This is a professional community and network exclusively for Adoptees of Color and Foster Care Alumni. Our professionals range from executives and founders, to mid-level career, to just entering the workforce, and students about to enter the workforce.

To keep our programming robust and valuable for this community, we may offer resources from, or have guest speakers on occasion who are domestic Adoptees or Intercountry Adoptees, but are not Adoptees of Color. 

There will be no one who enters this community for those with our lived experience who do not share our lived experience. This is to help keep our [Network] and community safe and to help ensure an authentic environment of belonging. 

Currently, we are a US-based community and company. We absolutely welcome in international individuals with our shared lived experience but our resources, offerings, and focus will be US-based until we are able to grow and operate internationally. 

The Inclusion Initiative [Network] provides professional visibility, inclusion, and belonging for Adoptees and Foster Care Alumni across many sectors and professions.

The goal is to close the opportunity gap many of us experience in the workplace and in our careers. 

Our community aims to support, elevate, and help each other with opportunities to better our professional, and personal, lives. Having a specific network and community with those who share our lived experience fosters a unique connection which leads to deeper connections, meaningful relationships, and shared understanding of our opportunity gap that can be hard to understand if you are not an Adoptee and/or a Foster Care Alumni.

• An already curated professional network of professionals who share your lived experience  
• Access to workshops/courses built specifically for our community by people with lived experience
• Virtual and (future) in-person events that are exclusive for members with some amazing Adoptees and Foster Care Alumni 
• Mentor and Mentee opportunities
• Professional Development Resources built specifically for our lived experiences and how we can navigate them in the workplace  
• Visibility of [Us] and those who share our lived experience
• Future visibility to companies, employers, and investors who want to hire and partner with our community
• Future skill-building courses 
• Our programming and offerings will continue to grow as The Inclusion Initiative grows! We hope you will continue to follow us on our journey

Right now, membership is in Beta phase 2. The membership price is $0 for general membership, and the goal is to never have cost be a barrier to entry for our community. Advanced membership tiers will be available in the future.

The time and effort you want to invest into the membership is 100% up to you! Your personal and professional benefits increase the more you are engaged with the [Network] members and our resources.