Off and Running

Facilitated by Astrid Dabbeni

About the workshop

Join us for a screening of this extraordinary 2007 documentary, Off and Running

The film follow Avery, an African American teenager and the adopted daughter of two Jewish lesbian moms in Brooklyn as she goes on a journey to uncover her roots.

A facilitated discussion will follow the film with Astrid Dabbeni, Executive Director of Adoption Mosaic.

Open to the community, ages 18 and over please.

About the presenter

Astrid Dabbeni, has led youth adoption support groups, and worked and volunteered for adoption related organizations for over 15 years. Astrid's life-long interest in adoption is rooted in her own adoption at the age of four with her older sister from Colombia, South America. Astrid is the Executive Director of Adoption Mosaic in Portland, OR.

About the particulars

Location: Community Center at Mercer View Mercer Island, WA
When: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Hours: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Fee: $22-General Public ($25 day of) $32 Professionals seeking CEUs ($35 day of) US
CEU info: 3 CEU's Cascadia Training is approved by the NASW, Washington State Chapter, to provide continuing education units to Licensed Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Certificates of Completion are awarded to attendees at the end of each workshop. Provider number #1975-118, and is an OSPI approved provider of in-service education. This is a "Washington State Approved Clock Hour Offering Workshop."