Craniofacial Acceptance Month (CAM)
2026 marks the 22nd year Children’s Craniofacial Association will observe September as Craniofacial Acceptance Month across the nation. Each year CCA families, friends, volunteers and related support groups band together to widen the circle of acceptance for individuals with facial differences. We are proud to keep this tradition alive! View our anticipated schedule for 2026 below.
If you would like to host a CAM Event or Gathering, please read this information and contact us ASAP! Email Rasheera Dopson, [email protected].
To commemorate 37 years of service, we chose the theme โCelebrate Community.โ Our resilient community makes the work we do possible. They are the leaders of the facial difference acceptance movement.
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Craniofacial Acceptance Month Events:
All events are free of charge unless otherwise noted.
| STATE | DATE | ADDITIONAL INFO | RSVP BY |
| North Carolina | Saturday, Sept. 12 3:00pm ET |
๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌโฃโฃโฃโฃ
๐บ๐ถ๐ถ๐ท ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ.โฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐๐ ๐ธ๐พ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฝโฃโฃโฃโฃ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ 2โฃโฃ Pizza, drinks and dessert providedโฃโฃโฃโฃ |
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ง-๐๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ: ย ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ@๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ.๐๐จ๐ฆ |
| Virginia | Saturday, Sept. 12 12:00pm – 3:00pm ET |
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ โฃโฃ
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ท๐ท๐พ๐พ๐ถ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ต, ๐ธ๐น๐พ๐น๐ทโฃโฃ
Food, art activities, and musicโฃโฃ
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ@๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ.๐๐จ๐ฆ |
| West Virginia |
Sunday, Sept. 20 |
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ( ๐น๐บ๐ผ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ.,๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ป)โฃโฃ
Food, Drinks, & Activities โฃโฃ
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ (๐๐๐-๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐) ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ (๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ@๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ.๐๐จ๐ฆ) ๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญโฃโฃโฃ |
| Massachusetts | Saturday, Sept. 26 12:00pm – 3:00pm ET |
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ (๐ป๐ฝ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต., ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ท๐ฟ๐ธ๐น)โฃโฃ | ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ง@๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ.๐๐จ๐ฆ |
| Michigan | Saturday, Oct. 17 3:00pm – 6:00pm ET |
๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ป๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บโฃโฃ
๐ฝ๐ท๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง ๐๐ท๐ฆ., ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐ ๐บ๐พ๐ถ๐ฝ๐นโฃโฃ
Make your own Pizza Party (Ingredients provided) โฃโฃ
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ Oct. 12 ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ@๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ.๐๐จ๐ฆโฃ |
| New York |
Saturday, Sept. 19 |
Positive Exposure Gallery 4th Floor, 83 Maiden Ln, New York, NY 10038 |
Register here: https://positiveexposure.org/event/dont-look-away-film-screening-workshop/ |
| Texas | Sunday, Sept. 13 12:30pm to 2:30pm CT |
Mary Heads Carter Park Pavilion 2320 Heads Ln. Carrollton, TX 75006 Please join us for some music and fun with DJ Mir, crafts, BBQ provided by Spring Creek BBQ and more! |
RSVP by SEPT. 5th Email: Rasheera Dopson, [email protected] |
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| Virtual |
Friday, Sept. 11 |
Group Photo and Virtual Hangout via Zoom Wear your favorite yellow outfit! |
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/t-A0WMUdSCy7OiSNILDNAA |
| Virtual |
Tuesday, Sept. 29 |
David Roche Award Ceremony Will be streamed live!ย Live ASL Translation and Captioning availableย Learn more: https://ccakids.org/encounter |
RSVP to receive the watch link emailed to you: https://ccakids.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/dra-event-rsvp Link to watch will be updated here and emailed to those who RSVP |
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SIGN UP FOR OUR 2026 VIRTUAL CAM GROUP PHOTO
Each year we take a virtual group photo! Please join us for the fun by signing up here.
Furthermore, we are soliciting all 50 states to officially proclaim September as “Craniofacial Acceptance Month” – and so far we have several states who have joined us in the celebration.ย Take a look at this page to see all the official proclamations!ย
If you would like to be involved with Craniofacial Acceptance Month, contact CCA Outreach Director, Khadija. We can share our official proclamation with you and help you craft a “pitch” for your local media.
For CAM posters or CCA brochures, contact, Annie Reeves.
In addition to raising awareness and acceptance, CCA is raising funds to support programs and services available to all individuals with facial differences and their families. Contact CCA Director of Development,ย Christine Andlerย for materials about this yearโs fundraising efforts.
We have a Marketing Kit for you if you want to use our specific CAM Graphics, or our general media assets for contacting your local media.
Past years and other items you can find those items here.
To save the graphics for your use, “Right Click” and select “Open in a new tab.” Then you can save from there.ย
TO THE MEDIA:
The landscape of Craniofacial advocates and activists has exponentially grown over the years. Organizations and communities are working together to push for awareness, acceptance, and inclusion for the facial difference community. From advocating for needed legal protections, like ELSA (Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act), to hosting podcasts interviewing people from all walks of life, to insisting medical professionals with facial differences be respected for their lived experience: we realize that together, we create impact. Each individual is sharing their own perspective that informs the work: we are celebrating our diversity. Together, we create representation for the younger generation on what life can be when we share ideas, resources, and truth among ourselves. Together, we project acceptance to the public at large.
You can help us share our amazing stories, too! We ask the media to designate a segment on your local radio or television news program for a story about a local child or adult with a facial difference or craniofacial condition. We can help connect you with an advocate near you to talk about personal and public issues related to living with a facial difference.
We hope you will join this important effort! For questions, please call 800.535.3643.
