Events

Age Friendly Seattle Virtual Events

Age Friendly Seattle supports Governor Jay Inslee's COVID-19 restrictions, which have reduced the intensity of the COVID-19 outbreak, and his phased-in reopening plan. All Age Friendly Seattle events will occur virtually (live or recorded, but all online) until it is safe for older people and anyone with a compromised immune system to attend events in person.

Following is information about the monthly Close to Home programs, monthly Civic Coffee Hours, and special events, when scheduled. For information about past events, scroll down to Previous Events. 

Welcome, Seattle Public Library!

In 2021, Close to Home shows will take place on the first Thursday of each month, starting in February. Civic Coffee Hours will continue to be held on the third Thursday of each month (except December). We welcome The Seattle Public Library as a co-sponsor of both program series in 2021.  

Close to Home: Stories of Health, Tech & Resilience

"Close to Home: Stories of Health, Tech and Resilience" is a series of online events presented by Age Friendly Seattle, featuring information and resources for older people, caregivers, and their families. Presenters include government, nonprofit, and community representatives.

Streamed and recorded live via Microsoft Teams (log-in not required), videos are archived on Aging King County's YouTube channel (see the playlist or visit individual recordings linked below after events are completed). Live and recorded captioning is provided in English, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. A phone call-in option is also available. Instructions for first-time guests are available here. Detailed instructions are also provided on Age Friendly Seattle's Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Close to Home presentations are scheduled on the first Thursday of each month, starting in February 2021, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Visit our Virtual Events page for the current week's livestream link. 

Coming up!

Information about upcoming programs can be found on our event calendar and the Age Friendly Seattle Facebook events page.

• Close to Home: Omari Salisbury, Converge Media—February 4: 

Meet Omari Salisbury, co-founder of Converge Media, a Central Area independent media company bringing voices and perspectives of Seattle African American community. A few minutes before the 10:30 event begins, visit bit.ly/AgeFriendlyLive and click on the blue button to join. No pre-registration or log-on is required. Facebook | YouTube video (pending)

For more information, e-mail Lenny.Orlov@seattle.gov.

Virtual Civic Coffee Hours

Age Friendly Seattle's popular Civic Coffee Hours are held on the third Thursday of each month (except December). These events bring bring community elders closer to local government officials to explore topics of interest. Our guests learn about issues, programs, and services, and officials hear from the community. Presentations often include cutting edge information. A broad range of issues have been discussed over the years (see Previous Events, below). 

Virtual Civic Coffee Hours  are scheduled on the third Thursday of each month, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Visit our Virtual Events page for the current week's livestream link. 

Coming up!

Information about upcoming programs can be found on our event calendar and the Age Friendly Seattle Facebook events page.

• Civic Coffee Hour: The Seattle Public Library Foundation—January 21: Featuring Jonna Ward, CEO of The Seattle Public Library Foundation. Learn about foundation investments in innovative library programs for children, youth, and adults; funding for special collections; services for those in need, including people with disabilities, immigrants, and refugees; and technology resources. A few minutes before the 10:30 event begins, visit bit.ly/AgeFriendlyLive and click on the blue button to join. No pre-registration or log-on is required. Flyer | Facebook | YouTube video (pending)

• Civic Coffee Hour: Seattle Office for Civil Rights—February 18: Featuring Mariko Lockhart, director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, which works to advance civil rights and end barriers to equity by enforcing laws against illegal discrimination within the Seattle city limits and leading the City of Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative to end institutional racism in City government and  achieve racial equity across our community. A few minutes before the 10:30 event begins, visit bit.ly/AgeFriendlyLive and click on the blue button to join. No pre-registration or log-on is required. Facebook | YouTube video (pending)

For more information, e-mail Lenny.Orlov@seattle.gov.

AgeWise TV on the Seattle Channel

AgeWise TV is a  series of programs designed for older people featured on the Seattle Channel (Channel 21 on Comcast). AgeWise TV first aired on June 25, 2020. AgeWise TV was the brainchild of Pike Market Senior Center staff and developed through community collaboration.

