Cohousing-L Mailing List: [Virtual Events] Aging Gracefully in Community :: Intro (5/31) and 5-week Course (starts 6/21)

[Neil Planchon (neil]

Dear future and current cohousing residents,

Many of you have emailed us requesting we focus on aging in community. Thank 
you. We have done so and put together a couple of offerings. We really lucked 
out and found 5 outstanding presenters who have assisted us in co-creating a 
5-week long curriculum: Aging Gracefully in Community. 

If you would like to meet the presenters ahead of the course, we are offering a 
90-minute introductory panel conversation. Maybe attend both?

I hope many of you will join us and get inspired by these experienced 
instructors and important conversations. We are expecting programs to sell out, 
so please register asap. If you cannot attend, recordings will be sent to all 
who register. 

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May 31 | 2-3:30pm Eastern
Intro to Aging Gracefully in Community: A Panel
https://www.ic.org/event/aging-gracefully/

Join us for a 90-minute panel discussion with the course instructors for the 
Aging Gracefully in Community upcoming course. In this discussion, you’ll learn 
about the expertise and experiences Margaret Critchlow, Laird Schaub, Danielle 
Williams, Alline Anderson, and Lee Warren have with aging in community.

Margaret will cover the challenges and opportunities of aging in community, as 
well as the lessons from a senior cohousing community. Laird will cover the 
concept of eldering and the nuances of intergenerational communities. Danielle 
and Alline will discuss the pitfalls and possibilities of aging and dying in 
community, and Lee will go more deeply into the art of death and dying in 
community.

You’ll also have the opportunity to ask the instructors questions, as well as 
chat with each other about the key challenges and concerns you may have around 
this topic.

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Aging Gracefully in Community
5-Week Online Course | Starts June 21st!
Save $100 through 6/5/22!
https://www.ic.org/aging-course/

Good news: Longevity is a fact of life for more people now than ever before. 
Bad news: so is loneliness. A cooperative culture can support vibrant aging in 
place by design.  Get a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and 
challenges of aging in an intentional community, from people who are doing it.

In the Aging Gracefully in Community course, you’ll learn how a cooperative 
culture can support vibrant aging in place. Through five passionate and 
experienced instructors, you’ll come to know the challenges and opportunities 
of aging in community. You’ll discover the concept of eldering and discuss the 
intergenerational dynamics that impact aging in an intentional community. 
You’ll also examine the realities of aging in community and the often 
unexplored topic of dying in community.

Through five classes and plenty of interaction with the instructors and each 
other, you’ll gain a deep understanding of the factors, considerations, and 
preparations necessary to age gracefully in community. Meet the instructors and 
register here https://www.ic.org/aging-course/

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In community,
Neil Planchon

Co-Developer and Co-Founder. Swan’s Market Cohousing, Oakland CA
Events Team Volunteer. Cohousing Association (Coho/US)
Steering Committee. Cohousing Research Network (CRN)
Co-Director. Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC)