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Registration and Catalog Corrections
We will begin our OLLI Fall 2020 Registration tomorrow, Monday, August 10, 2020, 10 a.m. and continue through Monday, August 17, noon (please note that those are precise beginning and ending times). Please note that it is time to renew your $25 annual membership and that we rely on this income and this show of support to sustain us in challenging times.
There are step-by-step registration instructions on pages 4 and 5 in the catalog. If you have unused credits from Spring 2020 or if you have faculty credits, you can use these to pay the College for Seniors Fall 2020 Term Fee. Click here for detailed instructions on how to pay with credits. Because our staff is working from home, we prefer that all questions be directed to olli@unca.edu. Please be patient as we work our way through unprecedented changes in our work environments. We will get to all of your questions, but it may take a little more time.
Although so much has changed, we have returned to our some of our standard registration processes. You may request up to six courses and be registered in up to three. The cost of an OLLI annual membership is $25 and the College for Seniors tuition fee is $115. We will hold an add/drop period.
Many of you have enjoyed using UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, dining facilities, and Student Recreation Center. Given the need for social distancing and to give priority to undergraduate students in campus facilities, for now campus benefits have changed. Please click here to read about changes to campus benefits.We are pleased to announce, however, that in addition to OLLI's online programming of special events like Fab Fridays or our recent successful story telling event, we will be sharing links to many campus discussions and presentations throughout the fall term.
We have heard from many of you over the years that OLLI is the reason you chose to live in Asheville, that OLLI courses, lectures, and workshops have been life-changing, and that OLLI has been the source of friendships and purpose you might not have expected "in life's second half." We rely on you to join us in this new environment, to sustain us so that we can return as a stronger, more adaptive, and more varied program when we can again be face-to-face. Spread the word to friends and acquaintances about the work that continues here during a challenging time for all of us. OLLI right now is abundant with connections and learning opportunities, even while we are apart. We need everyone to continue to support us as we continue to grow and expand.
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OLLI's Inclusion Committee Presents a Virtual Series on Racial Disparity
First session
Dr. Sharon West
Healthcare Disparity: Cultural Humility
Wednesday,
August 12, 1 p.m.
Register below for Zoom Webinar
OLLI's Inclusion Committee has designed a virtual webinar series focusing on four major areas reflecting racial disparity in our community. The presentation of the series is an effort to raise awareness and to inspire personal engagement and advocacy.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the historic and current inequities created by systemic racism have been illuminated. The disproportionate impact on communities of color are strikingly visible in the following areas: healthcare, criminal justice, education, and economics.
Each session in the series will include participation by local leaders, professionals and Asheville/Buncombe community members in their respective roles engaged in addressing these issues. The format will allow for a discussion and a question and answer follow up.
Healthcare Disparity:
Wednesday, August 12, 1 p.m.: Dr. Sharon West, RN, will present a talk on "Cultural Humility." Dr. West is an international speaker and published author focusing on culturally appropriate approaches to medical care and healthcare disparities. Among her many professional achievements and positions Dr. West serves as an appointee by Governor Cooper on the NC Commission of Public Health as well as the North Carolina Minority Health Council. Click Here to register.
Tuesday, August 18, 1 p.m. Dr. Ameena Batada, Associate Professor of Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville, Je'wana Grier-McEachin, Executive Director of the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA) and Jill Fromewick, Social Epidemiologist and Research Scientist at MAHEC. These participants will discuss structural racism, introduce the details of their study of the influence of structural racism on healthcare in WNC. This panel will be available for follow up discussion and questions.
Criminal Justice Disparity:
Thursday, August 27, 3 p.m. Session three will be moderated by OLLI member Curry First and include Asheville Buncombe County D.A.Todd Williams, City Manager Debra Campbell and Public Defender LeAnn Melton.
Education Disparity:
Wednesday, September 16, 4 p.m. will feature professional educators and education advocates including Jesse Pitts, Counselor at Asheville Middle School, Tsiana Tovar, ESL teacher for Buncombe County Schools and Buffy Fowler, Operations Coordinator at Francine Delaney New School.
Economic Disparity is the topic for the fifth and final session of the series. It is in the works and currently and will be followed up with more information and details.
