Post-Adoption Center for Education and Resources

Post-Adoption Center for Education and Resources PACER is a volunteer-run grassroots nonprofit organization by and for individuals living an adoption experience.

BUILDING AWARENESS AND OPENNESS

Since 1978, PACER is a unique nonprofit and grassroots volunteer organization that provides mental health services, resources, and support to adoption triad/constellation members. We understand that relinquishment, adoption, and loss are lifelong experiences. Our members and volunteers all have a lived adoption experience. TOUCHING LIVES

An estimated 6 million Ame

ricans are adopted, and each one of them has two sets of families that are deeply affected by the adoption experience. One third of the US population is touched by adoption, yet most experiences are largely invisible, unseen, and unheard. PACER is a triad/constellation an advocacy organization committed to truth, openness and transformation of the adoption system and the laws that govern it. ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE

In addition to serving triad/constellation members, PACER works to educate adoption professionals, counselors, social workers, physicians, educators, lawyers, clergy and media about the lifelong and lived experiences of relinquishment, adoption, and loss. PACER OFFERS:

Peer-led Support Groups
Referrals to Adoption Competent professionals
Community Events
Membership
Advocacy For Fairness and Ethical Standards in Adoption
Resources to Adoption-Related Research
Call to Action for open adoption records in California

WE BELIEVE...
..that adoption is a lifelong lived experience and process and that all members of the adoption triad/constellation are best served by a community of openness and honesty. PACER is committed to providing integrated mental health and recovery services to our members in order for them to better gain health and wellness. By opening both closed adoption records and the minds of the general public and lawmakers to the profound impact of relinquishment, adoption, and loss, secrecy and shame are replaced with healthier, more humanistic and ethical adoption practices. OUR GOAL...
.. is to provide integrated mental health and recovery services to all members of the adoption triad/constellation through our peer-led support groups, community outreach and events, resources, and referrals. We also strive to educate others about honesty and justice in adoption policies and practices, while simultaneously appreciating and supporting the different lived experiences of adoption by our members.

PACER celebrated its 40th Anniversary with Board members, former Board members, facilitators and friends.
07/03/2019

PACER celebrated its 40th Anniversary with Board members, former Board members, facilitators and friends.

Check out Episode 2 of Beyond Biological by Shelby Redfield Kilgore
05/18/2019

Check out Episode 2 of Beyond Biological by Shelby Redfield Kilgore

Beyond Biological – Episode 2 “The Connection” After several years of interviewing adoptees from foster care, international and domestic private adoption, I ...

02/13/2019

PACER is looking to add new BOARD Members if anyone in Northern California is interested. Please email [email protected] if you are interested or have any questions.

Our current efforts are focused on support, maintaining and expanding our peer support groups, connecting the adoption community through social media, and supporting adult adoptee access to original birth certificates.

Hey everyone,Check out Adoptee Elena S. Hall's new book "Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees."It...
12/03/2018

Hey everyone,

Check out Adoptee Elena S. Hall's new book "Through Adopted Eyes: A Collection of Memoirs from Adoptees."

It recently came out in October and features adoptee perspectives and interviews about adoption.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692161090/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

*Disclaimer - PACER does not support every view expressed in this book

Through Adopted Eyes explores the world of adoption from the viewpoint of adoptees. Russian adoptee Elena S. Hall shares her own story and thoughts on the subject of adoption in addition to interviews from other adoptees of different ages, heritages, and perspectives. Whether you are an adoptive ...

10/17/2018

https://www.facebook.com/kismetadoptionawareness/videos/437003530040110/

Celebrating adoptee filmmaker Shelby Kilgore,

Check out a preview of her new film, called Beyond Biological, wherein she looks at all different types of adoption in Appalachia, from kinshipcare, legal guardianship, open adoption, and international adoption. She allows a space for people to tell their stories, good, bad and everything in between.

*not all views expressed in the video are supported by PACER

https://www.pactadopt.org/events/event_detail.asp?event=426Hey All, on November 3rd, one of our partner organizations Pa...
10/16/2018

https://www.pactadopt.org/events/event_detail.asp?event=426

Hey All, on November 3rd, one of our partner organizations Pact, an Adoption Alliance will be hosting a day conference from 9am-4pm for Adoptive parents of color.

Click on the link for more information!

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Join us for Pact’s 3rd annual conference for adoptive parents of color and their families. Workshops and discussions will focus on supporting adopted children of color throughout their journey.  Adoptive parents, foster parents, and waiting adoptive parents of color are all welcome!

A great article by Anne Heffron!
10/08/2018

A great article by Anne Heffron!

My friend’s cat loves to sit at the window and watch the birds in the Japanese maple. Every morning he stands on his back legs, reaches up, catches the top of the blind, and uses his weight to drag it down so he can drive himself crazy with longing. 

This describes some adoptees!
10/07/2018

This describes some adoptees!

Please contact Richard Uhrlaub if you are interested!When: September 7-9, 2018Where: Devil's Thumb Ranch Tabernash, CO
08/07/2018

Please contact Richard Uhrlaub if you are interested!

When: September 7-9, 2018

Where: Devil's Thumb Ranch Tabernash, CO

A weekend of activities, camaraderie and insight for men 18+ who have been impacted by relinquishment, adoption and foster care, in a spectacular mountain setting.

"You bring the worst in me and the best in me." "You gave me a heart to reject the world." "You gave me a heart to chang...
04/12/2018

"You bring the worst in me and the best in me."

"You gave me a heart to reject the world."

"You gave me a heart to change the world."

Dear Adoption, In a World of Labels & Standards You Left Me Not Being Enough You left me with a story unknown. You left me with a constant perpetual desire to be someone I no longer can be. You…

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