Your organization sees firsthand what older adults need to thrive. This webinar will introduce NCOA’s Age-Positive Advocacy Toolkit and show how community-based organizations can use storytelling, relationship-building, and other practical tools to elevate their voice, share local insights, and help inform decisions that affect older adults. The toolkit provides messaging tips, sample social media language, and graphics, and more.
You can access the full Age-Positive Advocacy Toolkit on our website here.
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Age-Positive Advocacy Toolkit Webinar
1 hour
Learn how to use stories, relationships, and practical advocacy strategies to elevate your organization's voice and impact.
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Donya Currie
Senior Editor, NCOA, National Council on Aging
Donya Currie is a journalist, writer, editor, and content strategist who brings a passion for social justice and equity to her work at NCOA. She has decades of experience covering health and public health as well as expertise in helping other tell their powerful personal stories. She is a National Center to Reframe Aging facilitator and would love to talk to you about changing the way we think about aging.
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Dianne Stone
Associate Director, Community Partnerships and Network Activation, National Council on Aging
Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022 where she is focused on building capacity and engagement within the community-based organization network with special emphasis on senior centers.