chinese adoptee collective

a growing group of people adopted from china organizing events, sharing resources, and working towards liberation for our community.

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chinese adoptee collective (cac) is thrilled to present “FAMILY” - first, found, and future - the 2nd closed* conference for people adopted from china, to take place may 22-25 2026 at the asian arts initiative in person (free digital conference to be published afterward). swipe for faq >>>>>

interested in joining us?

waitlist enabled ❣️ thank you SO MUCH to everyone who registered for the 2nd closed* conference - “FAMILY”, first, found, and future – we hit registration capacity in less than 90 min – we are truly in awe of our community 💪

if you were not able to register, PLEASE DO SIGN UP FOR THE WAITLIST (same page as registration) 📋 we will email you asap if we can accommodate you 💛

register here

we are committed to providing resources to our community with little-to-no barrier to entry. if cost is a barrier to attendance, apply for our micro grant (applications close dec 31)! micro grants can help off set the cost of transportation, lodgings, and/or registration fees. at this time the micro grants form is still taking submissions. if you need assistance offsetting the cost of registration, cost of travel, and/or cost of lodgings, please visit the micro grants form link (closes jan 31) 🔗 we will do our best to accommodate as many folks as possible and will be in touch with those who submitted their application either way by feb 1 2026.

apply for a micro grant

scroll below to get a sneak peek and see what to expect from programming at the conference:

help us create the 2nd closed* conference for chinese adoptees ❣️ if somebody you know could benefit from this effort please consider donating and sharing! too many adoptees have never had the opportunity to be in a safer, braver, closed* space with folks like them. by donating today you are helping chinese adoptees create this space as a service to our community. https://gofund.me/3266e3ec2

https://gofund.me/3266e3ec2

“FAMILY” program call fors now open 📣 link to fill out the form 🔗 :: https://forms.gle/pTH3j3fn1fRbpTYDA

are you a person adopted from china with estrangement experience or a unique family dynamic story? are you in reunion or a mental health professional? if you answered yes to any of these prompts, we need your help! in order to offer a comprehensive program at the 2026 “FAMILY” - first, found, and future, conference we are calling on community members like you to help with session co facilitation, reset room shifts, workshop co leads, panelist speakers, and more 💛 please share this info with folks if you arent able to fill out the form yourself - form closes dec 31st ❣️ https://forms.gle/pTH3j3fn1fRbpTYDA

we did it! thank you so much to our inaugural 2025 conference attendees, volunteers, sponsors and collaborators, donors, community, and supporters!!! we are still working on digitizing the program so please be patient and sign up for our newsletter (below) for official updates from us! again thank you SO much - we cant wait to do it again soon ❣️ 💛

more photo highlights ::

(photo credit :: isabella kahn and emily angeline)

* closed means only for adults (18+) adopted from china. no adoptive parents. no partners. no general public.