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Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

by Mari Quenemoen | Feb 6, 2017 | Access to Services, Civic Engagement, Economic Security, Language Access, POC Communities, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Last year, with the help of partners like the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia (CAGP) and the Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota, SEARAC collected over 400 comments in four languages from Southeast Asian American (SEAA) elders across the country. The...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

Housing for Vulnerable Populations: Charge and Change

by Dr. Imani Woody | Feb 2, 2017 | Access to Services, Discrimination, Housing, LGBTQ Communities, POC Communities, Public Policy

January 15th was the day we celebrated the dreamer-activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and February is the month we celebrate Black History. As an older, African American, lesbian, activist, scholar, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, caregiver, friend, it is...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

African American Elders are Black History and Black Future

by Jenna McDavid | Feb 1, 2017 | Civic Engagement, Discrimination, POC Communities, Public Policy

At the Diverse Elders Coalition, we strive to lift up the stories and experiences of the communities we serve not just during their designated History or Heritage Months, but all year long. That said, Black History Month is a time when the stories of our Black elders...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

Join us in DC to Speak Up About Aging in Our Communities

by Jenna McDavid | Jan 26, 2017 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Civic Engagement, Data Collection / Research, Health Reform, Public Policy

The need for the voices of diverse elders is more apparent than ever before. With the introduction of each new piece of legislation that threatens older adults in this country -- such as the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

A New Class of AAPIs In Congress

by Diverse Elders | Jan 24, 2017 | Civic Engagement, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), POC Communities, Public Policy

by Brianna Brown Earlier this month, a record number of ethnically diverse congressional representatives were sworn into the 115th Congress. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) congressional members reached an all-time record of eighteen Representatives and...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Bringing the Needs of Southeast Asian American Elders to Capitol Hill

Every Minute Counts

by Jason Resendez | Jan 23, 2017 | Access to Services, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Health & Wellness, POC Communities

Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease; every minute, a family is changed forever. In the coming decades, the number of Latino families impacted by this progressive brain disease will grow dramatically due to an increase in the...

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