At least 43 million workers in the United States do not have access to any sick days in the workplace; many more cannot utilize paid sick time to care for their child or a family member. Everyone gets sick sometimes, or experiences the sickness of someone in their...
This letter was originally published on the NICOA website on July 19, 2016. Read the original here. Dear Elder, Ya’at’eeh! I am reaching out to you to share about a timely opportunity that we have for your voice be heard by the Administration for Community Living and...
This post originally appeared on The Huffington Post Blog on July 11, 2016. Read the original post here. Recently, SAGE closed out New York City’s Pride month with the historic announcement that, after many years of effort, we have sealed deals for the Big Apple’s...
by Christine Herman. Christine is the NCAREE Technical Communications Manager for the National Indian Council on Aging, Inc. (NICOA). Healthy eating in the modern world is not always easy. Fast food and prepackaged foods offer inexpensive and easy alternatives to...
This article originally appeared in the Pacific Citizen. Recently, I received a message from a mother who asked me, “How do you deal with all the hatred that is in the world?” She has a transgender son, and so I knew her question was directed at me because I, too,...
by Kevin Simowitz, Political Director at Caring Across Generations. Before working with Caring Across, Kevin was the organizing director at Maine People's Alliance and worked as a community organizer at Virginia Organizing. The Diverse Elders Coalition has partnered...
