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Thank you for your interest in the Also-Known-As, Inc. Speakers Bureau program. Established in 1997, the Speakers Bureau was created to raise awareness of adult intercountry adoptee experiences by providing panel discussions and seminars to Nonprofit organizations, adoption agencies, parent support groups, culture camps, universities and schools. |
| Request a Panel |
| Please contact the Bureau Directly by phone at 1-888-467-2183 |
| Fees and Costs | ||
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For organizations with an annual budget |
3 Speakers (recommended) Additional Speaker Facilitator (optional) |
$150.00 $25.00 $25.00 |
For organizations with an annual budget |
3 Speakers (recommended) Additional Speaker Facilitator (optional) |
$300.00 $50.00 $50.00 |
| Invoices and Billing |
| Payment is due at the close of each event in full. If necessary your organization can be invoiced prior to the event. |
| Panel Topics | ||
| The following is a descriptive list of topics that the Bureau has addressed in the past. They may be combined in any combination or explored singularly in detail. | ||
| Topic | Description | Recommended for |
| Identity and Culture | Speakers guide the audience through their own struggles to define themselves and how being adopted from another culture affects their journey. | Adoptive Parents, Adoptee Youth, Agencies |
| Adoptees Within Their Own Culture | Exploring heritage within the context of adoption is one thing, but what happens when the time comes to interact with non-adoptees from the same ethnic culture? Adoptees talk about their experiences and their views on their place within their own culture | Adoptive Parents, Cultural and Ethnic/Cultural Organizations |
| Race and Ethnicity in Childhood | How do you deal with the mature and complex issues of race and identity before you even know what they mean? Adult intercountry adoptees reflect upon their own experiences of being of a different race in their family and community. | Adoptive Parents, Adoptee Youth, Agencies |
| The Search for Self | The adoptee search for birth family is often perceived as the climax or resolution of the adoption experience. Adult adoptees share their own experiences searching, being found, not searching at all and the implications that these events all hold. | Adoptive Parents, Agencies, Adoptee Youth (Mature) |
| College and Leaving Home | Graduation from high school marks a transition to adulthood for many teenagers. Adult adoptees share their own experiences from the application process to graduation, all that goes on in between and a little bit beyond. | Adoptive Parents, Adoptee Youth |
| Dating and Relationships | Dating and relationships are common enough to us all. However, adoption places a unique spin to an age-old institution. Adoptees talk about their own experiences about how culture, race and family origin affect this. | Adoptive Parents, Adoptee Youth, Agencies |
| Returning to the Motherland | Returning to the country of your birth can be a powerful experience for an adoptee. Culture shock, false assumptions and lofty expectations can ruin your trip. Find out what to expect and how to prepare yourself before you go. | Adoptive Parents, Adult Adoptees, Adoptive Youth, Agencies |
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