Elders Action Network

Promote the Youth Vote: Options for Action
2024-08-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom video conferencing
Monday, August 26
1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET
On Monday, August 26, we will meet to:

Plan and learn about action options for us to make a difference in this Election.

Educating ourselves, identifying candidates and opportunities for collaboration, and developing further opportunities for pragmatic and effective elder activism.

Share experiences & learnings from the major campaigns we Elders from across the County began last Spring.

Reaching out to high schools to encourage educator-advised, student-led voter registration drives. Projects are underway in Arizona and California, with Florida, Georgia, and Wisconsin in planning mode.
Writing letters to encourage progressive parents of 17- and 18-year-olds in Ohio and Arizona to register and to encourage their friends, family, and especially young people to register.

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Bad Faith Documentary Screening
2024-09-06 10:00 - 12:00
Elders for Social Justice and Elders for Sound Democracy invite you to a screening of BAD FAITH: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
Friday, September 6
10:00 am-12:00 pm PT / 1:00-3:00 pm ET via Zoom (we will send the link for viewing the film ahead of the screening date)
BAD FAITH is a feature-length documentary that explores the dangerous rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Part archival chronicle, part exposé, the film reveals the secretive political machinery that has relentlessly sought to weaken and destroy American democracy in order to promote its authoritarian vision.
The cast includes religious leaders, historians, investigative journalists, state senators, political activists, sociologists, and a former high-ranking member of the Trump administration. They will guide us on a revelatory journey into why our nation is so divided and how it got there. Several have dedicated their lives to challenging Christian Nationalism’s theocratic vision for America and the film chronicles their actions.
All proceeds from this fundraiser will go to our GET OUT THE VOTE campaign.
A GREAT AND POWERFUL AND TIMELY FILM, filled with the dread this moment engenders; the cynical misuse of religion to advance aims diametrically the opposite of Christianity’s mission.” –Ken Burns
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PA Team GOTV Meeting
2024-09-09 10:00 - 11:00
Monday, September 9
10:00 – 11:00 am PT / 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Elders from throughout the country will join us to get started with Get Out the Vote in PA. Each of us can spend 5-10 hours a month – from wherever we are – to make a real impact in getting more people from under-represented groups registered (including young, environmental voters) and voting in PA this Fall.
During this session, the PA Team will:

welcome you
explain the opportunities for impact in PA
answer questions
explain how we can make each option easy for you (letter-writing, postcard writing, and phone-banking)
get you started immediately

We welcome you to help Get Out the Vote in PA this year!
Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Promote the Youth Vote: New Options for Action
2024-09-09 13:00 - 14:00
Mondays at 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET
Welcome to all the volunteers who are writing Civics Center postcards to parents of older teens to encourage high school voter registration and turnout. We plan to write postcards to parents of teens in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Ohio.
During this meeting, and each Monday at 4pm ET through the end of October, we will:

Troubleshoot and answer questions about postcard ordering, writing, etc
Share experience with other volunteers
Discuss the Civics Center’s broader programs to support student-led/educator-advised voter drives in high schools

Register below to receive the Zoom link. Email event host Therese Flaherty at theresef@eldersaction.org with any questions.
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Taking Action to Confront Authoritarianism
2024-09-12 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-10-10 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-11-14 09:00 - 10:30
Second Thursday of the month
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET

It’s election season and our democracy is facing an existential crossroads. Right-wing activists are promoting Project 2025, a sweeping blueprint to seize (and hold onto) autocratic control of our government. It would consolidate unchecked power in the presidency, undermining the system of checks and balances. If these extremists win the election, their game-plan tells us how they’ll dismantle many of our cherished personal freedoms.
From now until the election, we will be proactive, explaining the dangers of Project 2025 to our family & friends, communities, congregations, and social groups. We’ll stimulate respectful dialogue about the importance of motivating everyone to register to vote, to scrutinize candidates about their commitment to our fundamental values on issues that affect our lives, and to take whatever action they can to get those candidates elected, regardless of political party.
Please join us, share your ideas, volunteer your energy and passion.

