Livable Communities

What's AARP doing in your community? We are celebrating PRIDE, doing Tek workshops, doing "Neighborwalks," fighting fraud and supporting family caregivers! We have dozens of events scheduled in the next few months. Check out the event listing attached here - and register for the ones that may be of interest. We look forward to connecting with you!

By Mac McLean

by: Elaine Friesen-Strang

Michele Scheib, AARP Gen X Blogger/Volunteer

Summer is almost upon us and we are excited to invite you to our second season of NeighborWalks!

Tuesday, May 17th is Election Day in Oregon and voters in the City of Portland will cast their votes to select a new mayor. The results may determine who the next mayor will be or if no one candidate gets the required 50% of votes, the top two candidates will face off again in November.

By Elaine Friesen-Strang

By Dick Weinman, AARP Volunteer and ALF Living Guru

By Elaine Friesen-Strang

Crossing the street shouldn’t mean crossing your fingers. Yet every two hours, a pedestrian in the United States is killed because a street or crosswalk is unsafe. Children, seniors, people of color and the low-income are disproportionately the victims of these fatalities. According to the 2015 Oregon State of Pedestrian Safety Report, Oregonians 65 years and older are four times more likely to be killed walking on our streets than any other age group. That is why AARP Oregon supports Measure 26-173.