Boots on the Ground Workgroup Meeting
LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Workgroup is a monthly, solution-focused space for direct aging service professionals and other programs and services to share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to collectively continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.
Date: Friday, September 24th, 2021
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Self-Care Exercise: Say cheese! Take a snapshot for memories! with Miriam Leuchter, Executive Director | Josephine Herrick Project
Updates: NYC Civic Engagement: What is important to Know about the Upcoming Election
Speaker: Laura Quigg, Volunteer and Co-Chair, Voter Registration Training, Voter Services and Information Committee League of Women Voters of the City of New York
Description: Will speak about the upcoming elections in NYC surrounding these focus areas:
Important dates
Early voting
Absentee voting
What’s on the ballot?
Census2020 numbers are in; learn more about how to follow and get involved with the redistricting process in NY State
Topic Presentation: Community Cohesion through Photography
Speaker: Miriam Leuchter, Executive Director | Josephine Herrick Project
Description: Making photographs can transform people’s lives. For nearly eight decades, the Josephine Herrick Project (JHP) has done just that. We teach photography to and exhibit work by people from a broad range of under-resourced communities in NYC, including some amazing older adults. Join us to explore a few fun and impactful photography projects to see how hands-on photography programs can:
Encourage older adults to engage with their communities
Get people up and moving
Strengthen memory and cognition
Create positive self-expression
Cross generational lines
For more information on Josephine Herrick Project, click here.