Register today for the last session of the Leaders of Color webinar advocacy series. The session takes place March 23 at 2 p.m. ET.
More than 100 people attended each of the first in a series of the first two sessions in a series of three webinars designed to help leaders of color bring their voices to advocacy efforts in the field of long-term services and supports (LTSS). The webinar advocacy series is sponsored by the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network and takes place on Zoom.
During the first webinar, held on January 17, a panel of experts discussed the basics of advocacy, how it influences public policy and laws, the effect it can have on provider organizations, and the unique perspectives leaders of color bring to the process. Listen to a recording of the first webinar.
The second session, held on Feb. 14, explored how state advocacy works, how it impacts providers of aging services, and how team members at all levels can become engaged in advocacy. Listen to a recording of the second webinar.
ONE REMAINING SESSION
Registration is still open for the last session in the webinar advocacy series:
Let’s Talk about Federal Advocacy
March 23 at 2 p.m. ET
This session will provide an overview of the federal advocacy process and explore how leaders of color can make their voices heard by policymakers in federal agencies and legislators on Capitol Hill. Members of the LeadingAge public policy/advocacy team will discuss their federal advocacy agenda and outline ways leaders of color can work with LeadingAge to meet shared advocacy goals. A leader of color will offer guidance on how other leaders can work with the executive and legislative branches at the federal level to advance better national policy that addresses the needs of their organizations, the people those organizations serve, and the team members who deliver services and supports.
Panelists will include:
- Fernando Torres-Gil, M.S.W., Ph.D., professor of social welfare and public policy and director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
- Ruth Katz, senior vice president of public policy/advocacy at LeadingAge.
- Linda M. Couch, vice president of housing policy at LeadingAge.
- Deke Cateau, CEO of A.G. Rhodes in Atlanta, GA, and LeadingAge Board Member.
- Moniqua Acosta, director of volunteer services at Landis Homes Retirement Community in Lititz, PA, and vice chair of the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network Advisory Board.
- Karen Gipson, chief mission advancement office at Aldersgate in Charlotte, NC, and chair of the LeadingAge Leaders of Color Network Advisory Board
ALL ARE WELCOME
While webinar programming is geared to the needs of leaders of color, the Leaders of Color Network encourages all leaders and allies at LeadingAge member organizations to join with leaders of color in attending the last webinar and bringing its lessons back to their organizations.
“We hope all leaders of LeadingAge member organizations will register for and participate in the upcoming advocacy webinar,” wrote Adrienne Ruffin, vice president and head of LTSS Strategic Initiatives and Operations at the LeadingAge LTSS Center in a recent blog. “Together, we can bring about meaningful changes in how communities, states, and the federal government address the needs of our growing older population.”