Elders Action Network

Taking Action to Confront Authoritarianism
2024-12-12 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom video conferencing
Second Thursday of the month
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET

We’ll continue exploring what actions that we, as elders, can take to push back against extremist attacks in our second post-election meeting.

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Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2024-12-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuesday, December 17
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual and restorative community. We will reaffirm the values that guide our collaboration:

Integrity & Authenticity
Deep Listening with Openness, Curiosity and Presence
Appreciation of Differences

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Elders for Sound Democracy
2024-12-18 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join our Community Meeting on Wednesday, December 18, as we recognize our hard work this past year (we sent over 100,000 postcards and letters to voters), rejoice in our growing community, and strengthen our resolve to continue together to defend democracy in 2025.

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After registering, you will receive an email from Zoom (no-reply@zoom.us) with a unique link to join the event. Please check your email inbox.

Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
2024-12-19 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Third Thursday of each month
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
At Elders for Social Justice (ESJ) we create an inclusive education and advocacy environment for social and environmental justice. We work with other EAN groups, external organizations, elder activists, youth and visionary leaders as we act on behalf of Earth and all life.
We gather once a month to focus on a current social justice issue so we can take informed collective and local actions.
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Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
2025-01-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Elders for Regenerative Living is offering a course, Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse, in collaboration with the course developers for people to gather and learn, to grieve, to plan, and have the space to speak our truths together. It focuses on inner resilience, collective acceptance of the climate crisis, adaptive responses, and provides a worldview pertaining to a new and different future.
It’s a free, nine-session course STARTING on Wednesday, January 15 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET.
After the course attendees will be able to:

Define collapse.
Articulate their own understanding about the Great Unraveling and at what stage of awareness they are.
More freely navigate their emotional responses to a collapse.
Name and put into practice several tools for inner resilience.
Describe and weigh out the benefits of localization for outer resilience.
Live in greater balance and harmony with all the spirits which create and support Life.
Identify the benefits of Acceptance most pertinent to them and their life circumstances.
Meetings are 1 ½ hours. Preparation: 2-3 hours a week

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED

See a Message From the Course Developers Below
“With great sadness and great love, we are convinced that this is a time of unraveling…biodiversity loss, ocean degradation, urban flooding, political strife, climate crisis and migrations, economic and political instability, food shortages, wildfires, soil degradation.
We have two choices: turning away or turning toward. For a long time, we have learned to turn our eyes away and live as we have always lived.
With these moving thoughts from the Developer’s in mind: We believe that closing our eyes has not served us. It’s time to turn towards—wake up and see what is happening in the world and in ourselves, in the ways we relate to the entire Community of Life. Turning toward takes courage, honesty and love.”
This course is not about traditional resilience solutions. Instead, the course leads participants through a process of opening their eyes in awareness and turning towards what-is with ever-deepening acceptance, through wise responses to our predicament.”

Building Bridges Community Gathering
2025-01-16 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
12:00-1:30 pm PT / 3:00-4:30 pm ET
The Building Bridges Community meets every two months to practice and learn effective ways to build understanding to help bridge America’s cultural divides. We offer a welcoming approach to theory and practical skills for avoiding conflict, asking good questions and building understanding. If you’re interested in learning to engage yourself and, by extension, your community in this process, this group is for you.
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After registering for the event, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing your unique link to join the meetings.

Unlock Your Purpose with Richard Leider
2025-01-21 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Co-Sponsored by Sage-ing International and Elders Action Network

Tuesday, January 21
10:00am – 11:30am PT / 1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Everyone is getting old; not everyone is growing older. But the path of purposeful aging is accessible to all. And it is fundamental to health, healing, happiness, and longevity. With a focus on growing whole through unlocking a sense of purpose in later life, Richard celebrates the experience of aging with inspiring stories, real-world practices, and provocative questions to help us navigate the path from adulthood to elderhood with choice, curiosity, and courage. Richard helps us to reimagine aging as a liberating experience that enables us to become more authentically the person we were always meant to be with each passing year.
REGISTER HERE

International bestselling author, coach, and keynote speaker Richard Leider has pioneered the way we answer that question. Widely viewed as a pioneer of the global purpose movement, his work is featured regularly in many media sources. His PBS Special, The Power of Purpose, was viewed by millions across the U.S. He has taken his purpose message to all 50 states, Canada, and four continents. To read more about Richard go to his website HERE.

