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Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

by Diverse Elders | Nov 20, 2017 | Aging and Ageism, Caregiving, Chronic Illness, Economic Security, LGBTQ Communities, Uncategorized

Elizabeth (liz) Anh Thomson (they/them/theirs) identifies as a bi/queer, Vietnamese adoptee, disabled, gender non-conforming, cisgender female. They were adopted from Vietnam in 1974 by two sisters, Alva (ma) and Betty Thomson (mom). They were raised in Indianapolis,...

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

Mapping LGBTQ History in St. Louis

by Diverse Elders | Nov 16, 2017 | Data Collection / Research, Discrimination, LGBTQ Communities, Uncategorized

All too often, history is written by those in the mainstream, and the stories of marginalized communities – the stories of our elders – are lost. A team in St. Louis is working to recapture and map the history of LGBTQ communities in the region, and last month, they...

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

This Holiday Season, Help LGBT Older Adults Connect with Community

by Jenna McDavid | Nov 15, 2017 | Access to Services, Discrimination, Health & Wellness, LGBTQ Communities, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)

Today, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), SAGE, and the Diverse Elders Coalition released a new infographic in time for the holidays with resource links and information for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older adults seeking support, as well as...

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

Aging Undocumented Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future

by Diverse Elders | Nov 13, 2017 | Access to Services, Aging and Ageism, Economic Security, POC Communities, Public Policy, Social Security / Retirement

By Jacqueline García. Click here to read this article in Spanish. Every morning, Eduardo arrives at a day laborer center in Los Angeles to pick up his crew for the day. Depending on the working schedule, the 52-year-old man takes between two and four men to work in...

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

Da Kine Pidgin Is Sweet Upon The Tongue

by Diverse Elders | Nov 10, 2017 | Language Access, POC Communities

by Carolyn Ayon Lee. This article was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat. Were it not for Hawaii’s Pidgin English, I doubt my Grandma and I, her first grandchild, could’ve understood each other, she knowing very little English, and I, an ignoramus about her...

Taking aging and caregiving as they come: an interview with Betty Thomson

How to Fix Racial Inequities in the Workplace

by Diverse Elders | Nov 8, 2017 | Discrimination, Economic Security, POC Communities

by Richard Eisenberg. This post originally appeared on Next Avenue. As Next Avenue has noted, there are huge wealth and income disparities between blacks and whites in America (average wealth of white families was more than $500,000 higher than African Americans in...

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