Watch newsletters for links to register for the following Zoom Webinar sessions.
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Be an Online Classroom Assistant
for the Fall Term
When the College for Seniors Fall term begins on September 21, we will place a Zoom Assistant (ZA) in each online course. A Zoom Assistant will help the instructor with a few basic, low-tech online classroom management tasks: checking the attendance, helping to manage discussion and Q & A, perhaps muting noisy participants who have forgotten to do so.
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"Recreational Golfing In the COVID-19 Era"
By John Hammond
With the arrival of COVID-19 in western North Carolina this past spring, all of our lives were suddenly and dramatically changed. Since this unwelcome incursion, we've all been trying diligently to keep busy, stay creative, and remain as active as possible given the constraints that the virus continues to place upon us.
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The Meditation SIG will have meetings
all Mondays in August, August 10- 24
 Bill Walz, clinical psychologist, evolutionary anthropologist, and consciousness teacher, will present meditation as a necessary capacity for, as Buddhism calls to us, the discovery of our True Self, as mentally and spiritually healthy human beings capable of meeting the evolutionary challenges confronting us in the coming century.
Monday, August 10: In the second week we will address the topic of "Trauma" as the fundamental psychological factor shaping individual and collective personal and societal dysfunction.
Monday, August 17: In the third week we will address discovering the non-dual underpinning to our human existence that opens into true spiritual experience.
Monday, August 24: In the fourth week we will address the necessity of the spiritual and ethical underpinning through awakened consciousness that is necessary for human society to meet the challenges of the 21st century and be capable of taking us into the 22nd century and beyond.
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Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 755 4739 2717
Password: 531629
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All OLLI members are welcome to join
our Zoom Meditations.
Meditation SIG Contact: Sally Ekaireb
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Wilma Dykeman Legacy
Poem Of The Month Club
Wilma Dykeman Legacy
Thursday, August 13,
7 - 8 p.m.
To register for the Zoom meeting, send an email to stokely.jim@gmail.com by
Monday, August 10, 5 p.m.
During this extraordinary time of quarantine, the Wilma Dykeman Legacy is sponsoring a new way for us to share the power of the written and spoken word: the Poem of the Month Club. On the 2nd Thursday evening of each month, through at least December of 2020, registrants will gather via Zoom teleconferencing to hear and discuss a preselected poem. Click here to read the invitation from the Wilma Dykeman Legacy.
If you would like to register, just send an email by Monday, August 10, 5 p.m. to Jim Stokely, President of the Wilma Dykeman Legacy, at stokely.jim@gmail.com. He will then send you a standard copy of the poem with suggestions for reading and rereading in advance of the Zoom discussion.
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The Forum SIG - Virtual Edition!
Friday, August 14, 1 p.m.
Online
Topic for August 14 "What is real? The impact of politics on the search for and implementation of truth."
The weekly Forum encourages a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on a wide variety of topics; the group frequently focuses on current events. All OLLI members are welcome to attend. Contact Beth Johnson, the Forum SIG coordinator, to get a link for the meeting: johnson1ea@earthlink.net
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The State of the City and County
LAF's August 26th Virtual Critical Issues Forum
Wednesday, August 26, 1 p.m.
Online
Determined not to let COVID-19 disrupt its mission, Leadership Asheville Forum is adapting to the new reality by planning a season of virtual Critical Issues forums, starting this month. Members are invited to join us for the first of these programs on Wednesday, August 26, when we have invited Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and County Board Chairman Brownie Newman to discuss "The State of the City and County."
Asheville and Buncombe County have rarely faced times as challenging as those brought by the year 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing economic and social impact, the Black Lives Matter protests, calls to defund the police, renewed controversy over the Vance Monument, reparations... the list seems endless.
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We expect to hear about these and other issues from Mayor Manheimer and County Board Chair Newman. This forum is free and will be available to LAF members and prospective members via Zoom. The program will begin at 12:00 noon and end at approximately 1:00 pm.
To access the webinar, you will need to register in advance. Click on the link below and follow the instructions. You will receive a confirmation email and a followup reminder.
