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Wednesday, December 17, 10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET Let's close out 2025 together! Join ESD's year-end community meeting as we celebrate our progress and gear up for 2026—a crucial election year focused on turning out voters and bringing more young voices into our democracy.   After registering, you will […]

Monday, January 5 10:30 – 12:00 pm PT / 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET Our meetings take place on the first and third Monday of each month. Topic: Defend Democracy Now! Our country is at a pivotal crossroads. Which path will we follow? Our current government is undermining the institutions of democratic self-government, suppressing our freedom […]

Monday, January 12 12:30 – 2:00 pm PT / 3:30 – 5:00 pm Join Vicki Shapiro (Chair of the Advisory Board of The Civics Center), Diane Sue (ESD Washington State Team), Mary Perry (ESD CA State Team), and Therese Flaherty (ESD Youth Voting Action Team), as they share what we have all accomplished in 2025, […]

Co-Sponsored by Sage-ing International and Elders Action Network Tuesday, January 13 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PT / 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET Join us for “The Truth Mandala” presented by our friends at Sage-ing International. The Truth Mandala ritual offers a sacred, compassionate space to honor the pain we feel as we witness the many […]

Tuesday, January 13 12:30 – 2:00 pm PT / 3:30 – 5:00 pm ET Envisioning a Future That Reflects Our Values Clearly, the world is moving and changing rapidly and radically. We invite you to visit our sustaining community of like-minded elders. We discuss: envisioning a future based on our values choosing actions we want to […]

A free, nine-session online course starting on Wednesday, January 14 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET. It focuses on inner resilience, adaptive responses, collective acceptance of the climate crisis and provides a worldview pertaining to a new and different future. After the course attendees will be able to: Define collapse. Articulate their own understanding […]

Monday, January 20 10:30 – 12:00 pm PT / 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET Our meetings take place on the first and third Monday of each month. Topic: Defend Democracy Now! Our country is at a pivotal crossroads. Which path will we follow? Our current government is undermining the institutions of democratic self-government, suppressing our freedom […]

Wednesday, January 21, 10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET Opportunities for Making a Difference in 2026 Join us on January 21 as we kick off our 2026 programs for the critical work for our democracy. Together, we’ll explore: A wide range of meaningful actions we can start taking now to […]

10:00 - 11:00 am PT / 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET 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 . I do know he would have done something….”  Many of us […]

Wednesday, February 18, 10:00 – 11:30 am PT / 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET Robert Hubbell, the widely followed Substack author and leading voice for democratic values, will join us for a community conversation as part of our ESD-sponsored Democracy Forum Speaker Series. Through his daily newsletter, Today’s Edition, Hubbell helps readers cut through the […]