Each one-hour program features lifelong learning and physical activities to help older viewers stay connected and stay healthy during the COVID quarantine. For the Seattle Channel viewing schedule, click here. To watch AgeWise episodes that have already been shown, visit the AgeWise TV homepage.

Other Dates for Your Calendar

• Older Americans Month (May): The OAM 2021 theme is "Communities of Strength." For more information, visit acl.gov/oam/ and agingkingcounty.org/OAM. 
• ADA 31st Anniversary (July 26): For more information, visit ADAanniversary.org.
• Age Friendly Seattle 5th Anniversary (July 26): The City of Seattle joined the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities on July 26, 2016.
• Seattle Night Out (August 3, 2021): Night Out Against Crime is a national event held on the first Tuesday in August.
• Primary Election Day—August 3, 2021. For information about elections, voting, and voter registration in Seattle-King County, visit King County Elections online.
• International Day of Older Persons—October 1
• National Family Caregivers Month—November
• General Election Day (November 2, 2021) - For information about elections, voting, and voter registration in Seattle-King County, visit King County Elections online.

Age Friendly Coalition for Seattle and County

This countywide community-based Age Friendly Coalition (formerly "task force") supports implementation of Age Friendly Seattle and is available to assist suburban cities and communities in launching age-friendly initiatives. The coalition and its steering committee meet on alternate months, third Fridays. Four additional committees meet on their own schedules—Active Transportation & Outdoor Spaces; Housing; Outreach, Advocacy & Communications; and Social & Civic Participation.

Please join us! For more information, click here.

The Age Friendly Coalition and its committees are supported by the Age Friendly Seattle team. Questions? E-mail agefriendly@seattle.gov.

Previous Events

• Close to Home: National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)-12/10: Featuring NAPCA representatives Emiko Ormsbee (Community Resource Helpline), Jenna Holzberg and Teresa Cheung (Senior Community Service Employment Program). Facebook | YouTube video
• Close to Home: Sorting Fact From Fiction: Finding Truth in an Infodemic—12/3: Featuring Doug Shadel from AARP Washington and Jevin West from the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public.  Facebook | YouTube video
• Civic Coffee Hour featuring SPU director Mami Hara-11/19: Featuring Mami Hara, General Manager of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU). Facebook | YouTube video 
• Legacy of Love—11/14/2020: Legacy of Love, the 2020 African American Caregivers Forum, on Saturday, November 14, is an annual event scheduled during National Family Caregivers Month. For event information, visit the Legacy of Love webpage. Facebook | YouTube video
  
• Close to Home: Hopelink Employment and Mobility—11/12: Featuring Sara Sisco (transportation) and Jim Boland (employment), both from Hopelink. Facebook | YouTube video
• Close to Home: Dignity, Hope & Healing at the End of Life—11/5: Featuring Dr. Jim DeMaine, ICU physician (retired), book author, and blogger (endoflifeblog.com). Facebook | YouTube video
• LGBTQ+2S & BIPOC: Vaccines, Vaccination Trials and YOU—10/30/2020: Age Friendly Seattle presented the third of three LGBTQ+2S online panel presentations, focused on the BIPOC experience with vaccines and vacinnation trials. Panelists included Russell Campbell, deputy director of the Office of HIV/AIDS (HANC) Network Coordination at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Esther Lucero, CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board, and a member of the Diné Nation; Peter Mann-King, co-chair of the Gay City-Seattle LGBTQ Center board of directors and a program manager with the LGBTQI+ Initiative at Swedish Health Services; and Karina Walters, director of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, UW School of Social Work, and a member of the Choctaw Nation. Facebook | Flyer | AgeWise article | YouTube video
• Age Friendly Seattle Civic Coffee Hour with Mayor Jenny Durkan—10/23/20: Featuring Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. YouTube video (pending)
  
