by Diverse Elders | Aug 14, 2020
By Donna Sue Johnson, SAGE Participant. This article originally appeared on the SAGE blog The SAGE community has always been a supportive and uplifting place for my partner and me. I find that it’s easy for elders to fall between the cracks, and as a social worker,...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 13, 2020
This blog post was originally featured on SEARAC’s blog. Ocean Le, program coordinator at Diverse Elders Coalition and a SEARAC LAT alumnus, says he’s been his parents’ translator for as long as he can remember. “I can tell you their Social Security numbers...
by Diverse Elders | Aug 10, 2020
This article was originally written by Morgan McCoy, Touchtown Serving the unique individuals who live in senior communities is so much of the reason this industry is incredible. But some voices do not get amplified as much as others, and we need to talk about that....
by Diverse Elders | Jun 18, 2020
There are many ways to write the story of the LGBT civil rights movement. We can start in the 1920s, when the Society of Human Rights was founded, or in 1955 when the Mattachine Society, a secretive group was founded, or with the 1965 gay march in front of...
by Diverse Elders | May 20, 2020
As we navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is clear that older adults and people with underlying medical conditions are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. According to the CDC, 8 out of 10 deaths reported in the US have been in adults 65 and older....
