Our annual fundraising event, Gather, is an opportunity for our community to come together and raise the funds necessary to make sure we are able to provide the comprehensive case management and support birthparents deserve. Our speakers this year had the audience moved to tears, and we wanted to share their words here for those unable to attend this year's event.

Gather, On Your Feet Foundation's annual gala, is our opportunity to come together with our community, honor birthparents, and raise the funds necessary to continue the vitally important work we do every day, providing comprehensive case management and support to birthparents, giving them the help they need to heal, and to thrive. Our speakers this year had the audience moved to tears, and we wanted to share their words here for those unable to attend this year's event.

Activism in Adoption speaker Cordan James, himself a transracial adoptee, sits down with us to discuss the intersectional nature of race, resilience, and adoption, ahead of his talk, sharing his lived exeperiences and his advice for adoptive parents.