DCOA E*News At-A-Glance
Serve DC coordinated the
Mayor’s signature Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project, “It Takes a
Village,” which deployed volunteer teams to 13 senior residence complexes
across the District to raise awareness about emergency planning and assist
those residents in completing emergency-preparedness plans.
Presented in collaboration
with the D.C. Department of Health's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
Administration (HEPRA), the D.C. Office on Aging and the D.C. Housing
Authority, “It Takes a Village” was a complement to Serve DC’s ongoing
emergency-preparedness-volunteer programs and the recent launch of the Mayor’s
“Age-Friendly DC” Initiative, which aims to help influence the health and
quality of life of older people in the District.
The Committee on Health, chaired by Councilmember Yvette Alexander, will convene the Committee on Health FY ’14 Performance
Oversight Hearing for the D.C. Office on Aging on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at
10 am. The hearing will take place in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Persons wishing to testify may contact Ravna
Smith, rsmith@dccouncil.us or by calling
202-741-2111.
Becoming a DCOA Ambassador is an awesome opportunity for you, our community partners, to help move the agency forward as we seek to link seniors to services from the agency. The DCOA Ambassador Program is an initiative to train community residents about
the programs and services offered by the D.C. Office on Aging and its
network of agencies.
The ambassadors serve as points of contacts for
distributing information about the programs and
services available to seniors, persons living with disabilities and
caregivers in their wards and communities.
To find out how you can link your friends, neighbors and relatives with services to assist them, register to become a DCOA Ambassador today call 202-724-5622.
Long Distance Caregiver -
Challenges and Solutions will be the topic for the next D.C. Caregivers Online
Chat at Noon to be held, Tuesday, February 4 at 12 p.m.
To participate, log on to www.dcoa.dc.gov/page/caregiver-chat,
bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 12 p.m. to get help with your caregiving
responsibilities. For more information
contact Linda Irizarry at 202-535-1442.
Each chat provides the
opportunity for caregivers to discuss their challenges and receive solutions,
as well as provide an opportunity to ask questions and get feedback live. Interested
persons, who are unable to join during the scheduled time, can hit replay at
their convenience to find out what was discussed.
The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of
how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light
of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film
documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to
legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community’s
institutional pillar—the black church and reveals the Christian right wing’s
strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political
agenda.
The New Black takes viewers into the pews and
onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story
of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the
evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
Interactive Panel and Audience Discussion
immediately follows film. Light Refreshments will be served.
Monday, February 24, 6:30 p.m. AARP Headquarters 601 E Street NW, Brickfield Conference Center Washington DC 20049 RSVP to Jackie Jordan at 202-434-7703 (by Feb
20) in order to gain entry to building.
For more information contact sagemetrodc1@gmail.com.
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