FixMyFunds Investor’s Working Group
Zoom video conferencingFixMyFunds Investor’s Working Group Wednesday, August 2 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT / 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET Many of you have expressed your discomfort with having your investments funding fossil fuel companies, and you have wanted to move your money. Listening to your needs, our Fix My Funds Investor Working Group decided to move […]
Elders for Sound Democracy
Zoom video conferencingJoin us at our next Community Meeting to hear Vicki Shapiro of The Civics Center talk about our upcoming collaboration with that group's PROMOTE THE VOTE Fall Campaign! (You can also go to TheCivicsCenter.org to read about their work.) We will be: Providing get-out-the-vote (GOTV) volunteers the process for interacting with high school vice principals […]
Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
Zoom video conferencingThird Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Join the ESJ Building Bridges Project on August 17 in a structured conversation on “Democracy, Extremism and Outliers". Our team of facilitators is learning to engage people of widely differing views in conversation. By promoting conversation instead of insurrection we […]
Promote the Youth Vote Orientation Session
Zoom video conferencingTuesday, August 22 1:00 - 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 - 5:00 pm ET Looking for meaningful and effective ways to help elect local and national leaders who care about the environment and democracy? You can volunteer now with EAN to help The Civics Center, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, to “make voter registration part […]
FixMyFunds Investor Working Group
Zoom video conferencingFixMyFunds Investor Working Group Wednesday, August 23 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PT / 2:00 - 3:30 pm ET Our monthly group is an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas about how we can use our retirement savings to align with our values – of a thriving and just world, both as individuals and […]
Book Study Group
Zoom video conferencingEvery other Monday at 9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET July 31 – October 2, 2023 Currently reading: What Do We Choose to Be by Margaret J. Wheatley July 31: Chapter 1: The Arrow of Time, pp 32 - 71 Aug 14: Chapter 2: Identity, pp 74 - 119 Aug […]
Promote the Youth Vote Orientation Session
Zoom video conferencingTuesday, August 29 4:00 - 5:00 pm PT / 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET Looking for meaningful and effective ways to help elect local and national leaders who care about the environment and democracy? You can volunteer now with EAN to help The Civics Center, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, to “make voter registration part […]
Taking Action to Confront Authoritarianism
Zoom video conferencingThursday, September 7 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. We’re focusing on right-wing efforts to undermine public education, including restricting curricula, punishing discussion of targeted topics, and eliminating programs (like DEI) that make […]
Elders for Sound Democracy
Zoom video conferencingFlorida is the canary in the coal mine. It leads the way in censorship and book-banning, and in dumbing down school curricula so as to prettify some of the blemishes in our nation’s history. Join us at our September community meeting, which will focus on the threat of authoritarianism. Our featured speaker will be Juliana […]
Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
Zoom video conferencingThird Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Understanding Book Banning Join us to hear our invited speaker Dr. Carl Lashley. Dr. Lashley is a retired professor of Educational Leadership. His work centers around special education law, policy, and practice; students' rights and responsibilities; and leadership and culture. Dr. Lashley […]
FixMyFunds Investors Working Group
Zoom video conferencingFixMyFunds Investors Working Group Tuesday, September 26 10:00 - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Our monthly working group is an opportunity to learn more about how we can use our retirement savings to align with our values – of a thriving and just world. To maximize our collective impact our we […]
Campaign to Learn & Understand Book Banning (CLUBB) Meeting
Zoom video conferencingFriday, September 29 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Join us in reading a banned book, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, published in 1970. The Bluest Eye appeared on the American Library Association’s 2022 Top Banned Books list. Morrison’s book appeared on the Top Ten list six times in the last […]
Elders for Sound Democracy Town Hall
Zoom video conferencingJoin us at our next Town Hall Meeting to hear Featured Speaker David Pepper, a lawyer, writer, political activist, adjunct professor (teaching election and voting rights law), and former Chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, who earned his BA from Yale University and his JD from Yale Law School. He is the author of two […]
Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
Zoom video conferencingThird 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 […]
A Conversation About Aligning Money and Values
Zoom video conferencingMonday, October 23 4:00 - 5:30 pm PT / 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET Wondering if you should move your money out of fossil fuels but not sure when, where, and how? Join us in a Zoom webinar for meaningful conversation about "investing our values" and learning about specific tools you can use. Although we […]