{"id":7106,"date":"2019-01-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/blog-adoption-in-communities-of-color\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:45:13","slug":"adopcion-en-comunidades-de-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/adoption-in-communities-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopci\u00f3n en comunidades de color"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7106\" class=\"elementor elementor-7106\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b8d5f8 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b8d5f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3867e5f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3867e5f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En noviembre de 2005, Ed Gordon de la Radio P\u00fablica Nacional (NPR) se sent\u00f3 con la entonces subdirectora de adopci\u00f3n nacional de Spence-Chapin, Antoinette \u201cToni\u201d Cockerham, y la madre adoptiva de Spence-Chapin, Lisha Epperson, sobre la adopci\u00f3n afroamericana. Su conversaci\u00f3n destaca la historia de la adopci\u00f3n afroamericana en Spence-Chapin, algunos de sus desaf\u00edos en ese momento, as\u00ed como sus numerosos triunfos.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El 12 de febrero de 2019, Spence-Chapin vuelve a reunir a estas dos mujeres incre\u00edbles, junto con el esposo de Lisha, Rodney Epperson (Lisha y Rodney han sido nombrados uno de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebony.com\/life\/the-coolest-black-family-in-america-no-25-the-eppersons-250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Las &quot;familias negras m\u00e1s geniales&quot; de la revista Ebony<\/a>), el presidente de la junta directiva de Spence-Chapin, Ian Rowe, y su esposa Sylvia Rowe, y la madre adoptiva Joyce Denis-Jacquet, para una velada de c\u00f3cteles y conversaciones sobre la adopci\u00f3n en las comunidades de color de hoy.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta importante conversaci\u00f3n es tan relevante hoy como lo fue hace catorce a\u00f1os. \u00danase a nosotros el 12 de febrero para continuar la conversaci\u00f3n en <a href=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/es\/eventos-2\/category\/cocktails-african-american-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C\u00f3cteles y conversaciones: adopci\u00f3n afroamericana en Spence-Chapin.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/4992156\/4992157\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46660\" title=\"Antoinette Cockerham 1 web\" src=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Antoinette Cockerham 1 web\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-8x12.webp 8w, https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web-600x899.webp 600w, https:\/\/spence-chapin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Antoinette_Cockerham_1_web.webp 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antoinette \u201cToni\u201d Cockerham actualmente se desempe\u00f1a como vicepresidenta ejecutiva de Relaciones Externas y Servicios Familiares, donde forja y profundiza las relaciones con las familias y las partes interesadas a las que sirve Spence-Chapin. Toni comenz\u00f3 su carrera en Spence-Chapin en 1992 como trabajadora social para el Programa de Adopci\u00f3n Afroamericana. S\u00f3lo dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, comenz\u00f3 a gestionar el Programa de Adopciones de Minor\u00edas y a presidir el Grupo de Trabajo de Reclutamiento de Afroamericanos, mientras colaboraba con el Comit\u00e9 Asesor Afroamericano. Su trabajo condujo al desarrollo de dos nuevos programas: The Fathers&#039; Support Group y The Fathers&#039; Mentoring Program, y a la expansi\u00f3n del Programa de Adopci\u00f3n Afroamericana de Spence-Chapin hasta convertirlo en el m\u00e1s grande del Noreste. En 2002, Toni se convirti\u00f3 en Directora Asociada del Programa de Adopci\u00f3n Nacional de Spence-Chapin y, durante los siguientes 14 a\u00f1os, ayud\u00f3 a dirigir ese programa en algunos de sus momentos m\u00e1s emocionantes y desafiantes. Las fuertes conexiones de Toni con familias adoptivas, grupos comunitarios y organizaciones, as\u00ed como su trabajo continuo de educaci\u00f3n sobre adopci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de campa\u00f1as en los medios, art\u00edculos y presentaciones, han beneficiado enormemente tanto a Spence-Chapin como a la comunidad de adopci\u00f3n en general.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In November of 2005, Ed Gordon of National Public Radio (NPR) sat down with Spence-Chapin\u2019s then-Assistant Director of Domestic Adoption Antoinette \u201cToni\u201d Cockerham and Spence-Chapin adoptive parent Lisha Epperson about African American adoption. 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