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Elders Action Network/Grandparents for Democracy Webinar
2024-09-12 11:30 - 13:00
Thursday, September 12
11:30 am-1:00 pm PT / 2:30-4:00 pm ET
Worried that the young people in your life won’t vote? Learn how to jump-start their voting experience!
This webinar and accompanying materials will show you how to:

Better understand young people’s feelings about voting
Engage young people on the subject of voting Persuade even die-hard non-voters to register and vote
Answer questions about voting
Access your state’s online registration and mail-in ballot platforms

Hosted by a mental health professional and voting activist, this webinar includes a superb short film, directed by an award-winning filmmaker, and scored by a Grammy Award winning composer. While the presentation focuses on grandparents, it will be equally helpful to parents.

Co-sponsored by Elders Action Network and Grandparents for Democracy.
Content of this webinar is non-partisan.
Suggested $10 donation
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Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2024-09-17 12:00 - 13:00
Tuesday, September 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 Action Network Town Hall Meeting
2024-09-18 10:00 - 11:30
All-Hands-on-Deck GOTV Town Hall Meeting
Wednesday, September 18
10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
EAN GOTV Town Hall – Do something & do it now!
Please join us to hear Andrea Miller, the Founding Board Member and Executive Director of The Center for Common Ground, who will speak about how the Center collaborates with local partners to educate and empower voters of color to engage them in elections. The Center is a nonpartisan, Black, and women-led voting rights organization founded in 2018, working in voter suppression states where more than 20% of voters are voters of color – Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
The Center for Common Ground has inclusive and effective messaging and an impressive history of improving voter turnout. The meeting will feature EAN’s partnership with the Center’s Reclaim Our Vote Campaign to write postcards to elder Black voters to encourage their participation in Florida.
By this meeting, we’ll have less than seven precious weeks to harness our elders’ power to Get Out the Vote! Following Andrea’s presentation, we will feature other ways each participant can help reach out to voters in the home stretch. We are postcarding, phone banking, and doing media outreach to support carefully selected campaigns reaching key populations in key states. You will meet some of our volunteer organizers and team leaders, who will explain how a few hours of your time can have a significant impact.
In addition to the Founding Board Member of the Center for Common Ground, Andrea Miller is Executive Director of People Demanding Action, Founding President of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Virginia. Andrea is an IT and Political Director and a digital and elections strategist. She designs and administers digital phone banks and texting programs. From 2013 to 2015, she led the Progressive Round Table on Capitol Hill, bringing together members of Congress, activists, and non-profit leaders. Her expertise is in voting rights, climate, and the Equal Rights Amendment. She has successfully advocated for legislation on both the Federal and State level. In 2008 she was the Democratic nominee for the Virginia 4th Congressional district.

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Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
2024-09-19 09:00 - 10:30
Third Thursday of each month
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Confronting Whiteness Journey
Hear from participants in this 9 week spiritual journey share their deep experience of confronting our whiteness. We have read writings by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Malcom X, listened to soulful songs, heard poems and watched several films all by Black artists that have transformed our understanding of whiteness.
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Trust in Elections – A Community Conversation
2024-09-25 11:00 - 12:30
Trust in Elections – A Community Conversation
Elders for Sound Democracy Get Out The Vote in partnership with Living Room Conversations
Wednesday, September 25
11:00 am-12:30 pm PT / 2:00-3:30 pm ET
Register Here to receive the zoom link for this event.
In an era of increasing skepticism and polarization around elections, fostering trust in the electoral process has become paramount for the health of our democracy. Elders Action Network is hosting an event that will provide participants with the opportunity to join others in a facilitated conversation to explore questions like:

What do you see as the benefits or dangers of trusting people? Institutions? Media?
How do you define trust in elections and how do you experience it? Has it shifted over time? What could inspire more trust in elections for you?
When you think about our voting practices, what hopes and concerns do you have for building trust in our electoral process?

Participants who are willing to participate in the conversation and complete a pre and post survey are eligible to receive a Starbucks gift card.
Trust is the cornerstone of democracy. When citizens trust that their voices will be heard and their votes will be counted fairly, they are more likely to engage in the democratic process and accept the outcomes, even when their preferred candidates or policies do not prevail.

