Reeves Meadow Visitors Center (100 Seven Lakes Dr, Sloatsburg, NY 10974)
🌧️ Should the weather not be in our favor, we’ll notify all RSVPs at least 12 hours in advance to confirm whether the hike is still on.
Get ready to hit the trails with our Also-Known-As community! 🌲👣
Join us for a memorable day on the trails, with former president and an avid lover of hiking, Mike Mullen. Whether you're an experienced hiker or just looking for a fun outdoor adventure, this is the perfect opportunity to enjoy nature, meet new people, and make lasting memories. We'll be hiking Pine Meadow Lake, a beautiful 5.7 mile loop (approx. 1,000 ft of elevation gain).
Important:
🚗 Need a ride? If you don’t have access to a car or transportation, let us know in the RSVP form. We’ll do our best to arrange rides from Suffern Train Station to the trailhead, but please plan accordingly if public transport is your main option.
[Optional] Post-Hike Lunch:
Join us after the hike for a casual post-event lunch at Roxanne’s Restaurant. Swing by for some well-earned slices, good conversation, and a relaxed vibe. 🍕
Your story deserves to be told. 🗣️
On April 30 in NYC, learn how three inspiring adoptees express who they are in creatively empowering ways:
🎭🎤Ed Popski @epopski
📚✍️ Sullivan Summer @thesullivansummer
🧵🎼 양천식 (Jeff) @yang_cheon_shik
Pig Beach (35-37 36th St Ground Floor, Astoria, NY 11106)
Brooklyn ✔️ New Jersey ✔️. Queens, it’s your turn! Also-Known-As is heading to Astoria for April’s Happy Hour. Join us on Thursday, April 10th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at one of Astoria’s favorite spots. Don’t want to drink? No problem! Pig Beach is known for their delicious barbecue bites. Come out, relax, and enjoy a great time with the community!
Join Also-Known-As and Megan Rakos [tag: @lovesupay], for an intimate evening of craft and conversation. Megan is adopted from Peru and an artist whose work uncovers themes of self-discovery, heritage, and the intricate ties between past and future.
Participants will use collage-making to produce a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork as a way to connect with heritage and themselves. Art making can be a powerful tool to work through and process complex trauma and build connections within yourself and others. No experience is necessary, just a desire to create and be in community with other adoptees! Some materials will be provided. Please bring your own scissors and any inspiration (cultural or otherwise), and/or a craft item to share with the group.
Come celebrate the coming of Spring with Also-Known-As in the Jersey ‘Koreatown’, Fort Lee! Make new friends, nosh on great eats, and…oh yeah…grab a cold brew (NA even). Can’t wait to see you there!
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Bonnie Vee, 17 Stanton Street, Lower East Side, NYC
Come break up the mid-winter blahs with new friends, a few spirited (or NA) drinks, and frosty cheer. Our happy hours are great for newcomers—come solo or bring a friend!
Join us at warm and spacious cocktail spot Bonnie Vee (conveniently located off Bowery) for happy hour specials on drinks and snacks, all the way until 8 pm. Enjoy a full bar, mocktails, and BV's comfy covered patio space, along with lively conversation among fellow community members.
Relationships can be difficult, and adding adoption into the mix adds an extra layer of complexity. How do we approach relationships, both platonic and romantic, as an adoptee? What are your experiences in navigating relationships with your adopted family? For those in reunion, how do you approach your relationship with your birth family? What are your thoughts on interracial dating? How does your attachment style feed into navigating relationships as an adoptee? Please join us to discuss the subject of navigating relationships as an adoptee.
New World Mall: 136-20 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11354 (basement floor) - enter New World Mall and go DOWN the escalator. We will try to grab a table or two near one another near the escalators. Please note service is extremely limited to nonexistent in the basement.
✨ Celebrate the Lunar New Year with us! 🎉 Join us as we honor the Year of the Snake with delicious food, lively traditions, and joyful togetherness in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the US: Flushing (Queens) NY! We will head down to the New World Mall food court in Flushing for a day of eating as we savor the New Year with warmth, community, and full bellies! 🌙✨
In-Person (134 West 29th St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001)
✨🌍 Cultural Roots Quest 🗣️
We invite you to our first event of the year — join community members who have personally returned to their birth countries seeking to learn more about their cultural and biological roots. Our panelists are from Hong Kong, Paraguay and South Korea and have vastly different experiences, and during this intimate conversation we’ll learn more about their lived experiences, engagement with their birth country cultures and what pieces of advice they may have for adoptees looking to conduct a birth family search.
Karaoke City (22 W 32nd Street. 7th Floor. New York, NY 10001)
Join us for a night of gathering, delicious food, raffles and karaoke as we raise a glass to 2024. Come one, come all! Everyone is welcome. Whether it's your first holiday party or your 28th, we're excited to get in the festive spirit with you. Also stay tuned for details to an after party at another one of our favorite spots!
🥘 Food Catered by Bulbap Grill
🎟️ RSVP: Required to help us plan effectively! Click here to register!
Cost: Free for members | $45 for non-members
Payment options include: Paypal or Venmo (@also-known-as)
Not a member yet? Join us.
Not sure if you're a member? Email membership@alsoknownas.org.
🎶 Let’s ring (and sing) in the new year. You’re not going to want to miss this one!
