Age Friendly North Jersey

Bergen Roundtable
2024-09-25 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Hackensack Meridian Fitness & Wellness, 87 Routh 17 North, Maywood
Advocating for Equity: Expanding Access to Medicaid for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Join us for an interactive conversation about a new coalition of aging and disability advocates working to reform inequitable Medicaid eligibility standards. These standards unfairly subject older adults and people with disabilities to stricter criteria, limiting their access to critical services that support aging in home and community-based settings.
Promising policy and legislative changes could be on the horizon! Your input and participation in this growing campaign are needed!
Hannah Diamond, Policy Advocate at Justice in Aging, will discuss current inequities in Medicaid pathways impacting older adults and people with disabilities, outline proposed legislative and policy fixes, and suggest ways Bergen County’s provider community and age-friendly advocates can support this effort.
Q&A, discussion and networking to follow

AFNJ Police Partnerships
2024-09-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Many towns are expanding their community police efforts, and implementing or working with age-friendly initiatives is a perfect fit! Police partnerships can be part of broader efforts to create age-friendly communities, ensuring that older residents can live independently and safely. Join us to hear how Generations for Garfield has built a successful partnership between residents, the Garfield Police Dept. and the community. Also hear from West Orange about their outreach and efforts with older residents.

See recording here: https://youtu.be/re18vu3L6JI

AFNJ Meeting on Age-Friendly Intergenerational Programming
2023-11-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Speakers from Age-Friendly North Jersey and Generations United share their experience with intergenerational programming.

From Aging Well West Orange: Laura Van Dyke, Senior Services Coordinator for the Township of West Orange, and Dorothy Sanders, Local Health Outreach Coordinator, Department of Health, Township of West Orange
From Fair Lawn for All Ages: Lisa MacClements, Age-Friendly Coordinator
From Generations United: Donna Butts, Executive Director, Danica Derriennic, Special Projects Coordinator, Generations United

Municipal Communities on Aging
2023-05-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Speakers:

Mayor Jaclyn Veasy, Evesham Township Senior Citizen Advisory Committee
Laura Van Dyke, Township of West Orange Older Adult Advisory Board
Professor Emily Greenfield, Annabess Ehrhardt, Dr. Althea Pestine-Stevens, Hub for Aging Collaboration at Rutgers School of Social Work

Age-Friendly North Jersey 2022 Review
2022-12-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Enjoy this year-end review highlighting the work and activities of AFNJ members

Age-Friendly North Jersey Meeting on Age-Friendly Advocacy in Local Government
2022-11-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Panel conversation with peer leaders in municipal age-friendly advocacy:

Cristina Cutrone, Deputy Mayor, Borough of Fair Lawn
Karen Hartshorn Hilton, Trustee, Village of South Orange
Barry Lewis, Township Manager, Township of Livingston
Moderated by Althea Pestine-Stevens, Rutgers University School of Social Work

Engaging Historically Marginalized Older Adults in Age-Friendly Communities: AFNJ June 2022 Meeting
2022-06-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Our June 8, 2022 alliance meeting on “Engaging Historically Marginalized Older Adults in Age-Friendly Communities” had two enlightening presentations by Drs. Laurent Reyes and Melanie Plasencia, followed by a lively Q & A session. Some key takeaways included:
• The importance of recruiting people with historically marginalized identities as leaders;
• Designing events that include elements of cultural importance; and
• Recognizing the leadership already occurring in communities.

Developing Communications Strategies: AFNJ New Leaders Meeting
2021-12-08 08:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Featuring RoseAnn Ciarlante from Westwood; Carmen Morale, Tracy Carroll, and Cathy Rowe from South Orange and Maplewood, and Darleen Reveille from Garfield. Panelists from three communities who have been doing age-friendly work for at least 5 years share the diverse and widespread ways in which they connect, share information, and spread awareness with community members, organizational partners, elected officials, and more. Speakers provide tips for new leaders starting their age-friendly community work and lessons that they learned along the way.

AFNJ Meeting on Communications for Sustainability, November 17, 2021
2021-11-17 08:00 - 2021-11-18 17:00 | Zoom
Our Alliance has some new ways to share information and connect with each other! Drs. Emily Greenfield and Althea Pestine-Stevens from Rutgers School of Social Work present new communications platforms intended to help us stay more connected and informed as local initiatives continue to evolve. Included in this discussion are an eNewsletter, Padlet bulletin board, Listserv, and Website/blog. Use this link to access the activity worksheets: https://docs.google.com/presentation/….
