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Elders Come for Indian Day at the National Senior Games

Elders Come for Indian Day at the National Senior Games

by Diverse Elders | Jul 11, 2019 | Health & Wellness, National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), Uncategorized

by Kayla Sawyer. This article originally appeared on the NICOA blog. The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) came to Albuquerque from June 14-25, attracting a record number of 13,712 athletes from 50 states (plus an estimated 15,000 family members and friends),...

How a Slavery Legacy Made This 65-Year-Old a Georgetown Undergrad

How a Slavery Legacy Made This 65-Year-Old a Georgetown Undergrad

by Diverse Elders | Jul 9, 2019 | Aging and Ageism, Discrimination, Economic Security, POC Communities

by Richard Harris. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. It’s been nearly 14 years since Hurricane Katrina washed away all the physical mementos of Mélisande Short-Colomb’s life along the Mississippi Gulf coast.  Her nearly 200-year-old Pass  Christian,...

Middle Income Older Adults Need New Policies and Programs That Will Work for Them

Middle Income Older Adults Need New Policies and Programs That Will Work for Them

by Diverse Elders | Jul 7, 2019 | Caregiving, Economic Security, Housing, LGBTQ Communities, Public Policy, Uncategorized

by Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times. Joan and Lucy are members of an increasing population of older adults in their 70s and 80s who will need some type of assistance to support them to age in place. Joan is a retired...

Voices From the Stonewall Era

Voices From the Stonewall Era

by Diverse Elders | Jul 3, 2019 | Discrimination, HIV/AIDS & Aging, LGBTQ Communities, Uncategorized

By Grace Birnstengel. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Multiple conflicting accounts exist of what happened June 28, 1969 at 53 Christopher St. in Greenwich Village. And really, the Stonewall Inn rebellion in New York City that day is just one piece of...

Vietnamese immigrants care for parents with dementia, amidst stigma

Vietnamese immigrants care for parents with dementia, amidst stigma

by Diverse Elders | Jul 2, 2019 | Access to Services, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities

  by Christine Nguyen, MD. This story originally aired on KALW Public Radio. It was August 24, 2017, one day before Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, hit Houston and dumped more water than any storm ever recorded in United States history. In just a few...

SEARAC’s LAT Program: The Power of Advocacy

SEARAC’s LAT Program: The Power of Advocacy

by Diverse Elders | Jun 27, 2019 | Civic Engagement, Housing, POC Communities, Public Policy, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

For the last 20 years, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) has been mentoring advocates from Southeast Asian American (SEAA) and ally communities. Through SEARAC’s Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT) program, SEAA members and allies participate in...

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