• Close to Home: Socially Distanced Connections at Seattle's Senior Centers—10/22: Featuring Katherine Jordan, South Park Senior Center, and Zoe Freeman, Pike Market Senior Center. YouTube video
• Civic Coffee Hour with Sarah Peterson and Emmanuel Ndayisenga—10/15/20: Featuring Sarah Peterson, Office of Refugee & Immigrant Assistance, WA DSHS, and Emmanuel Ndayisenga, Washington State Refugee Advisory Council and International Rescue Committee. YouTube video
• Close to Home—10/8/20: Join us for a conversation about Seattle's African descent population with Dr. Ben Abe, African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest, and Paul Kimani, Northwest Kenyan Community Association. Facebook | YouTube
  
• Close to Home—10/1/20: Featuring Darius Foster, Seattle Office of Labor Standards, and Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom. YouTube video
• Close to Home—9/24/20: Featuring Dr. Milton Curtis, King County Falls Prevention, and Dori Gillam, AgeEngaged! YouTube video 
• Civic Coffee Hour with SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe-9/17/20: Featuring Sam Zimbabwe, director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). YouTube video
• Close to Home—9/10/20: Featuring the Seattle Department of Transportation's Vision Zero initiative (Allison Schwartz), the Northwest African American Museum (LaNesha DeBardelaben), and Grandparent's Day (Brenda Charles-Edward, Mayor's Council on African American Elders). YouTube video
• Close to Home—9/3/20: Celebrating R.O.O.T.S. Family Picnic-featuring Paul Mitchell, William Lowe, and ROOTS, an annual celebration of African American families and history in the Pacific Northwest that started nearly 50 years ago. YouTube video
• Close to Home—8/27/20: "Information, Assistance and Customer Service: How City and Community Navigate COVID-19" featured Vance Adams from the City of Seattle's Customer Service Bureau and Stephen Lam from Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC). YouTube video
  
• Civic Coffee Hour—8/20/20: The Seattle Public Library "Road to Reopening" featured City Librarian and CEO Marcellus Turner and Older Adult Program Manager Nancy Slote, Seattle Public Library. YouTube video

• Close to Home—8/13/20: Featuring Carrie Brazil, Volunteer Coordinator/Strategic Advisor, Seattle Office of Emergency Management, and Ann Forrest, Chair, North Seattle Emergency Hubs, Emergency Preparedness Educator, North Seattle College. YouTube video
  

• Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding LiveS (PEARLS)—8/11/20: Human Services Department/Aging and Disability Services division PEARLS counselors Carl Kaiser and Suzet Tave presented this successful approach serving older adults experiencing mild depression. Presented by Seattle Parks and Recreation's Lifelong Recreation Program, The Seattle Public Library, and Age Friendly Seattle. YouTube video

• Close to Home—8/6/20: Featuring Kay Ray, AgeWise TV producer, and Tania Rzhondkovska, Client Liaison, Immigrant Assistance, St. James Cathedral. YouTube video

• LGBTQ+2S Resilience: Thriving or just surviving during the COVID pandemic?—7/31/20. YouTube video. Note: This was the second LGBTQ+2S presentation in 2020. See 6/26/20 below for more information.
• Close to Home: ADA at 30 & Geriatric Mental Health—7/23/20. Featuring Michael Richardson, director of the Northwest ADA Center, and George Dicks, a Geriatric Mental Health Specialist at Harborview Medical Center. Watch the trailer here. Watch the entire event on YouTube (pending).

• Civic Coffee Hour featuring Aging and Disability Services—7/16/20. Aging and Disability Services (ADS) director Cathy Knight and ADS Advisory Council advocacy committee chair June Michel discuss the work of the Area Agency on Aging as well as Aging Network advocacy. Watch the video recording on YouTube.

• Beyond Language Access: Resources for Immigrant and Refugee Elders—7/9/20 featuring Adam Halpern, Older Adult Services Director, Jewish Family Service, and José Manuel Vasquez Community Engagement & Programs Specialist, Seattle Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs. Watch the recording on YouTube. 
  
  
• Close to Home: Innovations in Dementia Support & Universal Design—7/2/20 featuring Amy Cunningham, Research Coordinator, Aging with Pride: IDEA, UW School of Social Work, and Tom Minty, Realtor, Northwest Universal Design Council member, and ADS Advisory Council member. Watch the video recording on YouTube.

