Here's a sampling of events from 2009
Previous Events
Feb 7-8: BIL (Long Beach, CA)
Will you join me there in Long Beach February 7-8 for this interactive BarCamp-style "unconference" discussion? What would you like to talk about? Add suggestions using the contact box at the right of the page.
Feb 8: Elders' Guild (Berkeley, CA)
The Elders' Guild is a grass-roots organization that is creating a bold new vision to help us prepare forcommunity, activism and deep life-long learning for the rest of our lives.
Our vision is a world in which empowered and conscious elders join together in common purpose to bring healing,joy and connection to our lives, our families, our communities and theworld. Our mission is to create the communities where we re-imagine our old age,look after one another and embody the wisdom that will enable us to help heal the future. Our goal is to help us prepare for a meaningful role as elders in society even though we have been conditioned to expect diminished strength and capacity. Everyone is welcome to participate.
We ended 2008 with three strong workshops focussing on each of of our three Elders' Guild Foundations: Community, Wisdom and Championing the Future. At our last regular Sunday afternoon gathering in November, there was a strong feeling that we should meet at least twice a month. So we've arranged to add a second gathering in January and each month hereafter.
The Elders' Guild is Multi-Generational and Multi-Cultural.
Feb 12: Project Renewment (Berkeley, CA)
Live webinar sponsored by the American Society on Aging's Business Forum on Aging, projected with participant engagement.
We will be hosting in downtown San Francisco as well as Berkeley, CA:
http://www.meetup.com/Aging-In-Community/calendar/9628917/
Feb 22: Elders' Guild (Berkeley, CA)
The Elders' Guild is a grass-roots organization that is creating a bold new vision to help us prepare forcommunity, activism and deep life-long learning for the rest of our lives.
Our vision is a world in which empowered and conscious elders join together in common purpose to bring healing,joy and connection to our lives, our families, our communities and theworld.
Our mission is to create the communities where we re-imagine our old age,look after one another and embody the wisdom that will enable us to help heal the future.
Our goal is to help us prepare for a meaningful role as elders in society even though we have been conditioned to expect diminished strength and capacity.
We ended 2008 with three strong workshops focussing on each of of our three Elders' Guild Foundations: Community, Wisdom and Championing the Future. At our last regular Sunday afternoon gathering in November, there was a strong feeling that we should meet at least twice a month. So we've arranged to add a second gathering in January and each month hereafter.
Everyone is welcome to participate.
The Elders' Guild is Multi-Generational and Multi-Cultural.
Mar 8: Elders' Guild (Berkeley, CA)
The Elders' Guild is a grass-roots organization that is creating a bold new vision to help us prepare forcommunity, activism and deep life-long learning for the rest of our lives.
Our vision is a world in which empowered and conscious elders join together in common purpose to bring healing,joy and connection to our lives, our families, our communities and theworld. Our mission is to create the communities where we re-imagine our old age,look after one another and embody the wisdom that will enable us to help heal the future. Our goal is to help us prepare for a meaningful role as elders in society even though we have been conditioned to expect diminished strength and capacity. Everyone is welcome to participate.
We ended 2008 with three strong workshops focussing on each of of our three Elders' Guild Foundations: Community, Wisdom and Championing the Future. At our last regular Sunday afternoon gathering in November, there was a strong feeling that we should meet at least twice a month. So we've arranged to add a second gathering in January and each month hereafter.
The Elders' Guild is Multi-Generational and Multi-Cultural.
Mar 15-19: Aging In America (Las Vegas, NV)
Aging in America, the 2009 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging takes place March 15-19 in Las Vegas. The ASA-NCOA Conference, with nearly 4,000 attendees, is recognized as a showcase for programs and projects that can be replicated, a forum for policy discussion and advocacy, and a prime source of information on new research findings in aging. It is the largest gathering of a diverse, multidisciplinary community of professionals from the fields of aging, healthcare and education, along with business leaders from across the United States.