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuesday, January 28
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual and restorative community. We will reaffirm the values that guide our collaboration:

Integrity & Authenticity
Deep Listening with Openness, Curiosity and Presence
Appreciation of Differences

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Elders for Social Justice Racism Advisory Committee
2025-02-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
First and third Thursday of each month
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT / 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
We are committed to putting justice and equity front and center as we move forward into action. We recognize we are at the beginning of this journey and that each of us are at a diﬀerent stage of awareness and action. The Racism Advisory Committee engages in conversation, research, self reflection and education to ensure that we recognize and free ourselves of racist and exclusionary practices and indiﬀerences. We are committed to this journey, believing that it will strengthen our organization.
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Questions? Contact Teri Whitehair at teriw@eldersaction.org.

Welcome to Elders Climate Action Monthly Session
2025-02-14 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Welcome to Elders Climate Action! We are a community of elders who care about preserving our planet for our grandchildren, future generations and all life. As a new member we would like to invite you to a special Welcome Session where you can hear more about who we are, what ECA has been doing, our plans for the future, and how you can get more involved.
2nd Friday, Monthly
3 pm Eastern, 12 Noon Pacific
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Please register to receive a link to join the call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We encourage you to join by computer so you can see the presenter’s slides. If you are unable to attend this Welcome Session, don’t worry, plan to join next month! We offer a Welcome to Elders Climate Action Session on the 2nd Friday of each month. Watch for our next call bulletin or announcement in the upcoming newsletter or check our website for the event listing.
We look forward to meeting you!

Elders for Sound Democracy
2025-02-19 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join Elders for Sound Democracy to hear about and react to our plans for 2025 to preserve and strengthen democracy. We will review projects we are working on and provide opportunities for you to engage with other elders to share your thoughts and suggestions for our plans.

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After registering, you will receive an email from Zoom (no-reply@zoom.us) with a unique link to join the event. Please check your email inbox.

Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
2025-02-20 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
We are offering a course for Elders of all ages to gather and learn, to grieve, to plan, and have the space to speak our truths together. It focuses on inner resilience, adaptive responses, collective acceptance of the climate crisis and provides an adaptive worldview pertaining to a new and different future.
A free, nine-session online course about the ecological and cultural predicament we face starting on Thursday, February 20 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET.
After the course attendees will be able to:

Define collapse.
Articulate their own understanding about the Great Unraveling and at what stage of awareness they are.
More freely navigate their emotional responses to a collapse.
Name and put into practice several tools for inner resilience.
Describe and weigh out the benefits of localization for outer resilience.
Live in greater balance and harmony with all the spirits which create and support life.
Identify the benefits of acceptance most pertinent to them and their life circumstances.
Meetings are 1 ½ hours. Preparation: 2-3 hours a week

REGISTER (Maximum 25 participants)

Message From the Course Developers
“With great sadness and great love, we are convinced that this is a time of unraveling…biodiversity loss, ocean degradation, urban flooding, political strife, climate crisis and migrations, economic and political instability, food shortages, wildfires, soil degradation.
We have two choices: turning away or turning toward. For a long time, we have learned to turn our eyes away and live as we have always lived.
With these moving thoughts from the Developer’s in mind: We believe that closing our eyes has not served us. It’s time to turn towards—wake up and see what is happening in the world and in ourselves, in the ways we relate to the entire Community of Life. Turning toward takes courage, honesty and love.”
This course is not about traditional resilience solutions. Instead, the course leads participants through a process of opening their eyes in awareness and turning towards what-is with ever-deepening acceptance, through wise responses to our predicament.”

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2025-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuesday, February 25
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual and restorative community. We will reaffirm the values that guide our collaboration:

Integrity & Authenticity
Deep Listening with Openness, Curiosity and Presence
Appreciation of Differences

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Elders Climate Action February National Call
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York)
How do we build and maintain effective relationships with local elected officials and staff?
In conversation with Joe Simitian
National Call & Action Party
February 25
4th Tuesday of the Month
7PM (Eastern) | 4PM (Pacific)
8-8:15PM Action Party
Joe Simitian joins Elders Climate Action to answer some of our biggest questions about our advocacy efforts and their impacts. Joe brings a wide-ranging perspective with a background in nearly all levels of state and local government including School Board, CA State Senate and Assembly and Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County, CA. Joe authored many environmental laws during his Senate and Assembly terms, including The California Clean Coast Act, The Sustainable Oceans Act, The Delta Reform Act, and the state’s 33% by 2020 renewable portfolio standard. He also served as Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and routinely earned a 100% score from the California League of Conservation Voters. We’ll be digging in to talk with Joe and learn more about his strategies for building relationships and getting things done within local government.
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Can’t attend? No problem, register to receive a recording of the call.
We encourage you to join from your computer the best experience, many of our speakers share slides.

