Almost two years ago, I left the home I have lived in for close to twenty years: the home where my children were raised most of their lives, and the home that I considered my dream house. To be honest, I went through a period of sadness and fear because of this move....
“I’m sick of worrying about how I’m going to make it from one day to the next.”
On September 8, a group of advocates and stakeholders met in Washington, DC and on the phone from around the country to attend the Social Security Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Briefing. Bonnie Kind, the Associate Commissioner for Budget, began the meeting by...
The Power of Generations, Part II: Legacies Across Time
To read part one of this series, click here. Living in a four-generation family allows me to experience the waxing and waning of life. From my perspective as Obaasan (grandmother), I can observe our family’s generational inhaling and exhaling — a rising and falling...
Serve the People
This post originally appeared on the SEARAC blog. by Nkauj Iab Yang Like many Hmong parents, my parents, Soua Toua Yang and Song Vang, came to the United States as Hmong refugees. By the age of 13, my dad was a soldier of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Secret Army...
Organizations Join SAGE and Sign-On for Better Services for LGBT Elders Nationwide
This letter was originally emailed to Greg Link at the Administration for Community Living (ACL) as a part of the Diverse Elders Coalition's #TellACL campaign. The letter can also be found on the SAGE blog. RE: Request for New Information Collection for a Program...
What motivated NAPCA to #TellACL?
Last week, the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) delivered over 870 comments to the Administration for Community Living (ACL), asking ACL to require each State Plan on Aging to (1) increase language access and disaggregated collection of data, and to (2)...