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We have a loose group of folks, many of whom have been gathering since the kids were in pre-school, and we've added on considerably over the years. We're a very diverse group -- white parents, bi-racial kid; white mom, black dad, black kid; two two-dad sets, one with a Guatamalan kid and a Vietnamese kid, one couple with a little boy and a little girl, both white Americans; white mom, black dad, and black kids; one black dad and bi-racial mom with a black kid; several black couples who've adopted multiple black kids; us (DH of hispanic origin and me white, with DD from Russia); a white couple with a Romanian kid of Gypsy origin; etc. etc. etc.
We get together every two or three months at somebody's house, with lots of food and fun for the kids. All of us talk all the time about ways to bring adoption as a way of family-building to the forefront. Due to holidays, we may not all have time to get together 'til January or February, but we're a pretty dedicated crew, committed to keeping our thing going.
In the spring, DD begins a section in Social Studies on European history, with an emphasis on Russia, and I've already set it up with her former Russian tutor and the teacher for her (tutor) to come in and help teach the class for several days.
Still, feel I'm not doing enough to get the message out....
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