LGBT Elders Speak Out Forum

The Center on Halsted, will host a critical opportunity to for LGBT elders to Speak Out and to be heard by the Chicago Department of Senior Services. Every year the Chicago Area Agency on Aging must conduct city-wide public hearings on the proposed Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Area Plan on Aging. This public information document describes how the Office of Senior Services proposes to deliver services to Chicagoans aged 60 and older using funds from the Older American Act and State of Illinois General Revenue Funds. We want to ensure that the unique needs of LGBT seniors are understood and included in this plan. This critical community input will be used as testimony at this year’s public hearings and provided to the Obama White House. Importantly, Howard Brown Health Center will present a brief, first look at data from its recent LGBT Elder Health Needs Assessment. This forum is organized by the Chicago Task Force on LGBT Aging, moderated by the Center on Halsted SAGE Advisory Council, with space provided by SAGE Center on Halsted. Lunch is provided by AARP. The forum will be videotaped as part of Center on Halsted’s continuing effort to educate the LGBT and allied community about the unique issues and concerns of aging in our community. RSVPs are strongly encouraged by Monday, March 23. For more information and to RSVP, please contact sworthington@centeronhalsted.org or 773-472-6469 X 160. For more information on the Center on Halsted, please visit our website, www.centeronhalsted.org