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| Although the Smith-McDowell House is not open for tours at this time,the programmng of the Western North Carolina Historical Association Continues |
Western North Carolina
Historical Association (WNCHA)
We want to share information about a number of upcoming programs that we think will be of particular interest to OLLI members.
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Death Café
Friday, August 28, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Death Café is an engaging gathering with storytelling and conversation about a topic that too often alienates people in our death phobic culture. At Death Café participants break into small groups of five or six people and discuss personal stories related to the death of loved ones, loss of jobs, relationships or marriages or loss or death of parts of ourselves. These programs are facilitated by Greg Lathrop, Said Osio, and Karen Sanders from Third Messenger.
The agenda for the second online Death Café will look like this:
- 5 - 5:20 p.m.: Welcome. What is Death Café? Overview of Death Café in the U.S. and Asheville. Ground Rules for Death Café including allowing silence, confidentiality, no judgement, break-out groups, and use of Chat. This meeting will not be recorded.
- 5:20-6:15 p.m.: Break Out Rooms for Death Cafe, and telling stories of loss and death to each other.
- 6:15 - 6:30 p.m. Debriefing with Chat, Announcements, Next Death Café
Click Here to Register in advance for this Zoom Death Café meetingAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions, please feel free to contact Karen Sanders at:
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Staying Together Apart
We would all like things to be "back to normal" as soon as possible, to be back in our "home away from home." We also realize that the best way to stay safe is to stay home except for essential travel as long as the number of cases and hospitalizations in our community continues to rise. We here at OLLI are trying to make the most of this challenging time by finding ways to use technology like Zoom and social media platforms to stay connected and to understand "creative retirement" in new ways. We encourage you to try all of these new ways to capture a feeling for our OLLI community even while we have to stay apart.
We all look forward to being back together at the Reuter Center, but until then, we want you to feel connected and to continue to look to OLLI for great opportunities to learn "together apart."
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Gray Matters: Creating Connections
Gray Matters: Creating Connections video series this week features OLLI's Civic Engagement Committee Chair Kathleen Mainardi, who was not only a witness to history, but a participant, as she joined the Women's March in Washington January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump's Presidential Inauguration. That march would launch the #MeToo Movement.
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| | Kathleen Mainardi: 2017 Womens March in Washington |
Please take a moment to like the video (click on this  button to "like" ) and subscribe (click on this button  to "subscribe" ) to the OLLI at UNC Asheville YouTube channel. You'll find the buttons just below the video on your screen. More likes and more subscriptions mean more people will see the videos from your friends at OLLI!
OLLI at UNC Asheville members come to us from all corners of the globe. Over so many lifetimes, they've lived stories that are compelling and unique. They've witnessed history; they've made it, too.
An aim of our program, Gray Matters: Creating Connections, is finding the threads in those stories that engage our members with each other. Sharing these stories on OLLI's YouTube channel allows us to connect with each other virtually now at a time when our in-person connections are so severely limited. Our OLLI organization welcomes and celebrates diversity of all sorts, and our members reflect that through their stories and poetry. Some of these pieces may warm your heart; some may be thought-provoking; still others may challenge your belief systems. Through these shared experiences, we continue the rich tradition of lifelong learning so valuable to us all.
Won't you share your own story and connect with fellow OLLI members? Please contact Kathleen Mainardi ( kkmainardi@gmail.com) or Judy LaMée ( judylamee@gmail.com) Communications Committee Co-chair.
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Drop-In Zoom Office Hours:
Answering Questions about Fall 2020 at OLLI
Tuesday, August 11, 2-3 p.m.
We are hoping to see many familiar faces back with us this fall and want to answer your questions about our plans. We want to hear what you are thinking and to talk about our OLLI community's plans, our hopes, and our challenges. Even if you have never attended OLLI meetings before or offered ideas, please make a little time to join us. If you are wondering about our decisions or worried about what's next, please let us know.
Are you excited about a program you have heard about here or somewhere else that we might emulate here at OLLI? Do you wonder why we aren't meeting at the Reuter Center in the fall? Please don't worry or speculate about any OLLI decisions; join the meeting and hear right from the source! Join the meeting even if you don't have to have a question or suggestion. Some people just want to connect with OLLI members and stop by to say hello.
