<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If people are identified who will share their stories, we would be honored<br>to record those interviews for KZYX and possibly wider distribution.<br><br>... lorraine<br><br><div>Lorraine Dechter <<a href="mailto:ldechter01@gmail.com">ldechter01@gmail.com</a>><br>GM KZYX<br>On Jan 10, 2016 6:15 PM, "rebecca ostler" <<a href="mailto:dovebecca@hotmail.com">dovebecca@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I though some of you good Mendonesians may have suggestions regarding this<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">which I was sent through an advocacy group...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"the below applies to those in the Oakland San Francisco area!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hey everyone,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Building on the energy from yesterday, we at Justice in Aging are starting<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">work on a video that will tell a compelling story about how difficult it is<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for seniors in the Bay Area to survive on SSI. We are looking for help<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">identifying seniors on SSI/SSP who may be willing to share their stories,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">especially anyone who is homeless now or has faced homelessness in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">past. We would like to shoot stories in the first week of February.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We will debut the video at an event in SF we will be holding in early<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">April where we will also be honoring Assemblymember Thurmond with the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Justice in Aging Impact Award. We hope those of you in the Bay Area will be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">able to join us and we’ll be sending more info soon. The event is our<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">annual CA fundraiser which will focus on the need for us to act now to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">address senior poverty in the Bay Area, California and nationally. The<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">video will be about the issue of SSI/SSP and the need to do more to improve<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the program, not a promotion of our work. We hope it will be something we<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">can use all through the Spring and Summer to assist the coalition efforts<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to educate folks and to push for change.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If you can help us out, please reply to me (<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:kprindiville@justiceinaging.org">kprindiville@justiceinaging.org</a>) and Emma (<a href="mailto:eayers@justiceinaging.org">eayers@justiceinaging.org</a>)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">directly.</blockquote></div></body></html>