Topics of dialogue range from nursing, sleep practices, relationships, creating & teaching culture, language & exploring race and identity. Each group will have one or two experts (child development specialist/midwife, sleep whisperer, postnatal yoga instructor, mindful parenting coach, specialists in baby massage, etc.) who will join to share informative workshops.

Topics of dialogue range from feeding & nutrition, weaning, balancing work & home, finding family-friendly spaces, preschool search, relationships, and a dialogic approach to understanding and celebrating what it means to be a family of color as we are creating and teaching culture & language, while exploring race and identity. Experts ranging from child development specialist/midwife, nutritionist, postnatal yoga instructor, and/ or mindful parent coaching will join us to share informative workshops.

Our Black Moms Group centers Black mothers’ narratives on raising children of color. Facilitated conversations will explore and celebrate RICE (Race, Identity, Community and Equity). Special discussion topics include: Black feminism; Black and multiracial identity in our children; Black hair and beauty; the impacts of institutionalized racism on Black children; and how parents can be equipped with knowledge through anti-bias workshops, education equity, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

This group is for parents who have children of color with disabilities or other special needs, and centers the narrative of the children and their families through an intersectional lens. The group includes, but is not limited to: ADHD, Speech delays/ disorders, Autism Spectrum, Down Syndrome; and any other visible or invisible disabilities, learning or special health care needs. The curriculum focuses on common parenting issues such as passing down traditions and culture, nutrition, childcare, discipline, education, etc. while keeping social and racial justice values at the core of these topics and exploring the complex challenges of parenting children at the intersection of race and disability.

This is a group for 2SLGBTQIA+ parents of color with children age 0-18 to build community and learn from and with one another. We’ll explore how to navigate parenting at the intersection of multiple oppressed identities and how to talk to our children and other family members about race, gender, sexuality, and other complex topics.

Gather together to expand our parenting/resiliency tool kit and support system with other single mothers of color to explore common topics like work-life balance, childcare, discipline, and co-parenting. We’ll share stories, strategies, resources, and laughter and have meaningful dialogue around Race Identity Culture & Ethnicity (RICE) with other single moms in our FOCS community.

Hosted by API CHAYA | Queer Network Program in partnership with FOCS

This 6 week, peer-support based parent group will offer solidarity, skills, and parenting tools for parents and caregivers of color seeking to cultivate joy, resiliency, and healing for their families and themselves as survivors of sexual violence (including CSA, DV / intimate partner violence, etc.).

*This group is only for BIPOC parents/caregivers who identify as survivors of sexual violence, including CSA, DV, etc. and specifically centers queer and trans survivors.*

Please keep in mind that while facilitators are skilled, they are not therapists or licensed mental health practitioners. Group meetings include a trained advocate on duty who is available to meet one-on-one, yet the limited duration of the parent support group means that we are not able to process specific, individual experiences of CSA or DV in depth. We strongly encourage participants to engage with a variety of counseling support resources available throughout the community.

This group is for Native families who want to build healthy community relationships and gain support in raising strong, culturally grounded children. Weekly meetups will include parent/caregiver-focused discussion and story-sharing, with opportunities for families to engage in cultural activities & play with their children and each other.

Gather with other dads to talk about how to care for a new baby, ask your questions on how to parent, laugh about the sleepless nights, exchange diapers tips, and understand breastfeeding a newborn & feeding your waddler. Learn mindful parenting strategies as your little one starts becoming an emotional busybody of energy. Have meaningful dialogue around Race Identity Culture & Ethnicity (RICE) and gather with us to make solid connections with other dads in our FOCS community.

Gather with other parents of two or more children to talk about how to care for a new baby while nurturing your toddler or preschooler; assuage the questions of how to parent multiple children, laugh about the sleepless nights and sibling fights, and learn mindful parenting strategies as your little ones solidify their special sibling bond. Have meaningful dialogue around Race Identity Culture & Ethnicity (RICE) and explore the experience of a growing family of color.

Gather with other mothers working outside the home to talk about work-life balance, assuage the “mom guilt” and the questions of how to parent, laugh about the sleepless nights, and explore common topics like childcare, discipline and co-parenting when mothers work outside the home. Have meaningful dialogue around Race Identity Culture & Ethnicity (RICE) and gather with us to make solid connections with other working moms in our FOCS community.

This group centers narratives of Mixed-race/ Multiracial individuals with a curriculum focused on resources to support parents in raising confident and compassionate children of color. Facilitated conversations will explore and celebrate Multiracial experience in the US . This group is for Mixed-race parents (of two or more races) with children of any age, monoracial parents of Mixed-race babies and toddlers who have attended at least one other FOCS group (Newborns, Waddlers, or Growing Families), as well as and monoracial parents of Mixed-race children ages 3+ years old who may choose to attend this as their first FOCS group. See Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage before registering.

This group is for parents who were transracially adopted and centers their narrative. The curriculum focuses on common parenting issues such as feeding/nutrition, sleep, discipline, education, etc. while keeping social and racial justice values at the core of these topics and holding generous special space for personal stories of adoption and growth.

This group is for parents who adopted transracially children of color. The curriculum focuses on common parenting issues such as feeding/nutrition, sleep, discipline, education, etc. while keeping social and racial justice values at the core of these topics and holding generous special space for personal stories of adoption and growth.

Approved for Amara Foster Parent Training clock hours.