We want to know how you are thinking, feeling, and coping, and to stay connected to the organization that we create together.
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Welcome to the Zoom Cafe
Wednesdays in August, 3 p.m.
Join us for the Zoom Cafe! This is an opportunity for you to casually try out Zoom. Whether you are a first-time participant or a seasoned user, this no-pressure Zoom meeting is your opportunity to get comfortable with the virtual meeting platform.
Before you join class, please make sure your internet connection is stable, your camera and microphone are working, and that you are in a video-friendly setting.
- You can test your connection/video/sound before any meeting at: zoom.us/test and click JOIN.
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Ready to join?
Click the link below to join the meeting:
Meeting ID: 966 3900 0382
Passcode: 632759
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Council on Aging of Buncombe County Webinar:
Introduction to Medicare - Understanding the Puzzle
Wednesday, August 12, 2 - 3:30 p.m., Via Zoom
and
Thursday, August 27, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. , Via Zoom
The Council on Aging of Buncombe County in conjunction with the N.C. Department of Insurance's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) offer classes and instructors who will explain how Medicare works, the enrollment process, how to avoid penalties, and ways to save money.
The classes are held via Zoom, and are free and open to everyone.
Residents who are new to Medicare, caregivers, and others who help senior citizens with their Medicare insurance should consider attending this informative class. The information presented is unbiased and accurate. No products are sold, recommended, or endorsed.
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Leadership Asheville Seniors
Beginning September 7, 2020
Online this year!
Leadership Asheville Seniors (LAS) is the first program offered at the
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NC Center for Creative Retirement, beginning back in 1987. Our civic engagement and life transitions program manager Hannah Furgiuele has been working with a team of volunteer leaders to re-imagine LAS and to inspire learning and connection while remaining safe. This year's LAS program will be offered through the Zoom remote learning platform, but the planners remain committed to the mission of learning and civic engagement within Asheville and Buncombe County. The 2020 program will reflect on the theme: "Asheville's Resilience: Adapting to a Changing World."
Traditionally LAS is offered one full day a week over nine weeks, but because this year's program will be offered online, we will be dividing each week into three shorter sessions. Each week will be unified by a topic and related to the overarching theme of resilience. Topic areas include history, economic development, food, healthcare, social justice, the environment, education, government, and arts and culture. Sessions will begin with an orientation on Monday, September 7 and continue on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9 to 10:30 a.m. each day and Wednesdays 4-5 p.m. through November 5, with a "graduation" on November 10.
Orientation Date: September 7, TBA
Week One: History, September 8-10
Week Two: Economic Development, September 15-17
Week Three: Food, September 22-24
Week Four: Healthcare, September 29-October 1
Week Five: Social Justice, October 6-8
Week Sixth: Environment, October 13-15
Week Seven: Education, October 20-22
Week Eight: Government, October 27-29
Week Nine: Arts and Culture, November 3-5
Graduation Date: November 10, TBA
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2020 Exploring CCRCs Online Course
Interest Form
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OLLI at UNC Asheville is offering a new format for the Exploring Continuing Care Retirement Communities course during Fall/Winter 2020. While we are presently not able to provide in-person classes and tours of local CCRCs, we will explore and discuss the many aspects to consider in deciding if living in a CCRC is a good fit for you, and if so, which type of CCRC might best fulfill your needs.
This class involves approximately 10-12 hours of class time with Tina Reinke, our local OLLI expert on CCRCs. The over-all goal of the course is to help you understand both the advantages and challenges of life in a CCRC.
Class topics will include
- Cost of living at a CCRC
- Choices of living units
- Long-term care insurance
- Contract types
- Tax implications
- Meal plans
- Wellness facilities
- Services and amenities offered, etc.
In addition, a guest speaker will provide additional information on financial planning for a move to a CCRC. There are many considerations one needs to take into account while exploring all the options for living the last one-third of your life. We want to help you make an informed decision about whether your choice will include a move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community.
