Next week, the Diverse Elders Coalition will be participating in SEARAC's annual Leadership and Advocacy Training (LAT) program in Washington, D.C. This post from SEARAC's new Director of Communications and Development, Elaine Sanchez Wilson, shares how the LAT...
Two Spirit and LGBT Natives Are Making a Difference in Their Communities
June is LGBT Pride Month and although there are Two Spirit and LGBT members within Native communities, they are often apprehensive to come out. As the Indigenous Ways of Knowing Program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling notes, family is...
Highlights of Older Americans Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
The month of May was an exciting month for us at the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA). May was not only designated by the Administration on Aging as Older Americans Month, but Congress also designated May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM)....
Pains, Trains, and no Automobiles: Abu Sayeed’s Commute Highlights Transportation Difficulties for Elders in NYC
This article originally appeared on the India Home blog. Three mornings a week, Abu Sayeed, 64, wakes up in his home in Cyprus Hills in Brooklyn, NY, worrying about the subway. He wonders if he’ll manage get the right train. How long will he have to wait? As he gets...
Alzheimer’s: The Disease that Steals Memories
by D. Kevin McNeir for the Washington Informer. For those who, like me, have witnessed the slow but inevitable erosion of a loved one’s memories due to a mysterious form of dementia which increasingly strips them of the ability to remember longtime friends, to recall...
SAGE Expresses Concern Over Narrow Ruling in Favor of Colorado Baker
Today, the Supreme Court ruled narrowly in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to provide a wedding cake to a gay couple. But the court also refused to create a license to discriminate and made it clear that civil rights laws still bar discrimination in businesses...