Welcome to our Calendar of Events!

This calendar includes opportunities for learning and connection from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, and several other organizations across Wisconsin. (NOTE: Opportunities from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center are noted with a blue ribbon on the calendar below.)

–> Find training and event flyers here.

–> For a complete listing of Regional Events and Support Groups, please visit the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Eventbrite Page.

–> Find support group flyers here.

–> For information about Recorded Webinars, Upcoming Live Webinars, Courses, and Conferences, please visit the Champion Classrooms.

Events are added as information is made available to us. If you’d like to share an upcoming event with us, please contact us at info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.

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Family Day at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra feat. Musical Vacation

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 212 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI

Join the Wisconsin Family Connections Center for a kid-friendly concert at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra! Beat the winter blahs with the ultimate getaway to some warmer climates - through music! Experience a rodeo out West, travel to Hollywood with “Hedwig’s Theme” from Harry Potter, dance along to the Conga del Fuego Nuevo in Mexico, experience […]

Webinar: Think Big! Building Meaningful Lives Across the Lifespan

Zoom

What does a meaningful life look like for an individual with a disability, and what do families and professionals need to know to help support a positive vision for the future? This session will highlight the importance of taking a strengths-based approach to planning for a person's future. Tools and strategies will be shared that […]

Raising Wisconsin’s Children VIRTUAL Conference

Zoom

The Raising Wisconsin’s Children Conference is a free, online learning event for parents, teachers, and caregivers of children providing supportive, practical parenting and child development information. Join this virtual opportunity to learn more about unlocking the power of social and emotional skills in children and teens. All sessions will be available as recordings for a month […]

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Parent/Caregiver Support Coffee Meet-Up: Spooner

Alley Cats Coffee 750 West Beaverbrook Avenue, Spooner, WI

Foster, adoptive, guardianship, kinship, and reunified caregivers, join the Wisconsin Family Connections Center to connect, learn, and share! Join us for this opportunity to meet with other caregivers and make connections! We will meet at Alley Cats Coffee in Spooner, WI. Each registrant will receive a food or drink purchase of up to $10. You […]

Reclaiming the Narrative: A 7-Step Approach to Trauma Healing and Adoptee Wholeness

Zoom

Dr. Liz DeBetta, founder and creator of Migrating Toward Wholeness© is an adoptee and independent scholar-artist-activist committed to changing systems and helping people navigate trauma through creative processes. She believes that stories are powerful change agents and when we write them and share them we connect and heal. Being able to question, reject, and rewrite […]

Did You Know? Now You Know!

Zoom

This online event in partnership with GiGi's Playhouse Monona is an introduction to navigating supports and services for families with children ages birth to 14. Learn about Medicaid, Katie Beckett, children’s long-term support programs, private insurance, appealing insurance denials, and more. REGISTER

Five Actions for Supporting Students and Caregivers in Kinship/Grandfamilies: A Toolkit for K-12 School Professionals and Kinship Service Providers

Zoom

Join the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network for the rollout of a new practical toolkit designed to help K-12 education stakeholders around the country. “Five Actions for Supporting Students and Caregivers in Kinship/Grandfamilies” is designed to do just that – provide you with five concrete sets of actions that you take in your community to […]

BirthmomsConnect Virtual Support Group

Zoom

Our BirthmomsConnect support calls are held via Zoom and available to anyone who has given birth to a child, anywhere, no matter their affiliation with On Your Feet Foundation or when they placed. The only requirements to participate are as follows: You gave birth to and placed a child for adoption, and your placement is final. You […]