In just under a month, members the Southeast Asian American community from across the country will be coming together in Sacramento for a powerful convening set to inspire, connect, innovate, and activate. Southeast Asia Resource Action Center’s second biennial Moving...
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with NHCOA in D.C. and Maryland
by Christine S. Perez, Program and Resource Development Associate, NHCOA Next week, the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) will be hosting two events in Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, M.D. to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and support Hispanic older adults...
New Data Show ACA Is Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Coverage
by Dara S. Taylor. This article originally appeared on the Community Catalyst blog. Since the passage of the ACA over 20 million people have gained access to health insurance coverage through the Marketplace. A recent issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund reaffirms...
Building an Age- and Dementia-Friendly California
By Dr. Marcy Adelman. This article originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Times. I am proud and honored to announce that I have been invited by Governor Newsom and former California First Lady Maria Shriver to join the Governor’s Alzheimer’s Prevention and...
Grandparents Day: A Letter to Younger Generations
Throughout my entire life, I have been fortunate enough to have been influenced and guided by older adults. As a young section 8 housing kid juxtaposed amongst kids from a higher socioeconomic class at a Roman Catholic private school, I found comfort in older adults...
SEARAC Launches Census Factsheets for the Southeast Asian American Community
The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) recently launched its first set of census factsheets to bolster education and civic participation among Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs) in 2020. These resources, which will be translated in-language, target the...