Dear TTN Members and Friends,
We hope you are enjoying this warm weather and the long July days. Spring and early summer at TTN has been chock full of activities. We kicked off May participating
in a discussion on Age Discrimination in the Workplace, a topic of high interest to our members.
The next day, I flew to the Twin Cities for a big party to welcome Minneapolis-St.Paul as our 14th chapter (cake photo courtesy of our MSP TTN team). A week later, we delivered our second Discover webinar on Staying Sharp Naturally, with over 170 in attendance.
Our chapters offered a range of events including tours at art galleries and venerable institutions, such as the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Girls’ Night Out in Central Ohio and Long Island’s annual June luncheon with a Roaring 20’s theme brought members together for fun and socializing. T
hanks to you, our members, TTN
membership across the organization continues to grow to new heights. Milestones include Chicago reaching 100+ members and Long Island, our largest chapter, nearing 900 TTN’ers.
Soon we will be celebrating another major milestone at TTN. 2020 marks the 20th year TTN has been supporting women transitioning into the best time of their lives. It’s an extraordinary achievement for a non-profit that is almost 100% reliant on the energy, vision and spirit of our volunteers to have such a long life. We want the world to know TTN is supporting professional women over 50 as they make a difference in their own lives and in their communities. What better way to do this than to shout out our success and celebrate this proud achievement? We are forming a committee to generate ideas on celebrating our 20th Anniversary from coast to coast. Stay tuned for more details. If you know of chapter members with superb party planning skills, please send their names to me
here
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Do check out your chapter’s events for rest of the season. Attending a TTN gathering is a great way to stay in touch with fellow members and make new friends. Guests are always welcome.
Best wishes for a fun and relaxing summer. And as the song goes, see you in September.
All the best!
Susan
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Fighting Workplace Age Discrimination Conference
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TTN was thrilled to be a sponsor and be invited to participate on the panel of Fighting Workplace Age Discrimination, a conference sponsored by the New York State Department of Human Rights and Hunter College’s Brookdale Center of Aging.
A panel of legal experts representing the New York City Human Rights Commission, Department of Human Rights, and the EEOC spoke about how the law defines age discrimination at work and what resources are available to claimants. Other speakers included Ashton Applewhite, activist, speaker and author
Of This Chair Rocks
, and Alice Fisher, leader of the Radical Age Movement. Both women spoke about ageism and the ingrained cultural biases they are working to change. Several members from TTN NYC joined us at the May event.
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Our second Discover webinar on Brain Health with Lisa Feiner, holistic health coach and founder of Staying Sharp Naturally, had record attendance by our members.
Based on this well-received presentation and the February webinar on Active Aging with Joy Loverde, it’s clear our members are eager to learn about relevant topics without leaving their home or office. Participants received a recording of Lisa’s talk and copy of the presentation with a resource list and research studies on this timely topic. Attendees' questions and comments added to the interesting information shared. "
Great information. I love knowing that I really can do something about how I age." "This is the second in the series that I have attended. The first was excellent. This was very good. I appreciate this new opportunity. Thanks, TTN!!
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Save the date for our next Discover series webinar, September 24 on the topic of Shared Housing.
More details will be available in mid-August.
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Welcome MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL
as TTN’s 14th Chapter.
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Join us in welcoming MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL as TTN’s 14th Chapter.
We are excited to be represented in a community known for it's embrace of positive aging, its progressive thinking, and women well represented in government. As of this writing, the chapter has 80+ members. To celebrate their new status, the MSP chapter leaders planned an impressive celebration on May 18th. Susan joined the festivities and welcomed a room of enthusiastic TTN’ers. Local author and comedian Lorna Landvik entertained the crowd with her stories, many centered in Minnesota. More than 70 women attended and many guests became TTN members (including Lorna Landvik) because of the camaraderie they experienced at the event. Thanks to the MSP event planning committee for their excellent work in creating a top-notch celebration. Attendees’ raved: "
I CONNECTED with many amazing women and got several ideas for how I can CREATE opportunities for myself and CONTRIBUTE to TTN and to my community!" "This is the first TTN event I've attended. Looking forward to learning more, meeting more people."
For info on MSP, check out
their TTN website pages
. Spread the word about our new chapter with your friends and family in the Twin Cities and the many opportunities TTN provides for women 50+ to Connect, Discover and make an Impact.
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Congrats to Betsy Werley, The Transition Network's first Executive Director and TTN New York chapter member.
Betsy was given the first "Impact Award for Leadership" by PSS and Coming of Age on May 2 for her work as a founding member of the Coming of Age NY chapter. Betsy has continued her work in the positive aging movement and currently serves as Director of Network Expansion at Encore. Coming of Age has partnered with our NYC chapter on various events and is led by Pam Ramsden, also a TTN NYC Member.
TTN Re-branding Initiative.
You may have heard hints of a re-branding project that will align with our 20th Anniversary planning. TTN’s Board of Directors has selected an agency and early stages of planning have begun. First up will be research to ascertain what images and words evoke the mission and women of TTN. We will be seeking this feedback from all of our active members so keep an eye out for this survey in the coming weeks. Since we want to launch our new brand along with our plan to celebrate our 20th anniversary, we appreciate your timely response to the questionnaire. We want full representation across the organization.
UPCOMING FALL PROGRAMS:
Breaking Free Group
- Our 7th virtual group for N
ational members
will begin
September 10
and continue on
Sept 17, Oct 1, Oct 15, Oct 29 and Nov. 12
. Marcia Smalley, national member will facilitate. Registration has just opened in mid-July to
National members
. Please note:
The group is limited to 8 and open to those who have not yet participated in a BFG.
Discover Series
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Fall webinar is Sept 24 on Shared Housing with Annamarie Pluhar.
We are excited to have our expert discuss best practices on how to share your home, select house-mates, set rent, and other parameters of a shared living arrangement.
Fall notable chapter events (with more to come):
- Joy Loverde at the Philadelphia chapter What’s In Your Active Aging Tool Kit? September 10
- Chicago - 100 Members Celebration Brunch on September 28
- Women in Transition Workshops: Philadelphia chapter – November 12
Don’t forget to check your chapter pages regularly for a full list of upcoming events. You can access your chapter website pages through these links.
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