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Sharing the Talents of OLLI Members
Many thanks to OLLI members Jay Jacoby and Nelson Sartoris who compile this weekly showcase of the work of our talented OLLI poets. We have asked each of the poets to give us a short biography and to tell us why they have chosen to share their specific poems. I also want to thank our poets whose words and images help us to think differently about the times we are living through and in some sense experiencing collectively and also in isolation.
We would love to hear from any of you about the ways you are spending your time as we continue to shelter at home. Just respond to this newsletter!
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This Day in Sports History
by College for Seniors Instructor Larry Griswold
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Ohio State sprinter Jesse Owens, who went to Berlin with a goal of winning three Olympic Gold Medals, won a fourth by running the first leg of the 4X100 meters relay, one day after the U.S. coach replaced Syracuse's Marty Glickman and Michigan's Sam Stoller with Owens and Ralph Metcalfe. Glickman believed the change was made to prevent embarrassing German Chancellor Adolf Hitler from seeing Jewish athletes on the medal winners stand.
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August 9, 1988: More than 53 years after baseball's first night game was played in Cincinnati, and more than 40 years after the next to last Major League team added lights to its stadium, the Cubs played their first night game at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Their attempt to do that the night before was rained out after 3 1/2 innings, but on this night 36,399 fans at Wrigley saw the Cubs beat the first-place Mets, 6-4.
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Creating Advocates of Change: Racial Justice and Equity
Part 1: August 20th 12- 1 P.M.
AARP Mountain Region NC aims to "walk the talk" on issues of racial justice; we will start through deep and active listening. Our CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins said it clearly in her statement on racial injustice and disparities "The incidents of racial violence and COVID-19's disproportionate impact on people of color are not random, but instead are the result of inequality due to a lack of social, economic, and political opportunities. Discrimination of any kind corrodes our communities and our society from the inside out."
With the help of our friends at ABIPA, we will listen to our community leaders to become more informed and educated on issues of systemic racism in Western North Carolina. We will become advocates of change in our neighborhoods and circles of influence to reduce inequity and injustice that have negatively impacted our brothers and sisters of color. Join us to listen to our community's leadership to realize your role in the movement for equity.
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Reading through Retirement:
A Book Discussion Group about Life's Second Half
C.S. Lewis said, "We read to know that we are not alone." At a time when we are all looking for connection, community, and shared experiences, Reading Through Retirement, offers you an opportunity to dive deep into issues of aging and life's second half with the guidance and collective wisdom of a group and four devoted facilitators.
With support from facilitators and the shared experience with other participants, you will have the opportunity to explore varied topics related to aging, isolation, connection, joy, meaning, and more in life's second half.
Each of the four books will offer a different topic to consider, and the program will promote connection, community and conversation. Below is a link to a synopsis of the texts to be read, the dates for discussion of each book, and name of the facilitator for each session.
Book 1: September 1 & 15
By Atul Gawande
Facilitated by David Mouw
Book 2: October 6 & 20 By Susan Pinker Facilitated by Meridith Miller
Book 3: November 3 & 17 By Desmond Tutu and the 14th Dalai Lama Facilitated by Gail Wiley
Book 4: December 1 & 8 By Ashton Applewhite Facilitated by Catherine Frank
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AARP Programming Presents:
Virtual Flower Arranging Class with Beth Honensee, AFID
Thursday, August 27th, 10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Registration closes August 15th. 25-person limit
 Calling all flower lovers and gardeners who want to bring the beauty of a Western North Carolina summer garden into your home for the Labor Day weekend. Via a ZOOM video conference call, Beth will lead you through a flower arranging class, creating her own arrangement right alongside. Registrants will receive a beautiful wood box container, wire frame, and instructions prior to the class. You'll supply the flowers from your garden, the local farmer's market or your favorite flower farm and a pair of scissors to cut the stems!
* AIFD stands for American Institute of Floral Designers, the oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and promoting the art of floral design as a professional career.
Art Party! Painting with Rainey
Thursday, August 27th, 4 - 6 P.M.
Registration closes August 15th. 25-person limit
Being creative and practicing art can benefit your brain health,reduce stress and increase an overall sense of well-being. This class will jump start your creative juices with lots of laughter, and artistic tips. Our instructor will lead you step-by-step and keep you entertained along the way. This class is for all levels. All materials will be sent to participants.
