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Thank you for joining AARP Oregon andd Age-Friendly Oregon champions from around the state on October 10th and 11th in Monmouth for Toward Our Shared Future: Age-Friendly Oregon Summit 2023. Over 200 participants, including elected officials, policy makers, city staff, community, business, philanthropy and nonprofit leaders, advocates and interested Oregonians, gathered to exchange ideas, learn from each other, and spark new solutions so more people can choose how they live as they age.
TOWARD OUR SHARED FUTURE: AGE-FRIENDLY OREGON SUMMIT 2023
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Toward our Shared Future Video Playlist
Videos include the morning and afternoon sessions for the 2023 Age-Friendly Oregon Summit in Monmouth on October 10 and 11, a special message from Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, Age-Friendly Sisters Country, and volunteer reflections on the elements of age-friendly communities.
Toward our Shared Future Photo Gallery
SUMMIT RESOURCES
- Summit Program
- Speaker bios - Meet our Speakers
Session PowerPoints Slides:
- Opening Slides
- Setting the Stage, Bandana Shrestha, State Director, AARP Oregon
- Our Shared Future - Sam Diaz, Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Oregon
- Our Shared Future - Derenda Schubert, Executive Director, Bridge Meadows
- Our Shared Future - Rob Zako, Executive Director, Better Springfield Eugene Transportation
- Our Shared Future - Stephanie Hooper, President & CEO, AGE+
- National Age-Friendly Movement, Mike Watson, Director, AARP Livable Communities
- Health - Liz James, Chair, Oregon LGBTQ+ Aging Coalition
- Health - Nirmala Dhar, MSW, LCSW, Older Adult Behavioral Health Services Coordinator, Oregon Health Authority
- Health - Nakeshia Knight-Coyle, Director, Oregon Aging and People with Disabilities
- Health - Dr. Helen Kao, Medical Director of Clinical Innovations, Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care
- Work & Savings - Pat O’Connor, Regional Economist, Oregon Employment Department
CALL TO ACTION
Write to the Governor about why you think Oregon should be an Age-Friendly State. Download the form, print, complete, and return to AARP Oregon by email oraarp@aarp.org or mail: AARP Oregon, 1455 SW Broadway, Suite 1490, Portland, OR 97201
AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY DAY
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Hosted by Western Oregon University and Cities of Independence and Monmouth. Age-Friendly Community Day offered community events and activities curated by our host committee. Agenda included:
- Monmouth Chamber of Commerce members learned about how to Become an Age-Friendly Business.
- Monmouth Senior Community Center hosted a special lunch and listen session to get community input in designing an Age-Friendly Mural.
- Film Maker Cynthia Stone and Governor's Commission on Senior Services Chair and OHSU Assistant Professor of Neurology and Public Health Walter Dawson, PhD, joined the host committee for the Oregon premiere of Keys Names Bags Words, a documentary about Alzheimer’s featuring Dr. Dawson. The next screening of the film will be in Portland on Nov 14th hosted by OHSU Brain Institute. Register here.
AGE-FRIENDLY & LIVABILITY RESOURCES
About AARP Oregon
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