Joe Simitian most recently served on the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors. In a County of close to 2 million residents, Joe represented District 5, the northern part of Santa Clara County which includes the headquarters of both Google and Apple, as well as Stanford University. He previously served on the Palo Alto School Board and Palo Alto City Council, and in the California State Senate and State Assembly.
Joe authored many environmental laws during his Senate and Assembly terms, including The California Clean Coast Act, The Sustainable Oceans Act, The Delta Reform Act, and the state’s 33% by 2020 renewable portfolio standard. He also served as Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and routinely earned a 100% score from the California League of Conservation Voters.

Get ready for the Action Party from 8-8:15 PM ET with the Climate Action Now (CAN) App.

Download the app now so you are ready for action! Scan the QR code using your phone or find Climate Action Now on your phone’s App Store and use ECA’s code 56 when you set up your CAN account.

Exploring Elderhood
2025-02-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-07 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Session One: Friday, February 28
Session Two: Friday, March 7
Session Three: Friday, March 14
10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Join us in this introductory journey into what it means to be an Elder in a time of immense change. If you are new to Elders Action Network or want to rediscover your purpose, inner joy, sense of our interconnectedness or where to get into action, this is the journey for you.
We will explore together the redefinition of who is an elder, what it is the earth is calling us to be and why our heart, mind and soul are needed to create a new future for all life on this planet.
You will be introduced to the essence of elderhood, experience processes that will allow what is deep within you to come to the forefront, feel a sense of community and ways to get into action.
This is a three-week journey with each session running 90 minutes. There will be pre-work before each week.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Suggested donation: $55
This is a suggested amount and participants are free to offer more or less depending on their individual financial situation. We do not want financial considerations to be a deterrent to participation, and it is not necessary to make a donation in order to register.
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Confronting Whiteness Journey & Workshop
2025-03-19 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Wednesdays: March 19 – May 14
10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET

Over the course of nine weeks participants will read, hear, and watch the work of Black creatives. While there are many more that could have been chosen, these selections will embolden you to acknowledge and confess your Whiteness. Hopefully, you will be inspired to invest time, energy, and heart to delve deeper into this discovery. The more dedicated you are, the more you will get out of the series.
The participant’s guide to Confronting Whiteness oﬀers people a new posture for addressing racial issues. Spiritual practices will help participants engage writings and films by Black authors and filmmakers and develop habits that confront and undermine the power of Whiteness. The guide was developed for groups of White people.
Our facilitator will be led by Rev Dr. Ben Boswell, author and founder of Confronting Whiteness.
This program consists of nine sessions, each designed to last approximately 90 minutes. Preparation for the sessions requires completing assigned readings and viewings and writing a racial autobiography.
Cost: $160, which includes the Confronting Whiteness guide.
For more information contact Teri Whitehair at teriw@eldersaction.org.

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Elders for Sound Democracy
2025-03-19 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
EAN elders have supported the work of The Civics Center (TCC) for the last few years: helping to make high school voter registration part of every American high school experience. We have written postcards and letters, contacted high schools, and supported TCC financially and with our interest and general efforts.
Please join us on March 19 when Vicki Shapiro (Chair of the Advisory Board of The Civics Center) will describe:

The impact of TCC’s and our efforts during the last year
TCC’s plans for expansion and growth for this year
Opportunities for elders to support TCC and its spring Cap, Gown & Ballot campaign to encourage high school seniors to register to vote.”

Vicki Shapiro
Vicki Shapiro is Chair of the Advisory Board of The Civics Center and an attorney at the California Court of Appeals in Los Angeles. She has volunteered in many capacities with The Civics Center since its founding in 2018. Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, Vicki practiced intellectual property law in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Washington, both in states that give students the ability to pre-register to vote at 16.

