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WAHA Healthy Aging in Healthy Communities
Washington Alliance for Healthy Aging (WAHA) presents Healthy Aging in Healthy Communities September 24, 2010 - SeaTac Holiday Inn - 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
| What | Communty Event |
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| When |
Sep 24, 2010 08:30 AM
Sep 24, 2010 04:00 PM
Sep 24, 2010 08:30 am |
| Where | SeaTac Holiday Inn, 17338 Int'L. Blvd. Seattle, WA 98188 |
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The 2010 WAHA Healthy Aging Summit - Healthy Aging in Healthy Communities - will bring together teams of older adults, caregivers, and professionals from a wide variety of fields, who share the same mission "to create communities where all can age well."
Featured Presenters
Jim Diers, University of Washington
Participatory democracy has been Jim Diers' preoccupation and his career for the past 30 years. In his work with grassroots community organizations, with the nation's largest health care cooperative, and with city government, Jim has found ways to get people more involved with their communities and with decisions that affect their lives.
In 1988, Jim was appointed to direct Seattle's new Office of Neighborhoods. Jim was reappointed by subsequent mayors and by the end of his 14-year tenure; the four-person Office had grown into a Department of Neighborhoods with 100 staff. Currently, Jim spends most of his time at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses in architecture and social work and supports community initiatives with faculty and students across all disciplines.
Anne Vernez Moudon,University of Washington
Dr. Moudon's research addresses neighborhood and street design, non-motorized transportation, physical activity, access to healthy "food environments," and land monitoring. Dr. Moudon specializes in the spatial aspects of the built environment using data in Geographic Information Systems.
She has published extensively in urban design, transportation, and public health journals, including many publications on assessing communities for pedestrian and bike travel. Dr. Moudon's books include Public Streets for Public Use, Built for Change: Neighborhood Architecture in San Francisco, and Pedestrian Safety and Transit Corridors.
Workshops and Panel Presentations
Successful aging-at-home models created by diverse ethnic and geographic communities
· Community organizing strategies and principles using existing models, such as Block Watch
· Multigenerational and multidisciplinary approaches
Statewide representation of programs and speakers
Be thinking of the go-getters in your community and create a team that can make something happen after the conference. (Teams not mandatory; individuals welcome.)
Registration information will be sent in June. We anticipate the cost to be approximately $75 for professionals and $25 for retired adults 65+.
Conference Co-chairs:
Candace Goehring, Aging and Disability Services Administration, goehrCS@dshs.wa.gov
Andrea Meewes Sanchez, Senior Services, andream@seniorservices.org
