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Annual LGBTQ+ Family Conference

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Speakers

Darren (he/him) Vance

Exec Director, Rainbow Families

Fran Toler

Toler Financial Group

Sara Mindel

Embodied Psychotherapy

Amy Freedman

Child Development Consultants LLC

Amy Cannava

Rainstorms to Rainbows - Virginia

Amy Egan

Child Development Consultants LLC

Bianca Russo

Bianca Russo Fitness

Carter Owen

OBGYN/Fertility Specialist CCRM Northern Virginia

Jessica Fish

Univ. of Maryland Dept of Family Science

Julie Bindeman

Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington

Rafat Abbasi

Columbia Fertility Associates

Eileen Wharton

Child Matching Specialist - Barker Foundation

Eve Rodsky

NYT Best Selling Author

Jennifer Fairfax

Adoption & ART Attorney

Kanisha Tillman

Tutus & Tennis Shoes LLC.

Laura Jones-Morrison

Wild Feather Counseling

Michele Zavos

Offit Kurman Law

Sarah Lawson

Whitman Walker Health

Tara Cheston

DC Public Schools

Tony Hynes

Center for Adoption Support & Education

Ty Kitchen

SMYAL

Varya Zhigilei

Alice Ferguson Foundation

Tee Tomlinson

Univ. of Maryland Dept of Family Science

Saara McEachnie

Domestic Programs Director with the Barker Adoption Foundation

Berna Artis

School for Friends

Sabina Zeffler

School for Friends

Makai Kellogg

School for Friends

Jay Barron

School for Friends

Regina Lawson

DC Child & Family Services Agency

Timothy Elliott

Private Practice Therapy

Justin Watson

Rainbow Families Conference Team

Samantha Battersby

Alice Ferguson Foundation

Karen Gomez

Bilingual Health Educator Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington

Taylor McLeran

Barker Foundation

Maya Hall

Alice Ferguston Foundation

Beth Wheeler

Edges Education

Ali Don

(Parent Panel) Rainbow Families Board Member

Darren Paul-Vance

Exec Dir Rainbow Families DC

Mondaire Jones

Congressman (D-NY) / Keynote Speaker

Jay Baron

School for Friends

Kelsey Carroll

Rainbow Doula DC

David (he/him) Hish

(Parent Panel) Joyce Koons Buick Honda GMC

Regina Curran

(Parent Panel) Mcalester College

Christine (she/her) Lane

Board President 2019 to 2021

Liz (she/her) Dean

Board President 2021 to 2024

Eduardo Labanca

Board Vice President 2021 to 2024

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Rainbow Families

Supporting, Educating, Connecting & Empowering LGBTQ+ Families for 30 Years

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Conference perks just for attendees

Toler Financial Group

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4 | Look at My Auction Item!

Realtor Eddie Suarez - COMPASS Real Estate

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Joyce Koons Honda Buick GMC

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Lowell School

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair 11-4

Adoption ART Attorney - Jennifer Fairfax

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4 | See Our Special Offer!

Michele Zavos - Offit Kurman Law

Proudly Serving Our Community For 40 Years

Columbia Fertility Associates

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4 | Special Offer!

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Congratulations Rainbow Families on Your 2021 Conference!

Browne Academy

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair from 11-4

McLean School

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair from 1pm-3pm

CCRM Fertility Northern Virginia

Visit With Dr Owen Live Sunday from 12-1 | Special Offer & Auction Item!

Cryobio

Visit Us Live Sunday at the Expo 11-1

Aslin Beer

Truly Remarkable Beers - Check Out Our Auction Items!

Seattle Sperm Bank

Be Sure to See Our Special Offers Below!

NCRC Preschool

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair from 11-4. View our Video (Password: NCRC)

St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Meet With LGBTQ Parents Live, Sunday from 11-4

Simple Surrogacy

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4

Fairfax Cryobank

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4 | Special Offer!

Private Label Surrogacy

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4 | Check Out Our Huge Auction Item!

Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington

Welcome! Check Out Our Silent Auction Item!

Aidan Montessori School

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11 to 1:30

Wonders Learning

Free KIDS PROGRAMS Sunday 10:30-11am, and 1-1:30pm. See agenda!

Family and Youth Initiative (DCFYI)

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4

Center for Adoption Support & Education (C.A.S.E)

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo from 11-4

Burgundy Farm Country Day School

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair 11-12 and 1-3

Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School

Join us 11:30 am for a presentation: Urban Nature, the Cooperative School Way

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington

Attend our Workshop Sunday: Sex Education Through the Years

The Baby Lawyers

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 12-3 | See Below for our Special Offers and Auction Item!

Creative Family Connections

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 2-4pm | View our Special Offers!

Diversity Richmond

Serving Central Virginia's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities with cultural and social programming, events, and information

DC Child and Family Services Agency

Visit with Us and a Rescue Parent Sunday at the Expo 11-4

Park School Baltimore

Visit our Website to Learn More

SMYAL

Visit Us Live Sun 1-3pm and our Workshops: Sat 10am & Sunday 12:30pm

Whitman Walker Health

Complete Medical Care for our Community in Washington DC

ART Parenting - Meryl B Rosenberg

Visit With Me Live Sunday at the Expo 11:30-1pm and Look at My Auction Item!

Adoptions Together

Visit us Live Sunday 11-4pm at the Expo

CES Rockville - Christ Episcopal School

Learn More at our website

The DC Center for the LGBT Community

Visit with Us Live between 11-4 Sunday

School for Friends

Visit Us Sunday at the Expo 11-4

Chevy Chase United Methodist Church

You Are Welcome Here!

Sheridan School

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair from 11-4

Leidos Corporation

View our Videos to Learn About Diversity at Leidos

Family Equality

Advancing Legal and Lived equality for LGBTQ Families

Friends Community School

Quaker Progressive Education, K to Grade 8

Alexandria Country Day School

Visit Us Sunday at the School Fair from 11-4