BY SCOTT PECK, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC CENTER ON AGING Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) elders are one of the fastest-growing groups of ethnic elderly in the U.S. but remain largely invisible. Each elder faces unique challenges to...
“[NHCOA is] multiplying leadership through us. If these thirty some people trained today can reach at least two people, in one or two weeks we will double. And, in few more weeks, they will train others and we will multiply again, and so forth.” - Maria Teresa Guzman,...
BY DOUA THOR, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTHEAST ASIA RESOURCE ACTION CENTER (SEARAC) My grandmother helped raised almost all of the grandchildren in our family at some point or another. My grandmother had nine children and because my family came to the United...
The congressional briefing hosted on July 25 by the Diverse Elders Coalition, held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, was a great success! Thank you to all who attended to hear more about out new policy report and issues facing our diverse elder communities. Here...
If you’re in the Washington, DC area next Wednesday, join the Diverse Elders Coalition for a briefing on the economic issues, and proposed policy solutions, facing vulnerable older people, including Black elders; Hispanic elders; Asian and Pacific Islander elders;...
Welcome to the Diverse Elders Coalition blog! The Diverse Elders Coalition is made up of seven leading national aging organizations and was founded in 2010 with the purpose of promoting federal policy solutions that enhance the quality of life for our country’s...
