News from Metro@Compton: A Dinner Celebration with Ancient and Contemporary Mexican-American Music

The residents of The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, always enjoy the monthly birthday celebration. This month, in appreciation, all residents were welcomed by EngAGE staff for a complete Mexican meal, light refreshments, a birthday cake, and gift card raffles. Special guest Martin Espino, a Mexican-American musician and composer of indigenous Yaqui and Tepehuano ancestry, performed, telling origin stories and playing native musical instruments. Residents joined in the music-making fun by playing along with instruments provided by Martin.

EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.

Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Event Date:  November 28, 2018
The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community.

 

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Experience Talks 1/27: Melissa Shepherd-Williams

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.

 

Experience Talks - EngAGE, Inc.Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on the Listen Page of our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.

 


SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019 @ 5:30 PM PT
MELISSA SHEPHERD-WILLIAMS
Host: DR. CONNIE CORLEY


MELISSA SHEPHERD-WILLIAMS serves as a clinician at the California Institute of the Arts and Adjunct Faculty in the School of Cultural and Family Psychology at Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School. Within private practice, through speaking engagements, she has served audiences such as the Los Angeles Police Department psychologists; Writers’ Guild of America; UCLA Human Resources students; Association of Los Angeles County African-American Employees; Latino Behavioral Health Institute Conference; California State University Los Angeles faculty; Cancer Support Community; and Community Parenting Program in the City of Santa Clarita.

As a psychotherapist serving for over 20 years, she has been dedicating herself to design and present programs on how to live with GUSTO by taking charge of one’s health in body, mind, and spirit. Essentially, Melissa perceives the development of life-affirming routines as the core of thriving and “deliciousness.” Her latest book, From Burnout to Bliss, published in December 2018, adds to her creation of learning tools for preventing and emerging from a sense of being stuck professionally and personally. A native of Panama, she lives with her husband, Brad, in Los Angeles, California. ~ Learn more and find a link to her book on her website.

 

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EngAGE 2019 Winter Newsletter

EngAGE delivers arts, wellness, and lifelong learning programming to 50 senior and multigenerational communities throughout California, in Minnesota (EngAGE Heartland), and in Oregon (EngAGE Northwest). Click here to read our 2019 Winter Newsletter, which is packed with photos and and information about what we’ve been doing!

 

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News from Metro@Hollywood: Yoga + Harvest Celebration

Residents at The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments in Los Angeles, CA, engage in gentle, but active aerobic movement to improve their strength, cardiovascular health, and general physical well-being.  Twice a week in the community gym, residents are taught yoga as a means of improving their balance, stretching ability, strength, and relaxation.


Residents  attended the Harvest Celebration where they also celebrated the November birthdays. Hosted by WSH Management and EngAGE, they enjoyed delicious food, light refreshments, and cake. Some residents also brought their favorite homemade side dishes and desserts. A gift card raffle was held, and dance music was provided by DJ Bang Bang.


EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and multigenerational apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness, and creativity.

Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Date: November 19, 2018
Harvest Celebration made possible with support from WSH Management
The Metro @ Hollywood Senior Lofts is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

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News from Metro@Compton: The Beauty of Paying It Forward

In November, residents in the craft class at The Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments in Compton, CA, used their imaginations to do some good. They made crafts that benefited others via the Pay It Forward Foundation. Founded in 2000, Pay It Forward “serves as a catalyst to inspire growth for the Pay It Forward philosophy, acts of kindness among strangers, generating a ripple effect from one person to the next, one community to the next.” The residents created amazing handmade bracelets and journals. These lovely items, along with an inspirational handwritten note, will go to local women’s shelters. Paying it forward is a beautiful thing!

Research demonstrates that participating in arts activities improves the health and quality of life of older people.

Program Director: Sandra Vargas
Date:  November 5th and 12th, 2018
Metro @ Compton Senior Apartments is a Meta Housing Corporation community

 

 

 


 

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MLK Day of Service: Make It a Day ON, Not a Day Off!

Click here to find volunteer opportunities for MLK Day and throughout the year.

Legislation signed in 1983 marked the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a federal holiday. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading this effort. Each year, on the third Monday in January, the MLK Day of Service is observed as “a day ON, not a day off.” MLK Day of Service is intended to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions to social problems, and move us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.”

 

 

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News from BSAC: Social Hour with Musician Michael Quest

Burbank Senior Artists Colony residents in Burbank, CA, filled up the club room in November to see one of their favorite musical acts, Michael Quest. Michael sang classic country and American classics while residents enjoyed a little refreshment during social hour, BSAC’s weekly community building event where residents come to socialize.

All-Star resident volunteer, Vartoohi, serves the salad she prepares for our weekly social hour.

EngAGE catalyzes the development of Arts Colonies that offer unique creative amenities such as art studios, galleries, and theaters.

Program Director:  Megan Hocking
Date:  November 14, 2018
Made possible with funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Burbank Senior Arts Colony is a Meta Housing Corporation community.

 

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