Elders Action Network/Grandparents for Democracy Webinar
2024-10-07 11:30 - 13:00
Monday, October 7
11:30 am-1:00 pm PT / 2:30-4:00 pm ET
Worried that the young people in your life won’t vote? Learn how to jump-start their voting experience!
This webinar and accompanying materials will show you how to:

Better understand young people’s feelings about voting
Engage young people on the subject of voting Persuade even die-hard non-voters to register and vote
Answer questions about voting
Access your state’s online registration and mail-in ballot platforms

Hosted by a mental health professional and voting activist, this webinar includes a superb short film, directed by an award-winning filmmaker, and scored by a Grammy Award winning composer. While the presentation focuses on grandparents, it will be equally helpful to parents.
Watch the trailer

Co-sponsored by Elders Action Network and Grandparents for Democracy.
Content of this webinar is non-partisan.
Suggested $10 donation
register

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2024-10-15 12:00 - 13:00
Tuesday, October 15
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 for Sound Democracy
2024-10-16 10:00 - 11:30
Join us for our EAN GOTV Community Meeting on October 16.
With only 13 days before the November election, join us to hear about the critical GOTV actions we can engage in to DO SOMETHING! Let’s come together and give it our all to make an impact in the final stretch up to the election. We will highlight partner-organized actions for multiple states and discuss how you can consider engaging locally.

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Elders for Social Justice Monthly Meeting
2024-10-17 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-11-21 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-12-19 09:00 - 10:30
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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GOTV Volunteer Q&A Session
2024-10-17 13:00 - 14:00
Join us to hear about our final push to Get Out the Vote with Vote Forward letter writing and phone banking with the Environmental Voter Project and Reclaim Our Vote. This session will explain the details and answer questions about these impactful action opportunities to make a real difference right up until the November Election.

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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.

Difficult Conversations: The Art and Science of Working Together
2024-10-31 10:00 - 12:30
Thursdays, October 31 & November 7
10:00 am – 12:30 pm PT / 1:00 – 3:30 pm ET

No matter who wins the election, we’re going to need to talk—civilly! Do you have the skills to keep your cool in this overheated political environment?
The Building Bridges project is delighted to once again sponsor a two-part workshop by Kern Beare, originator of the Difficult Conversations Project. You’ll learn:

how our fight/flight response closes out our ability to stay present and focused in challenging conversations, and how to overcome it.
why trust is essential when navigating a difficult conversation, and how you can quickly establish trust even with someone you don’t know well.
how even in a highly polarized situation, you can find common ground when you learn to listen to the “story behind the story”.

As a special feature, following the November 7th session, join us for a virtual Living Room Conversation about difficult post-election conversations and how to use what you’ve learned from Kern’s workshop to promote civil conversations in family, workplace, and community settings.
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Difficult Conversations: The Art and Science of Working Together
2024-11-07 10:00 - 12:30
PART II: Thursday, November 7
10:00 am – 2:30 pm PT / 1:00 – 3:30 pm ET
No matter who wins the election, we’re going to need to talk—civilly! Do you have the skills to keep your cool in this overheated political environment?
The Building Bridges project is delighted to once again sponsor a two-part workshop by Kern Beare, originator of the Difficult Conversations Project. You’ll learn:

how our fight/flight response closes out our ability to stay present and focused in challenging conversations, and how to overcome it.
why trust is essential when navigating a difficult conversation, and how you can quickly establish trust even with someone you don’t know well.
how even in a highly polarized situation, you can find common ground when you learn to listen to the “story behind the story”.

As a special feature, following the November 7th session, join us for a virtual Living Room Conversation about difficult post-election conversations and how to use what you’ve learned from Kern’s workshop to promote civil conversations in family, workplace, and community settings.
register

Connect & Refresh with the Civic Values & Culture Team
2024-11-19 12:00 - 13:00
Tuesday, November 19
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 for Sound Democracy
2024-11-20 10:00 - 11:30
The November Community Meeting will cover:

The Present: What we know about the federal election results so far
The Past: A summary of what ESD has accomplished via the 2024 EAN-wide GOTV campaign
The Future: Preliminary ESD strategy and goals for 2025

Please join us to learn about some amazing team accomplishments from the year and what we have cooking for the near future. We would like to hear your reactions and interests in our efforts to support a sound democracy for America.

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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.

Building Bridges Team Meeting
2024-11-21 12:00 - 13:30
Thursday, November 21
12:00-1:30 pm PT / 3:00-4:30 pm ET
We will practice bridging skills through conversation, and plan our next Living Room Conversation event with one of the EAN action groups.
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After registering for the event, you will receive a confirmation email containing your unique link to join the meeting.

Taking Action to Confront Authoritarianism
2024-12-12 09:00 - 10:30
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
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.
register

Elders for Sound Democracy
2024-12-18 10:00 - 11:30
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.

Resilience and Acceptance in the Face of Collapse
2025-01-15 16:00 - 17:30
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
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
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.
