Location: Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library

Gene Martin, Associate Director Development, and Plymouth SU Alumni Association Board Chair Plymouth State University
Elizabeth Lahey, Attorney and former head of the Civil Rights Unit of the NH Department of Justice
Sharon Tarleton, Bias Response & Support Coordinator, UNH

Moderator: Anthony Poore, Executive Change Agent, and Consultant

According to the 2020 Census, the fastest-growing group in the United States is the multiracial community, and nationwide studies show that 44% of adoptions in America are transracial. Coming from households reflecting more than one race or ethnicity, these individuals face a variety of stresses that demonstrate how far we are as a nation from embracing multi-culturalism.

This panel will address the issues facing transracial adoptees and mixed-race Americans and explore how their circumstances help us to understand the social construction of race and what it is like to discover, cope with, and overcome barriers to developing a strong sense of one’s self and one’s cultural identity/identities.