• "What have we learned from the HIV/AIDS pandemic with COVID-19?"—6/26/2020 online panel presentation coordinated by Age Friendly Seattle and Saying It Out Loud. Watch the video recording on YouTube.

• Close to Home: Power of Movement: Regional Transportation and Community Fitness—6/25/20: Featuring Donna Smith, Manager of Accessibility Services, Sound Transit, and Mark Bryant, Senior Fitness Instructor, Southeast Seattle Senior Center. Video Recording (YouTube)
• Civic Coffee Hour-6/18/2020: Featuring Ginger Armbruster, Chief Privacy Officer, and William Smith, Human Resources Director, Seattle Information Technology (Seattle IT). YouTube recording
  
• Creative Aging: Radio, Recipes and Notary Services—6/11/20: Featuring Brenda Charles-Edwards, Black Orchid Enterprises (founder/CEO), Seniors Matter (host) on Rainier Avenue Radio, and Mayor's Council on African American Elders (co-chair); and Rebecca Crichton, Northwest Center For Creative Aging (executive director). 
• Connected City: Lifelong Recreation & Digital Workplace Champions—6/4/20: Featuring Cheryl Brown, Lifelong Recreation Programs, Seattle Parks and Recreation and Tom Braman, SharePoint Administrator, Seattle Information Technology.
• Connect Digitally, Stay Engaged, Prevent Scams—5/28/2020: Featuring Steven Knipp, Executive Director, GenPRIDE; and Jean Mathisen, Volunteer, AARP WA.

• Age Friendly Seattle Virtual Civic Coffee Hour - Thursday, May 21: Stephanie Lucash, Stephanie Lucash, director of Citywide HR Planning and Innovation, Seattle Department of Human Resources, and Nancy Slote, Older Adults Program Manager, Seattle Public Library (YouTube video recording)

• Healthy Mind, Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body—5/14/2020: Featuring Michael Woo, PhD, Community Care Network Director, Kin On; and Sheila Mary, MD, DDS, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Candidate, Bastyr University.
• Breathing, Movement & Library Access—5/7/2020: Featuring Cleo A. Brooks and CJ Glenn, Library Equal Access Program (LEAP), The Seattle Public Library, and Edna Daigre, community member. 
• COVID-19, Resilience & Census Access—4/30/2020 premiere: Featuring Elsa Batres-Boni, Seattle Census 2020, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, and Mary Pat O'Leary, Aging and Disability Services, Seattle Human Services Department.
• Age Friendly Seattle Virtual Civic Coffee Hour - Thursday, April 16: Anne Shields, Public Health-Seattle & King County (YouTube video recording)
• Universal Design & Pedestrian Wayfinding Forum - Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020: An expert panel on designing wayfinding systems discussed ways that local government is addressing mobility needs of all. (Seattle Channel video recording: Seattle Channel | YouTube—includes captions)
• Age Friendly Seattle Civic Coffee Hour - Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020: Elsa Batres-Boni, Census Strategic Advisor, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods 
• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour - November 14, 2019: Sound Transit staff Donna Smith and Alex Ko discussed Connect 2020-a project connecting the Eastside to existing Link light rail in downtown Seattle, with a special emphasis on accessibility.  Age Friendly Minute (YouTube)    
• "Legacy of Love" 2019 African American Caregivers Forum - November 9, 2019.  See forum webpage for more information.
• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour - October 17, 2019, featuring Aging and Disability Services social workers Suzet Tave and Carl Kaiser, who provide free in-home PEARLS (Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives) counseling for age 55+ veterans and civilians. Slidedeck
  

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour-September 26, 2019, featured Sarah Peterson, Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance, Washington State DSHS

• Age Friendly Day at the Sounders -Sunday, September 15 (Age Friendly Seattle and AARP teamed up with the Seattle Sounders FC to present the first-ever Age Friendly Day at the Sounders)

• Grandparents Day-September 8, 2019 (2-5 p.m.) at the Northwest African American Museum (2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle), coordinated by the Mayor's Council on African American Elders and the Museum.

