We're excited to welcome families to Together on the Journey Family Camp 2026! This special time is designed to bring families together for connection, fun, and meaningful experiences. Registration is now open and will remain available until July 1-or until camp reaches full capacity, so we encourage you to sign up early to secure your spot.
TRJ was born out of the need for greater understanding of and support for transracially adopted persons and their families in all stages of life and sectors of society.
Founded by an adoptive parent in 2013, TRJ began hosting a 4-day family camp for the Black and Brown adopted children and their white adoptive parents to come together to explore issues of adoption, identity, and race with the support of counselors for the children and outside speakers for the adults.
Children and their parents found a safe space to have challenging discussions, friendships developed, and a geographically dispersed community took root.
TRJ Annual Family Camp continues to be our primary programming and highlight of the year. Families return year after year. New families join. Older campers became counselors-in-training and then counselors.
As there are few resources in the adoption field that specifically provide post-adoption support for transracial families, TRJ has developed additional online and physical resources for families to successfully navigate issues all year long.
Adoption is often spoken about in terms of love and gratitude, but the reality is more layered. Transracially adopted children grow up navigating profound questions of identity, belonging, and cultural connection-often in families and communities that don't fully understand their lived experience.
Adoption is often spoken about in terms of love and gratitude, but the reality is more layered. Transracially adopted children grow up navigating profound questions of identity, belonging, and cultural connection–often in families and communities that don't fully understand their lived experience. Without intentional support, these children can feel isolated in both their racial and adoptive identities, caught between worlds that don't always see or affirm them.
Every March, as the world turns green and messages of "luck" fill the air, we think of how luck enters into the conversations of adoption. For an adopted person, "luck" is a double-edged sword.
Adopting Privilege: A Memoir of Reinventing My Adoptee Narrative by Dr. Abigail Hasberry is a memoir exploring transracial adoption from the perspective of a Black adoptee.
In a world that often looks at successful Black women through the lens of "luck" or "clapping for the miracle," Dr. Abigail Hasberry stands as a monumental figure of Black Excellence who traded the four-leaf clover for a compass.
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