Thinking about growing your family or looking for support after struggling to conceive?  Join the DC JCC Parenting Center for an informal discussion about different paths to family building. The panel will include a fertility doctor, representatives from an adoption agency and the DC foster care system, lawyers who facilitates egg donor + gestational carrier agreements, and parents who have built families in a variety of ways. The program will consist of brief formal presentations from each of the panelists followed by lots of time in breakout rooms for more intimate conversations and questions.

LGBTQ+ and straight, couples and single parents, Jewish and non-Jewish — are all warmly welcomed.  Come prepared to ask questions, get support, and connect with other people on the path to parenthood.

This event is virtual; please sign up below to receive the zoom information.

Co-presented by the EDCJCC’s Parenting Center & GLOE – the EDCJCC’s Kurlander Program for GLBTQ Outreach and Engagement in partnership with the Jewish Fertility Foundation, Greater DC

If you or someone you know is experiencing infertility, the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF- Greater DC) is here for emotional support and/or financial assistance. Their virtual support groups, run by a licensed therapist, are free and open to anyone in the area experiencing infertility.

Click below to sign up (choose '3/27 Greater DC Support Group' from the drop down menu on their site).

For questions, please reach out to Sarah (sarah@jewishfertilityfoundation.org)