[Occupymendocino] More on Homeless seniors past or present project

[Richard Karch]

If people are identified who will share their stories, we would be honored
to record those interviews for KZYX and possibly wider distribution.

... lorraine

Lorraine Dechter <ldechter01 at gmail.com>
GM KZYX
On Jan 10, 2016 6:15 PM, "rebecca ostler" <dovebecca at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I though some of you good Mendonesians may have suggestions regarding this
> which I was sent through an advocacy group...
> "the below applies to those in the Oakland San Francisco area!
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting
> work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is
> for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI.  We are looking for help
> identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories,
> especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the
> past.  We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.
> 
> 
> 
> We will debut the video at an event in SF we will be holding in early
> April where we will also be honoring Assemblymember Thurmond with the
> Justice in Aging Impact Award. We hope those of you in the Bay Area will be
> able to join us and we’ll be sending more info soon.  The event is our
> annual CA fundraiser which will focus on the need for us to act now to
> address senior poverty in the Bay Area, California and nationally.  The
> video will be about the issue of SSI/SSP and the need to do more to improve
> the program, not a promotion of our work.  We hope it will be something we
> can use all through the Spring and Summer to assist the coalition efforts
> to educate folks and to push for change.
> 
> 
> 
> If you can help us out, please reply to me (
> kprindiville at justiceinaging.org) and Emma (eayers at justiceinaging.org)
> directly.
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