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After registering, you will receive an email from Zoom (no-reply@zoom.us) with a unique link to join the event. Please check your email inbox.

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuesday, March 25
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual and restorative community. We will reaffirm the values that guide our collaboration:

Integrity & Authenticity
Deep Listening with Openness, Curiosity and Presence
Appreciation of Differences

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
register

Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
2025-03-25 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We are offering a course for Elders of all ages and faiths to gather and learn, to grieve, to plan, and have the space to speak our truths together. It focuses on inner resilience, adaptive responses, collective acceptance of the climate crisis and provides an adaptive worldview pertaining to a new and different future.
A free, nine-session online course about the ecological and cultural predicament we face starting on Tuesday, March 25 at 4:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm ET.
For more information contact the co-leaders Robert Whitehair or Geoff Ainscow.
After the course attendees will be able to:

Define collapse.
Articulate their own understanding about the Great Unraveling and at what stage of awareness they are.
More freely navigate their emotional responses to a collapse.
Name and put into practice several tools for inner resilience.
Describe and weigh out the benefits of localization for outer resilience.
Live in greater balance and harmony with all the spirits which create and support life.
Identify the benefits of acceptance most pertinent to them and their life circumstances.
Meetings are 1 ½ hours. Preparation: 2-3 hours a week

REGISTER (Maximum 25 participants)

Message From the Course Developers
“With great sadness and great love, we are convinced that this is a time of unraveling…biodiversity loss, ocean degradation, urban flooding, political strife, climate crisis and migrations, economic and political instability, food shortages, wildfires, soil degradation.
We have two choices: turning away or turning toward. For a long time, we have learned to turn our eyes away and live as we have always lived.
With these moving thoughts from the Developer’s in mind: We believe that closing our eyes has not served us. It’s time to turn towards—wake up and see what is happening in the world and in ourselves, in the ways we relate to the entire Community of Life. Turning toward takes courage, honesty and love.”
This course is not about traditional resilience solutions. Instead, the course leads participants through a process of opening their eyes in awareness and turning towards what-is with ever-deepening acceptance, through wise responses to our predicament.”

Exposing the Unspoken: Film Screening & Conversation on Energy and Environmental Justice
2025-04-10 19:00 (America/New_York)
Exposing the Unspoken: Film Screening & Conversation on Energy and Environmental Justice

Join Elders Climate Action for a screening of “Exposing the Unspoken,” a powerful documentary produced by Arm and Arm and the People’s Justice Council. This eye-opening film sheds light on corporate greed, environmental injustice, and the real cost of Southern Company’s continued reliance on dirty energy sources.
Through compelling storytelling and firsthand accounts, the documentary reveals how frontline communities are bearing the brunt of pollution, economic exploitation, and political obstruction from powerful fossil fuel interests.
Following the screening, we will engage in a community discussion, featuring the filmmakers, about the film’s themes, the role of grassroots activism, and ways we can take action to demand accountability from major polluters like Southern Company.
Date: April 10, 7 PM EST

Suggested donation $10.00
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We encourage you to join from your computer the best experience, many of our speakers share slides.

Reverend Michael Malcom is the Executive Director of Alabama Interfaith Power and Light and a licensed and ordained United Church of Christ Minister. Rev Malcom is the former Senior Pastor of Rush Memorial Congregational UCC in Atlanta, GA. He is the founder of The People’s Justice Council which is a 501(c)3 non-profit focusing on environmental justice. Rev Malcom serves as the Environmental Justice Minister for the Southeast Conference of the United Church of Christ. He is a board member for the Southeast Climate and Energy Network.
Rev Malcom’s academic journey began at Beulah Heights University where he graduated in May 2008 with an undergraduate in Biblical Education and Leadership. He was accepted to and began attending The Interdenominational Theological Center where he earned a Master of Divinity Degree in 2011. To help him in the role of a pastor he completed five units of Clinical Pastoral Education at The Atlanta VA Medical Center and AnMed Health Hospital in Anderson, SC. In May of 2016, Rev Malcom graduated from the Terry School of Business MBA program at the University of Georgia. In October of 2017, he completed a post-master’s certificate in human resource management course at Cornell University. In 2019 he completed the Convergence Leader Project with the Center for Progressive Renewal and the Just Energy Academy with Partnership for Southern Equity.
He considers himself an impassioned environmental justice advocate, fighting against environmental racism and injustice. He’s heard, believes, and evangelizes the message of environmental justice. Rev Malcom does this through education and advocacy from a faith-based perspective. He sees environmental justice as the moral obligation to love your neighbor and the solution to the climate crisis. Rev Malcom says, “There can be no environmentalism without environmental justice. If you help the people, you’ll heal the planet.”

