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Age-Friendly North Jersey is a growing alliance of advocates and change-makers dedicated to making the communities where we live, work, and play better for longer, healthier, and more equitable lives

Age Friendly Success Stories

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Building Age-Friendly Community Ties One Repair at A Time

Building Age-Friendly Community Ties One Repair at A Time

November 13, 2024 @ 12:09 pm

On a recent Saturday afternoon, dozens of residents filed into a community center in South Orange with lamps, bicycles, stereos, jewelry, guitars, clothing, small furniture and assorted household bric-a-brac, all in various states of disrepair. Tables lined the...

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New Age-Friendly Community Center Opening in Teaneck

New Age-Friendly Community Center Opening in Teaneck

November 13, 2024 @ 12:09 pm

The goal of age-friendly community work is to achieve lasting impact. The leaders of Age-Friendly Teaneck are celebrating a concrete sign of community progress with the opening this month of a new community center that will serve as a hub of new age-friendly...

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Police Collaborations Can Make for Stronger Age-Friendly Partnerships

Police Collaborations Can Make for Stronger Age-Friendly Partnerships

November 13, 2024 @ 12:09 pm

Police departments might seem unlikely partners in an age-friendly coalition. Not so in the City of Garfield, where Sgt. Jeffrey Stewart, commander of the Garfield Police Department’s Community Affairs Division, has served as the project coordinator for Generations...

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Upcoming Events

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Bergen Roundtable

Bergen Roundtable

December 6 @ 10:00 am

Learn the details and implementation timeline for the new Affordable Housing Calculations and important information about Fair Housing & Housing Discrimination Breakfast available at 9:45 AM, Networking until Noon Come and learn from experts about how current...

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Reframing Aging

December 16 @ 11:00 am

Across the country, organizations and advocates at the local, state, and national level are using the tools of the National Center to Reframe Aging to change the way they communicate about aging. Learn how to embrace these tools and strategies to spread awareness of...