Attendees come from around the country and abroad to find the answers, the experts, the research, the best practices, and the most comprehensive educational offerings available to professionals. It is the place to be if you want to learn about what’s new, what works, and how you can make it work to respond to the ever-growing demands of serving an aging population. The conference provides attendees with the opportunity to network with new and old friends, gain insight from voices from the front line and find new grassroots and national partners for advocacy.
We may have some exhibit passes available to people interested in volunteering. Contact us for more info.
Mar 22: Elders' Guild (Berkeley, CA)
The Elders' Guild is a grass-roots organization that is creating a bold new vision to help us prepare forcommunity, activism and deep life-long learning for the rest of our lives.
Our vision is a world in which empowered and conscious elders join together in common purpose to bring healing,joy and connection to our lives, our families, our communities and theworld. Our mission is to create the communities where we re-imagine our old age,look after one another and embody the wisdom that will enable us to help heal the future. Our goal is to help us prepare for a meaningful role as elders in society even though we have been conditioned to expect diminished strength and capacity. Everyone is welcome to participate.
We ended 2008 with three strong workshops focussing on each of of our three Elders' Guild Foundations: Community, Wisdom and Championing the Future. At our last regular Sunday afternoon gathering in November, there was a strong feeling that we should meet at least twice a month. So we've arranged to add a second gathering in January and each month hereafter.
The Elders' Guild is Multi-Generational and Multi-Cultural.
Mar 30: Village Models (Oakland, CA)
Beacon Hill Village is organizing a conference in Oakland for March 30. Stay tuned for details.
Conflict Resolution Skills for Aging AND Community (6/4-6/5, Oakland, CA)
Aging In Harmony
Scroll to the bottom of this page to register.
Event Flyer
Our Host Location
Mercy Retirement, in Oakland, California
Producer: Katharina W. Dress, MA
Sponsor:
AGING IN HARMONY
Peace of Mind for Elders and Families
PRESENTS:
How Can You Hear Me if You Aren’t Listening?
Conflict Resolution Skills for Aging and Community
A One And A Half Day Workshop
Are you helping older family members or friends navigate the challenges of aging and find it difficult to communicate about their plans for the future? Or would you like to talk to your spouse, adult children or grandchildren about your own aging-related concerns, but don’t feel heard and understood? Or maybe you live or work with older adults and their families and would like to better support them during difficult discussions and decisions? Whether you are facing your own aging process or are a family member, friend, neighbor, caregiver, or service provider for older adults, this workshop series is for you!
During the introductory evening, we will explore the impact of aging on the individual, family, community and society at large. Participants will examine cultural biases around aging and learn to recognize their own assumptions regarding older adults. Based on this understanding, we will discuss why most of us find it challenging to communicate effectively about aging-related concerns and decisions. Finally, we will offer helpful tools to facilitate communications during controversial and highly emotional discussions with elders and to support collaborative decisions that address the needs of everyone involved.
Participants in the hands-on training will have extensive opportunities to practice these tools in role plays and learn how to apply empathic listening and conflict resolution skills during interactions with elders in their daily lives.
PRESENTERS:
KATHARINA W. DRESS, MA, has been a mediator for 5 years and a facilitator and trainer for over 25 years. As founder of AGING IN HARMONY, she provides conflict resolution services to older adults and their families, caregivers and aging services providers. She is on the Civil Court Mediation Panel of the Superior Court of Alameda County. She also serves as community mediator and trainer for SEEDS Community Resolution Center (Alameda), as community and guardianship mediator for Conflict Resolution Programs (Contra Costa), and as mediation training coach for Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (Oakland).
JOHN G. ELLIOTT, MA, MFT has been a marriage and family therapist for 40 years. He has integrated mediation into his practice of Collaborative Divorce work and volunteers at SEEDS Community Resolution Center (Berkeley). With 25 years of grief support/ bereavement work experience, he facilitates a partner-loss group for Sutter-VNA Hospice (Emeryville).
Co-produced by East Bay Cohousing thanks to Raines Cohen, Certified Senior Cohousing Facilitator, Cohousing Coach and Aging-In-Community author published in Audacious Aging.
