Monthly Archives: June 2015
GBONEWS: Pres. Obama’s White House Selfie on Aging?–July 13
Posted: June 24, 2015 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
June 24, 2015 — Volume 15, Number 9
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SPECIAL ISSUE: GBONews will return soon with our usual array of new books, The storyboard of recent articles, “Gen Beatles News” on reporters’ doings, “Good Sources’ and, always much, much more. But the sudden announcement of July 13 as the once-a-decade White House Conference on Aging promoted this overview for reporters as a backgrounder on this conference. I hope you find it helpful.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nora Super seemed nonplused, struggling for an answer. Confronting the executive director of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging, [http://tinyurl.com/ow686qw] (WHCoA) set for July 13,during a recent meeting on diversity in aging was Paul Nathanson. For decades a leading legal-eagle protecting the rights of low-income elders, Nathanson stated he was “shocked” that recommended actions in the conference’s draft briefing paper on retirement security fails to mention safeguards for the most vulnerable aging populations, such as older women of color. (More)
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