Low-income older adults face a number of challenges grounded in structural racism & other forms of discrimination. As a way to help address those challenges, the Older Americans Act emphasizes that limited program & service resources should be targeted to older adults with the greatest economic or social need. The factors that cause social need include language barriers & isolation caused by racial or ethnic status. Therefore, advancing equity is an important goal in the delivery of aging & legal services to older adults. This inaugural webinar series is focused on how aging & legal services professionals can better advance equity for older adults in their own work. This webinar will:
• Provide an overview of why equity is important for older adults with economic & social need;
• Review different strategies and opportunities to advance equity in legal & aging services; and
• Highlight a local program’s journey to centering equity in its work with older adults.
Presenters:
• Denny Chan, Directing Attorney for Equity Advocacy, Justice in Aging
• Kimberly Jones Merchant, Director of the Racial Justice Institute and Network, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
• Kevin Prindiville, Executive Director, Justice in Aging
• Pamela Walz, Supervising Attorney of the Health and Independence Unit, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
