Economic Security | Diverse Elders Coalition

National Indian Council on Aging, Inc. Receives $763,620 Grant

by Randella Bluehouse | Jan 1, 2017 | Economic Security, National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Randella Bluehouse, NICOA Executive Director Phone: (505) 292-2001 Email: rbluehouse@NICOA.org National Indian Council on Aging, Inc. Receives $763,620 Grant Older adults to work, receive training, and assist local agencies serving the...

What Did the Diverse Elders Coalition Achieve in 2016?

by Jenna McDavid | Dec 29, 2016 | Access to Services, Data Collection / Research, Economic Security, Housing, Language Access, LGBTQ Communities, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA), National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), POC Communities, Public Policy, Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE), Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

In case you missed the December edition of our Common Threads newsletter, here are some highlights from the Diverse Elders Coalition in 2016! Subscribe to our newsletter here, and read on to learn more about what we achieved for diverse older adults this year: It has...

The Painful Struggles of America’s Older Immigrants

by Diverse Elders | Dec 28, 2016 | Access to Services, Economic Security, Health & Wellness, Language Access, POC Communities, Social Security / Retirement

by Chris Farrell. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. America’s immigrant community is aging along with the rest of the population, and in many cases, with great financial difficulty. Some 15 percent of adults 60 and over were foreign-born in 2015,...

America’s Stateless People: How Immigration Gaps Create Poverty

by Diverse Elders | Dec 22, 2016 | Access to Services, Discrimination, POC Communities, Public Policy, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

by Paul Nyhan. This article originally appeared on Equal Voice News. FRESNO, Calif. — They came to America in the 1970s and 1980s as child refugees, members of the Hmong minority in Laos fleeing that country’s new communist government and persecution for helping the...

Digital Activism Brings Elders into the Fold

by Jenna McDavid | Dec 13, 2016 | Access to Services, Public Policy

Earlier this week, I attended a virtual town hall hosted by ColorOfChange.org, which brought together hundreds of people from around the world to learn and share the many ways in which communities of color will be pushing back against unfavorable changes in the...

Social Connections and Healthy Aging

by Christine Herman | Dec 13, 2016 | Access to Services, Health & Wellness, National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA), Uncategorized

This post originally appeared on the NICOA blog. The importance of friends and family to our health is well understood by American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Though the specific traditions of tribes, pueblos, nations, and bands can differ quite a bit between...