Celia Center, Inc.

02/04/2026

🌟Adopt Salon Constellation Support Group is Back! 🫠🤔🥳
Join us!
Thursday, February 5th 7pm
Read our newsletter to sign up - https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/newsletteroctober2025-9889673

01/07/2026

Tomorrow night: January 8th 7-9pm ADULT ADOPTEE SUPPORT GROUP IN PERSON.

Join us! 3863 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066

We create a safe place, to give and receive social and emotional support that focuses on the hope and healing found in connecting ALL ADOPTEES ONLY within the constellation.

Join us to share stories, thoughts, feelings, and ideas for best practices, receive psycho-education, process grief and loss, and build strong bonds and connections.

RSVP on the Mighty Network: https://celia-center-adoption-constellation.mn.co/posts/92206961?utm_source=manual

The group is facilitated by Adoptions/Foster Care Coach and Adult Adoptee Lauri Greenberg.

Lauri Greenberg: My journey to becoming a therapist is shaped by a wealth of lived experience. As an adoptee raised in a family where I didn’t always see myself reflected, I developed a unique ability to observe, understand, and connect with others. This experience of navigating identity and belonging has given me deep empathy, and I bring that perspective into my work with clients.

01/05/2026

💛 Thank You & Happy New Year, Celia Center Community 💛

As we step into this new year, we want to pause and say thank you to every adoptee, foster youth, family of origin, caregiver, clinician, artist, volunteer, and supporter who makes the Celia Center what it is.

You show up with courage.
You show up with honesty.
You show up with hearts open to healing, connection, and growth.

Because of you, Celia Center remains a place where stories are honored, feelings are welcomed, and no one has to heal alone. Your presence, generosity, and belief in community-centered healing continue to light the way forward.

✨ Happy New Year ✨
May this year bring moments of peace, meaningful connection, laughter, restoration, and hope. We are so grateful to walk alongside you in the year ahead.

With deep appreciation and love,
The Celia Center Team 💛

12/23/2025

Celia Center New Groups & Happy Holidays! Thank YOU for 14 years! - http://eepurl.com/jvfKqE

12/22/2025

Happy holidays to our community and those who are new to our community!
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Our newsletter is live! View LinkTree in bio
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Read about what's coming in 2026 how we support the adoption in foster care constellation and how you can be part of the healing!
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12/22/2025

2026 Updates and Season's Greetings! Learn what we have planned for 2026. Read our newsletter here... https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/newsletterdecember2025-9888937

12/04/2025

Our mentoring event this past Saturday was a beautiful success!
🎉 Foster and adopted youth and adults came together in a safe, encouraging space to share stories, ask hard questions, and feel truly seen and supported.

One of the highlights of the day was creating puzzle-piece identity art a hands-on activity that helped us explore who we are while experiencing a much-needed dose of genetic mirroring. Seeing our pieces come together reminded everyone that identity is shaped not only by where we come from, but also by the community that surrounds us.

The room was filled with connection, laughter, and powerful conversations about foster care, adoption, belonging, and healing. Many participants shared that they left feeling more hopeful, grounded, and less alone.

Thank you to our incredible mentors, volunteers, and community for showing up with such open hearts we’re already looking forward to the next one called Mentor-ooney. :0))))) 💛

12/02/2025

14 Years of Impact: Today would have been Celia Barbosa's 93rd birthday! Thanks to You! Your choices today matter greatly to us. Read our newsletter. Consider a donation today https://donate.forgood.org/guidestar/20-5107135
- https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/newsletterdecember2025

11/22/2025

Tw-Teen Bash: Space Still Open! Sat, 11/29 Los Angeles! Read our newsletter https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/newsletteroctober2025-9888422 We’re thrilled to expand our healing opportunities this month:

Tween/Teen Adoptee Voices Mentoring Event Alongside Adult Adoptee Mentors Saturday, November 29th, 2025

An event for tween/teen adoptees to connect, create art, and be inspired at a special event designed to help young adoptees build confidence, community, and creative expression alongside adult adoptee mentors who understand the journey firsthand.

11/12/2025

Join the Tw-Teen Adoption Bash 11/29! - https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/newsletteroctober2025-9888255

11/05/2025

🎬✨ Exciting News! ✨🎬
We are thrilled to share that the upcoming Adoptee Film Fest (AFF) is open for ticket reservations and it’s a must-attend event for anyone connected to adoption, kinship care, and the adoptee voice.

📅 Why You Should Go
The festival proudly champions adoptee filmmakers whose stories center on the unique journeys of identity, belonging, longing, separation, and reconnection. 

From feature premieres to short film selections, AFF is offering a powerful, intimate window into the adoptee experience — from the inside out.

🎟️ Why This Matters
We are always on the lookout for platforms that elevate the adoptee voice. This festival creates space for the lived stories of adoptees—stories that too often go unheard or are filtered through others’ perspectives.

If you engage with youth navigating permanency, identity, loss, reunification or belonging (whether as a therapist, caregiver, educator, or peer), we believe this event is worth your time.

• Consider attending (either in person or virtually) your presence supports adoptee-filmmakers and the broader narrative of healing.
• Share this post with someone who might benefit: adoptive parents, foster parents, adoptees, counselors, social workers.

Let's honor the power of storytelling, connection, and truth. I hope to see many of you tuning in or sitting in the theatre. 🎥💬
👉 Grab your ticket and mark your calendar now!

2025 TICKETS + SCHEDULE Nov 5 NYC 2025 Shorts Selections Screening | Nov 5th Wednesday, November 5, 2025 6:00 PM 8:30 PM Caveat NYC (map) Google Calendar ICS Please buy tickets here. ScheduleDoors: 6pmShow: 6:30pmAboutThe Adoptee Film Fest is proud to champion Adoptee filmmakers who have created...

10/29/2025

💌✨ Thank You, Cards for Cubs! ✨

We’re so grateful to cards for cubs for donating handmade birthday and encouragement cards to Celia Center for foster youth.

Each card carries love, hope, and kindness reminding children that they are seen, celebrated, and cared for. 💖

These small gestures make a big difference in helping foster kids feel special and supported especially on birthdays and tough days.

From all of us at Celia Center…
Thank you for spreading joy, one card at a time! 🌈