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Seniors in Society Today: How to Frame Elderhood in a Positive Light
August 2, 2023 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Seniors in Society Today: How to Frame Elderhood in a Positive Light
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
- Pacific: 8:00-10:00am
- Mountain: 9:00-11:00am
- Central: 10:00am-12:00pm
- Eastern: 11:00am-1:00pm
Join longtime communitarian Laird Schaub to examine seniors in society today and learn how to frame elderhood in a positive light.
About the event
What does it take to be happy in community as a senior today? The growing challenges to feel connected and useful in the world are ever-so-present in our daily lives.
Intentional communities provide unique opportunities for seniors to participate. There are opportunities for connection, consensus, and contribution. Being able to voice your concerns and be heard; having a choice among community matters, and having the chance to show your strengths are invaluable to life as a senior.
In this workshop we’ll take a look at how community can meet your needs as a senior. You will understand what it takes to feel secure and the steps for how to get there. Your contributions matter, and you will learn how to step up to show your strengths. Being a senior has its challenge, but it also has its perks. You will learn how to frame elderhood in the positive light that you deserve.
In this workshop, you’ll:
- examine mainstream prospects through the end of life
- explore prospects for seniors in community and redefine security
- understand the concept of social capital and community contributions
- gain a better understanding of what it takes to be happy in community
About your presenter
Laird Schaub
Laird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. He lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found.
Laird also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987, he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years.
In addition to his expertise in community living, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness), since 1987.
Read his blog Laird’s Commentary on Community and Consensus.
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