Lindsey Harper, MBA (She/Her), is currently National Coordinator for Arm in Arm and Vice President of the Board of Directors for Southeast Climate and Energy Network. Previously, Lindsay was the National Coordinator for US Climate Action Network and was invited to join the United Nations Centers of Regional Expertise, as well as the Environmental Justice Committee of the Coalition for the People’s Agenda. Lindsay also supports the Partnership for Southern Equity’s Just Energy Circle and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective’s Roundtable series. She also represents Georgia WAND at the ProGeorgia state table and several working groups, and has been elected to the ProGeorgia Board of Directors. Lindsay believes that economic empowerment through business education and community development is the strongest weapon to promote peace and combat the damage that systemic energy inequality and lack of effective policies cause all of us.

Elders for Sound Democracy
2025-04-16 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us to hear Ben Levinsohn describe the work of RepresentUS and the Action Brigade, a national team of volunteers working together online to win the most urgent anti-corruption campaigns. Learn how we can unite with others to stand up to special interests, combat political corruption, and hold the government accountable to the people.

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Building Bridges Workshop: Strategies for Productive Disagreement
2025-04-17 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Thursday, April 17, 2025
12:00-1:30 pm PT / 3:00-4:30 pm ET
Do you often feel frustrated when you’re advocating for change with elected or appointed officials, or when you’re simply trying to have a civil conversation with a friend, family member, or colleague who disagrees with you? In this workshop you will learn skills to help you manage conflict more productively, from a global expert in negotiation and mediation, and get to practice them in real time for valuable feedback.
This special workshop will be presented online on April 17 from 12:00-1:30 pm PT / 3:00-4:30 pm ET. We urge you to attend the live event to benefit from opportunities to practice your listening and assertion skills, which will not be available on the recording. Please register by April 13 to assure your place in this invaluable training.
Our guest presenter Florrie Darwin, JD, has been teaching negotiation and mediation for 25 years, as a Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School, a faculty member of the Harvard Program on Negotiation, and a visiting professor at several European, Asian, and Australian universities.
In addition to her academic credentials, Florrie has facilitated workshops for professionals at various corporations—including Coca Cola, General Motors, and Johnson & Johnson—as well as lawyers from dozens of countries, physicians, Palestinian and Israeli educators, real estate professionals, and trade union leaders.
Her international experience includes creating and facilitating advanced negotiation workshops for the European Commission in Brussels, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Central Bank, and the United Nations. Through the international organization Seeds for Peace she has trained young Palestinians, Israelis, Indians, Pakistanis, and Americans in conflict resolution skills.
A donation of $10 or more is requested.
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After registering for the event, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing your unique link to join the meeting.

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2025-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Tuesday, April 22
12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual and restorative community. We will reaffirm the values that guide our collaboration:

Integrity & Authenticity
Deep Listening with Openness, Curiosity and Presence
Appreciation of Differences

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
register

Elders Climate Action April National Call
2025-04-22 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York)
Make Polluters Pay: Holding Big Oil Accountable for Climate Damages
National Call & Action Party
April 22
4th Tuesday of the Month
7PM (Eastern) | 4PM (Pacific)
8-8:15PM Action Party

Big Oil has known about the climate crisis for decades—and they lied about it to protect their profits. Now, a growing movement is demanding justice. Across the country, states and communities are turning to the courts to make polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused. New York and Vermont have passed first-of-their-kind Climate Superfund laws, forcing fossil fuel companies to cover the billions in climate damages they’ve created, and more states are following their lead. At the same time, lawsuits against Big Oil are gaining momentum, with cities and states seeking to hold these corporations accountable for their deception and destruction.
As Trump and the fossil fuel industry push an agenda of more handouts to polluters, we have an opportunity to take a powerful, populist stand: Big Oil made this mess, and they should clean it up. Jamie Henn joins us to share what’s happening and what we can do in our states and beyond to support the effort.

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We encourage you to join from your computer the best experience, many of our speakers share slides.