Raney Rogers has been living and painting professionally in the Blue Ridge Mountains for over twenty years. Well-known in North Carolina and gaining national acclaim, Rogers has won numerous awards and exhibited her work in galleries around the world. In addition to her formal art training, she has studied under Robert Bateman and Daniel Greene. She has taught art in public schools and to private students. "Being an artist was not a choice for me. I was drawn to the craft and only there find my true happiness. Art, for me, is the result of the constant struggle -or flow - of translating soul"
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Alzheimer's Association Statewide Virtual Conference
"The Power of Many"
Wednesday, September 2, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Alzheimer's Association's annual Dementia Education Conference is going virtual this year, and will be free of charge to all North Carolina residents. The event - presented by Sharon Towers - is the largest educational conference about Alzheimer's disease in the state and will bring together those living with Alzheimer's or related dementia, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
Attendees are invited to join (via video or phone) for the entire virtual event or just the discussions that interest them most. Featuring a variety of discussions led by researchers and other leading experts, some of the session topics will include:
- The African American Experience with Alzheimer's and Dementia - Experiential insight into how families are managing the insurmountable challenges that are often associated with caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, with an emphasis on the African American family unit.
- Living with Younger-onset Alzheimer's and Dementia - Discussing the unique challenges of a younger-onset diagnosis (under 65 years of age). Many individuals are still in the work-place, their spouses/ partners may also be working full-time, and they may still have "full-time" parenting responsibilities, whether children or grandchildren.
- The Diagnostic Journey and Physician Relationships - Addressing questions around determining a diagnosis, physician referrals, the diagnostic process, and the patient-caregiver-physician relationship.
 Keynote speaker, Heather M. Snyder, Ph.D., vice president, Medical & Scientific Relations at the Alzheimer's Association will share "Advancing the Science: The Latest in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research". Dr. Snyder leads the Association's International Research Grant Program, the vehicle through which the Association funds promising investigations that advance understanding of Alzheimer's and moves the field toward solutions for the global Alzheimer's crisis.
 Dave Sanderson, international speaker and author will share "Moments Matter" as his closing session keynote presentation. Living with dementia and caring for a loved one living with dementia requires resiliency and strength. When US Airways Flight 1549, known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, Sanderson not only survived the crash but also started to realize that the moments that made up his life prepared him for what was about to happen. In his keynote Sanderson reveals the inner strength it took to make it through the day, and how you can grow from challenges.
There is no charge to participate in the Virtual Dementia Education Conference, but registration is required
To register by phone or for more information, call 800-272-3900.
Registrants will be sent conferencing details prior to the date of the virtual event. Participants will be given the option of joining via video/webinar or through a toll-free number.
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Staying Engaged
Join Buncombe County's Early Childhood Committee
 Buncombe County's Early Childhood Committee has an open position, in a seat designated as "Retiree" for a term ending June 30, 2021. To apply, click here to complete an online application. The deadline to apply is August 21st.
This is a great chance to be a part of shaping the future for children in Buncombe County. The Early Childhood Education and Development Fund is a major driver in assuring every child in Buncombe County has an equal opportunity to thrive during their first 2,000 days. The focus of this initiative is to increase access to quality, affordable early childhood education. As such, Buncombe County's Early Childhood Committee, featuring 15 total members including three County Commissioners, was established to guide how the fund is invested. The purpose of the committee is to engage with community partners, solicit public input, and make policy and funding recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. This committee typically meets monthly, on the first Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m. with more frequent meetings in the spring during grant review. To learn more about the Early Childhood Fund, click here to visit our website.
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Join OLLIChat, the replacement for OLLITalk.
It's free for all 2019-20 OLLI members and easy to use. It's also a great way to stay connected as we are all trying to find ways to manage unprecedented challenges.
OLLIChat is an online community where OLLI at UNC Asheville members may share information of common interest with each other. It is designed to look and function like the old OLLITalk.
Introducing OLLIChat Companion
Several times a week, the volunteers at OLLIChat send entertaining content to our subscribers - humor, old movie clips and games. The service is free. Please email OLLIChatAVL@gmail.com and a volunteer will reply and send you an invitation.
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