• The Affordability of Long-Term Care - September 4, 2019 lunch-and-learn hosted by Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw in the Seattle City Council Chamber. Seattle Channel video | YouTube video

• Age Friendly Seattle Community Coffee Hour featuring Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) counselors Suzet Tave and Carl Kaiser (August 27, 2019) | Age Friendly Minute

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (August 15, 2019) featureing Vicky Yuki and Seferiana Day from Seattle IT's Community Technology Program. Video

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (July 18 , 2019) featured Cathy Knight, director of Aging and Disability Services, and Dick Woo, vice-chair of the Seattle-King County Advisory Council on Aging & Disability Services. This event was broadcast on Facebook Live at the time of the event. The video is available to view here. Note: This event doubled as a public hearing for Aging and Disability Services' draft four-year Area Plan. For more information, click here.

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (June 20, 2019) featuring Sheryl Shapiro and Natasha Walker, Seattle Public Utilities. YouTube

• Memory Sunday (June 8-9, 2019) at area faith communities serving African Americans

• How To Plan an Accessible Event (May 30, 2019) at Seattle City Hall. Seattle Channel | YouTube (captioned) | Photos

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (May 16, 2019) featuring Andrés Mantilla, director of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Facebook Live (1:13:09) | Age Friendly Minute

• NWUDC Happy Hour (April 25, 2019) at the Best Plumbing Showroom in north Seattle

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (April 25, 2019) featuring Ingrid Ulrey, Public Health-Seattle & King County.

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (March 21, 2019) featuring Seattle Fire Department Low-Acuity Alarm Program manager Jon Ehrenfeld and Vulnerable Populations Programs Captain Peter Ubaldi

• Senior Lobby Day in Olympia (February 26, 2019) in Olympia

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (February 21, 2019) featuring AARP Fraud Watch coordinator Jean Mathisen and Aging and Disability Services elder abuse case manager Kathi Church

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (January 17, 2019) featuring Seattle Human Services Department director Jason Johnson (Vlog recap)

• Kitchen Table Talks: Transportation (December 18, 2018)

• Age Friendly Seattle Community Coffee Hour (November 30, 2018 at the Rainier Beach Community Center)

• Caregiver Support Lunch-and-Learn hosted by Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw on November 28, 2018 in the Seattle City Council Chamber was coordinated by Age Friendly Seattle as part of National Family Caregivers Month. Seattle Channel | YouTube

• Kitchen Table Talks: Community Support & Health Services (November 20, 2018)

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour with King County Metro and SDOT (November 15, 2018 at The Central Building)

• "Legacy of Love" 2018 African American Caregiver Forum (November 10, 2018 at the Southcenter Doubletree Hotel)—the event was videotaped in two parts: "African American Caregivers Forum: Hope, Love, Resiliency" (Seattle Channel | YouTube) and "African American Caregivers Forum: Planning & Advocacy" (Seattle Channel | YouTube) 

• Age Friendly Seattle Community Coffee Hour (November 8, 2018 at Queen Anne Community Center)

• NWUDC: Remodeling for Aging in Place (November 7, 2018): Seattle Channel | YouTube (slidedecks: Minty | Kocharhook | Cherney)

• Pike Place Market Walking Tour (October 19, 2018 starting at The Market Commons)—This tour included the regularly-scheduled Age Friendly Coalition for Seattle and King County meeting and a briefing on programs and services offered in this historic space. Participants then navigated the Market while documenting observations on accessibility and age-friendliness on The Discovery Tool, a proprietary app developed by the Stanford Medicine Our Voice program. Data from the October 19 event will be compared to June 7 input from visiting AARP directors.

