Get more involved with Pact and other adoptive families like yours. Pact parents have formed a peer support & play group of parents with common interests and adopted children of color. It's a great time to connect and enjoy some family time in the park.

There's lots of room to roam at this family-friendly location! Bring your own picnic, blanket and park toys (frisbees, sand toys, bubbles, balls, card games, etc).

For questions and to RSVP in advance please contact Barry Ross, volunteer coordinator for this event:
brosstwin@roadrunner.com or call at 714-336-1571

Researchers in the UCLA Psychology Department are investigating the emotional development of children who have been adopted from institutional care and are currently conducting a study examining social and emotional behaviors including attachment security. Click through to read details about the studies an how to participate.

FCC-SoCal families are invited to join the San Gabriel Valley Adoption Friendship Group at the Pacific Asia Museum’s free Family “Puppet Festival” Day on Saturday, June 6, noon to 4 pm. “The ‘Puppets Festival’ is presented by the Arts Councils of Pacific Asia Museum. Explore the arts and culture of Asia through crafts, performances and activities plus free admission to the galleries.”  http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/familyfestivals.htm

Here are some appearances by Lisa See in honor of her new book, “Shanghai Girls”

--2 p.m. Sunday, May 31, party, Borders Westwood, 1360 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles 90024. 310 475 3444

--Noon Monday, June 1, luncheon, Malibu Performing Arts Center, 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd., Malibu 90265. Sponsored by Diesel bookstore in Malibu. $65 a person, includes copy of book and lunch with Lisa. Please call Diesel at 310 456 9961 to reserve.

--7:30 p.m. Monday, June 1, reading and signing, Barnes & Noble Encino, 16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino. 818 380 1636.

Now on view at the Huntington is one of the greatest private collections of Chinese art in the nation. It's an exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy works spanning 900 years and will be on view April 11 through July 13 in the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery. The presentation will feature 41 masterworks from the Weng collection. The collection was the focus of a recent exhibition at the Beijing World Art Museum and is revered in China as well as in the United States.

On November 12, 2008, the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) and the University of Maryland Asian American Studies Program, "through a unique national nonprofit-academic partnership," released its study, "A Portrait of Chinese Americans."

"This exhibit explores the lives of Chinese American women during their first one hundred years in the United States.