The Lunch and Learn event, hosted by the Leaders of Color Network, will be an opportunity for all members to hear from Nzinga Shaw on why mentorship matters and strategies to build a successful mentoring relationship. Mentoring relationships can facilitate meaningful connections between allies and emerging leaders. Nzinga “Zing” Shaw…...
Orientation to Lobby Day Sponsored by the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network
Join us on Wednesday, March 6, from 2-3 p.m. ET for an Orientation to Lobby Day hosted by the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network. The webinar is designed to prepare leaders of color in the field of aging services to meet with their elected representatives and their staff while visiting Capitol Hill…...
Webinar: Allies in Action: Creating a Supportive Workplace
Nzinga “Zing” Shaw, a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pioneer, will lead an upcoming LeadingAge webinar on what it means to be an ally and how allies can support the career advancement of leaders of color. The webinar is sponsored by the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network. Robyn Stone, senior…...
What Matters Most to HCBS Beneficiaries of Color?
With support from The SCAN Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation, Community Catalyst recently finished a pilot study through which it partnered with community organizations in California to engage dually eligible people of color in a process of co-creating a set of quality measures for home and community-based services…...
Pension Action Center Summit to Fight Fraud
The Pension Action Center in the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Gerontology Institute will host an in-person convening about fraud prevention on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. This will be a hybrid event, live streamed for those who can’t join in person on the day. For more information, visit the meeting website. ...
Addressing Equity in Home and Community-Based Services for Dual Eligibles
Black and Hispanic/Latinx individuals are disproportionately represented among those who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Many dual-eligible individuals require home and community-based services (HCBS), and there is growing evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in access to these services. Despite this evidence, there have been limited policy and…...
On Aging 2024
“On Aging” is the nation’s largest multidisciplinary conference on aging and the annual conference for members of the American Society on Aging. On Aging 2024 will bring together thousands of professionals working in aging and related fields in San Francisco, CA. Join experts, gerontologists, and thought leaders from diverse fields…...
LeadingAge Leadership Summit
Join LeadingAge for its annual Leadership Summit on April 15-17, 2024, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage face-to-face with other leaders who are helping shape our field’s future. Registration opens in early 2024. For more information, visit the conference website....