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (October 18, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Kitchen Table Talk: Civic Participation (October 16, 2018)

• Age Friendly Seattle Community Coffee Hour (October 11, 2018 at Magnuson Brig) 

• Kitchen Table Talks: Respect & Social Inclusion (September 20, 2018)

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour with the City of Seattle's Customer Service Bureau and Customer Service Centers (September 20, 2018 in the Central Building)

• Pedestrian Potluck (September 18, 2018 at Alki Beach Bathhouse)

• Kitchen Table Talks: Outdoor Spaces & Buildings (August 21, 2018)

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour with Yun Pitre, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (August 16, 2018 at The Central Building)

• ADA and Beyond: Celebrating the Achievements of Sue Ammeter (July 26, 2018 at Seattle City Hall)

• Northwest Universal Design Council Forum: Special Populations Housing (July 24, 2018 at Seattle City Hall):

  • Challenges and Opportunities of Designing for the Formerly Unsheltered (Scott Starr, SMR Architects)
  • Designing for Special Populations (Bill Singer and Christina Congdon, Environmental Works)
  • Video (The Seattle Channel)
  • Video (YouTube/The Seattle Channel—includes CC)

• Age Friendly Seattle Coffee Hour (July 19, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Kitchen Table Talks: Age-Friendly Discussion Group on Social Participation (July 17, 2018)

• Lunch 'n Learn: Coordinated Response to Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation (July 12, 2018 at Seattle City Council Chamber, Seattle City Hall) video | slidedeck1 | slidedeck2 | slidedeck3 | proclamation

• Kitchen Table Talks: Age-Friendly Discussion Group (June 26, 2018): Age Friendly Seattle Facebook event page

• Memory Sunday (June 24, 2018 at Emerald City Bible Fellowship Church, First AME Church, and Mount Zion Baptist Church) 

• Coffee Hour: King County Metro Transit Instruction Program (June 21, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Memory Sabbath (June 9, 2018 at  Memory Sabbath at Emerald City Seventh Day Adventist)

• Pike Place Market Walking Tour (June 7, 2018 starting at The Market Commons)—Age Friendly Seattle and AARP collaborated on a walkability tour of Pike Place Market with 35 AARP leaders from around the country. After a presentation on the unique combination of social services available at the Market, participants helped assess walkability and offered suggestions for ways to become more age- and disability-friendly using The Discovery Tool, a proprietary app developed by the Stanford Medicine Our Voice program.

• WATAP Training on Assistive Technology Tools (May 31, 2018 at TAF Bethaday Community Learning Space)

• Stress-free Aging: Planning for Health & Long-Term Care (May 23, 2018 at Renton Community Center)

• Coffee Hour: Generations Aging with Pride (May 17, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Kitchen Table Talks: Age-Friendly Discussion Group (May 15, 2018): AARP Age-Friendly Discussion Group Facebook page (click here) and event page | Questions & Guidelines | Slidedeck

• Engage at Every Age: An Older Americans Month Forum on Social & Civic Engagement (May 4, 2018 at Mirabella Seattle): Video | Age Friendly Seattle Slidedeck | Lifelong Recreation Slidedeck | Community Resource Hub Link

• Our Lives, Our Choices: End-of-Life Planning (April 19, 2018 at the Central Area Senior Center)

• Coffee Hour: Sound Generations (April 19 in the Central Building)

• Innovation Fund Community Celebration (April 13, 2018 at the Northwest African American Museum) 

• Age Friendly City: Care. Community. Vision. For All. (Pecha Kucha Night, April 5, 2018 at The Seattle Public Library): Flyer | Video

• Coffee Hour: Brandi Homeier, Seattle Animal Shelter (March 15, 2018 at The Central Building) 

• Coffee Hour: The Seattle Public Library Library Equal Access Program (February 15, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Coffee Hour: Falls Prevention (January 18, 2018 at The Central Building)

• Engaging Aging Women's Equity Forum (November 6, 2017 at Seattle City Hall): Program | Photos | Video | Report

• African American Caregivers Forum (October 21,2017 at Southcenter Doubletree Hotel)

• Seattle for All Ages Mayoral Debate (October 10, 2017 at KOMO News 4 Studio)

• A City for All Civic Technology Hackathon (September 22–23, 2017 at Seattle City Hall): Report | Video

• Pedestrian Potluck (September 20, 2017 at Jefferson Park)

• Aging the LGBTQ Way: A Forum on Equity, Respect & Inclusion (June 3, 2017 at Seattle City Hall): Video | Report

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For additional events, you can also visit the Citywide Event Calendar and individual department calendars.