“The National Senior Citizens Law Center is a non-profit organization whose principal mission is to protect the rights of low-income older adults.
Through advocacy, litigation, and the education and counseling of local advocates, we seek to ensure the health and economic security of those with limited income and resources, and access to the courts for all.” Read more here.
SNAP is the Special Needs Voluntary Registry that’s been set up as part of Los Angeles county’s emergency preparedness plan. The Registry allows anyone with physical disabilities or other limitations to register to facilitate the planning and implementation of disaster response by first-responder agencies. If you (or the person you are registering) live in Los Angeles County and have any conditions which might impede your abilities to evacuate a building, travel to or stay safely in an emergency evacuation center, or to securely shelter in place without assistance, then you may want to consider enrolling in the Registry. You can get more information at the LA County SNAP website here. If you don’t live in LA County, you might want to see if a similar program is available in your area.
Burbank Senior Artists Colony residents will recognize The Pink Lady in the video below!
Contributed by Maureen Kellen-Taylor
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This week, a special show on democracy.
LALO ALCARAZ – Lalo Alcaraz is the creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha,” which is read in over 100 newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. Lalo and his work have been featured often on TV and radio, and his work has appeared extensively in print. He has received four Southern California Journalism Awards for Best Cartoon in Weekly Papers, as well as numerous other awards and honors. His books include “Latino USA: A Cartoon History,” “Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons On Immigration, and the first collection of his daily comic strips, “La Cucaracha.” Lalo is also the co-host of KPFK Radio’s wildly popular satirical talk show, “The Pocho Hour of Power.” He has a BA degree from San Diego State University and an MA from UC Berkeley. Lalo was born in San Diego, California and grew up on the US/Mexico border. Read more at his website.
Also this week, our first Talk Story, from a project with the California Council for the Humanities, gives us a fresh viewpoint on the concept of democracy. Experience Talks’ own Maureen Kellen-Taylor shares her experience ten years ago when she first became a U.S. citizen.
MAUREEN KELLEN-TAYLOR – Maureen has worked in the field of Arts and Aging for over 25 years, during which she was Founding Director of Artworks in San Francisco where she received Artist in Residence awards from the California Arts Council for 5 years. She earned a M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy and a Ph.D. for conducting research in Learning and Change in Human Systems. In 2003 she was invited to be a Resident Artist at Boreal Arts and Ecology Center, Quebec, Canada to continue her explorations in Art, Nature and Spirituality through environmental installations. In 2005 she received the Directors Award from the California Arts Council for a life time commitment to the Arts. She has exhibited paintings in England and the U.S. Maureen is Chief Operating Officer of EngAGE, Inc. You’ll also hear her regularly as the announcer on Experience Talks.
Alicia Sedwick
Experience Talks is pleased to announce a new segment of our show: Talk Story. Talk Story is a program of EngAGE, Inc., that produces a spoken word series, writing and performance classes, and radio show segments aired on the Experience Talks radio show. The program catalyzes older adults to write and perform true stories from their lives. Onsite classes at senior apartment communities teach seniors writing and performing skills, preparing them to perform in community staged readings and on the Experience Talks radio show. Our goal is to present true stories of personal experiences by older adult storytellers. Participants learn writing, storytelling and performance skills, taught by professional artists from the community hired by EngAGE to guide them through the fabric of their lives, celebrating their rich history and culture, building story-form writing work, and developing each student’s unique voice and experience through creative expression and performance. Talk Story is directed by Experience Talks team member Alicia Sedwick.
Alicia is a professional actor, writer, and professor, as well as a strategic researcher. She is a producer for the storytelling program Spark Off Rose, a professor at the Art Institute Hollywood, and is a teacher in creative writing, storytelling, performance and movement. She received her MFA from American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and was a NYC-based theatre actor for 10 years.
Listen to Experience Talks on KPFK-FM this Saturday, September 17, at 8:00 AM PT to hear the first Talk Story segment from a project with the California Council for the Humanities!
Although it will be several more years before the project gets underway, the need is already apparent.
“The 55 Laguna Project in San Francisco would include 330 multifamily market rate units, at least 32 affordable family units and…109 apartments geared toward low-income gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, 55 and older…There will likely be a lot of competition for moving into the 55 Laguna senior complex because it is the only affordable LGBT retirement facility on the drawing boards in the greater Bay Area.”
In fact, the only other housing for low income LGBT seniors in the western U.S. is Triangle Square, a 104-unit apartment complex in Hollywood (served by EngAGE). Read more here.
Nikkei Senior Gardens in Arleta, CA (a district in the San Fernado Valley, adjacent to LA), was designed especially to attract older Japanese residents.
“Nikkei celebrates Japanese culture, including Japanese language and cooking classes, walking proximity to the community center, and a garden where residents have planted tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, melons and roses. ‘The average resident’s age is 85, said Marc Aronoff,’ Nikkei’s director of sales and marketing… ‘For those who lived through the (Second World) War, they all have a common thread,’ [a resident’s daughter said]. ‘Some of them knew each other as little children. Some of them knew each other from (internment) camps. They’ve reconnected.'”
Read more here.