Jamie Henn is the executive director of Fossil Free Media, the home of the Make Polluters Pay campaign. Along with holding Big Oil accountable, Fossil Free Media provides communications support for the broader climate movement and leads other innovative campaigns, like Clean Creatives, which pressures public relations and advertising agencies to ditch fossil fuel clients. Before founding Fossil Free Media, Jamie was a co-founder and strategic communications director for 350.org, where he worked on the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, the fossil fuel divestment movement, the People’s Climate Marches, the Global Climate Strikes, and more. He lives in Concord, NH with his wife and 4-year old daughter.

Get ready for the Action Party from 8-8:15 PM ET with the Climate Action Now (CAN) App.

Download the app now so you are ready for action! Scan the QR code using your phone or find Climate Action Now on your phone’s App Store and use ECA’s code 56 when you set up your CAN account.

Elders for Sound Democracy - A Conversation for Democracy
2025-04-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
What Can I Do to Make a Difference?
Join with like-minded elders in “A Conversation for Democracy”
As Cory Booker reminded us: “I do not know what John Lewis would have… done [if he were here]. I do know he would have done something….” This Spring, many of us are trying to figure out what [and/or what else] we can do to make a difference.
Several of us who have been active in Elders for Sound Democracy want to:

Welcome elders who are exploring ways to support democracy
Share a number of ways in which we are trying to support democracy
Brainstorm together for new ideas and approaches to support democracy

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Elders for Sound Democracy - Youth Civic Engagement Action Team
2025-04-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Youth Civic Engagement Action Team
This Spring a few determined elders are pioneering strategies to overcome the long-term challenges of encouraging civic engagement among high schoolers and supporting voter registration drives. We are beginning now to engage educators and leaders this summer for student-led drives – supported by The Civics Center – in the Fall.
Join us on Wednesdays: April 23, May 7 and/or May 21 at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT.
For more information, email Therese at: theresef@eldersaction.org
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After registering, you will receive an email from Zoom (no-reply@zoom.us) with a unique link to join the event. Please check your email inbox.

Exploring Elderhood
2025-04-25 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Session One: Friday, April 25
Session Two: Friday, May 2
Session Three: Friday, May 9
10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Join us in this journey into what it means to be an Elder in a time of immense change. If you are new to Elders Action Network or want to rediscover your purpose, inner joy, sense of our interconnectedness or where to get into action, this is the journey for you.
We will explore together the redefinition of who is an elder, what it is the earth is calling us to be and why our heart, mind and soul are needed to create a new future for all life on this planet.
You will be introduced to the essence of elderhood, experience processes that will allow what is deep within you to come to the forefront, feel a sense of community and ways to get into action.
This is a three-week journey with each session running 90 minutes. There will be pre-work before each week.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Suggested donation: $55
This is a suggested amount and participants are free to offer more or less depending on their individual financial situation. We do not want financial considerations to be a deterrent to participation, and it is not necessary to make a donation in order to register.
register

Nonnas watch party meeting
2025-05-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Elders Action Network is excited to share a wonderful opportunity for you to bring families, friends and communities together and share a moment of laughter, fun meaningful conversations.
Consider hosting a Nonnas Watch Party?
A coalition of the Grandmother Collective, CoGenerate, Generations United, and 1Community have come together to encourage families and communities worldwide to host Nonnas watch parties between May 9 through June 30. From cozy living rooms to bustling community centers, watch parties will create of a global movement celebrating food, traditions, and the wisdom of older women.
Nonnas is a new film which releases on Netflix on May 9, 2025. This heartwarming film, featuring stars like Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Linda Cardellini, and Lorraine Bracco and draws inspiration from Staten Island’s renowned restaurant, Enoteca Maria.
How do I host a watch party?
Join us on Tuesday, May 6 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET for a chat on zoom during which we’ll share info on how to host a watch party and direct you to all the resources you will need.
Why host a watch party ?
In today’s fast-paced and often isolating world, social connection and community are more essential than ever for our emotional and mental well-being. As we spend more time working remotely, living far from family, and interacting through screens we become more distant from each other. These gatherings can provide a space for connection and spark meaningful conversations.
Plan to join us on May 6th to find out how you can be part of building community in this fun and unique way.
register

After registering, you will receive an email from Zoom (no-reply@zoom.us) with a unique link to join the event. Please check your email inbox.
