Heart mission in the community. With so many events happening around each AFTH branch office, we wanted to give you a hub for all the conferences AFTH will be at in the coming months. We can’t wait to see everyone there and share our love for open adoption!

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Pride in the Park
Location: Cedar Beach Park, Allentown, PA
Date: Sunday, August 23, 2015
About Pride in the Park: The Pride in the Park Festival acknowledges the achievements and progress made in and by the local queer community and beyond. Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley has been in existence, organizing the pride festival since 1993. What began as small community festival has evolved into the dynamic arts and culture celebration of today.

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The event includes vendors, merchants, artisans, business services and community groups, games and live entertainment. Pride in the Park has grown to include over 4,000 attendees and is held on the charming grounds of Cedar Beach Park in Allentown, PA. Allentown is located 50 north of Philadelphia and 70 miles east of New York City with a population of approximately of 600,000.

 

DelMed Health and Women Services Fair
Location: Epworth United Methodist Church, Rehoboth, DE
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2015
About DelMed Health and Women Services Fair: Receive free health screenings at the 5th Annual Women’s Health Fair. Screenings available include bone density, clinical breast exams, eye exams, blood pressure checks, cholesterol, diabetes and facial skin screening. Free flu shots will also be available in addition to mammograms by appointment.

 

Philadelphia Family Pride, Family Matters Conference
Location: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015
About Philadelphia Family Pride: This year’s conference theme is “Mind, Body, and Soul: Taking care of ourselves and our families.” This event for LGBTQ parents and prospective parents and our kids will be a day of speakers, workshops and networking for parents and fun programming for kids 8-15 with Camp Highlight.

There will also be onsite childcare for kids under 8, breakfast and lunch included in registration and sponsorship opportunities for local organizations and businesses.

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PFP is very excited that our keynote speaker will be Pennsylvania’s Physician General, Dr. Rachel Levine.
Dr. Levine is the highest ranking out transgender woman in Pennsylvania’s state government and will be honored at this year’s Philly Pride as the parade’s Grand Marshal. In her role as Physician General, Dr. Levine advises the governor and secretary of the Department of Health on medical and public health-related issues.

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Before being tapped for her current position in Gov. Wolf’s cabinet, Dr. Levine, a resident of Middletown, Pennsylvania, was a professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where she also served as chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders, a program she created. She has also worked actively with the school’s Office of Diversity, mentoring LGBT students, faculty and staff, and she sits on the board of Equality PA.

 

CPFA – Concerned Persons for Adoption
Location: Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2015
About CPFA: This will be New Jersey’s 34th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” Conference hosted by CPFA. This year’s keynote speaker is Debbie B. Riley, M.S. CEO, C.A.S.E. from the Center for Adoption Support & Education, Maryland. There will also be over thirty workshops on pre and post adoption issues.

 

PA Conference for Women
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015
About PA Conference for Women: This conference is the state’s top career and professional development event for women. Speakers this year include Gloria Mayfield Banks, Dorie Clark, Kerry Hannon, Jan Bruce, Megan Grassell, Jessica Jackley among many others!

 

APC Conference
Location: St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2015
About the APC Conference: Hosted by the Adoptive Parents Committee (APC) this year’s conference will have Pat O’Brien as the keynote speaker. O’Brien is the founder of You Gotta Believe, NACAC 2015 Child Advocate of the Year, and producer & co-host of The Adopting Teens & Tweens radio forum.

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The Adoptive Parents Committee (APC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit parent support group comprised of volunteers dedicated to improving all aspects of adoption and interim (foster) care. APC, the oldest adoptive parent group in North America, was formed in 1955 by a small group of people who shared their adoptive experiences. Today, there are more than 1,500 member families who belong to one of APC’s four chapters: Long Island, New York City, New Jersey and the Connecticut/Hudson Region. Some of our members are from Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other states throughout the country.