SAGEUSA's Podcast

As part of our marriage equality series, Imani and Andrea (Washington, D.C.) tell us why they met and why it was important for them to get legally married. Listen to their story and check out more at http://sageusa.org/marriageequality.

Evie, a SAGE constituent, tells the story of coming out and her parents - who survived the Holocaust. "The key message of my childhood-from the day I was born-was that what Hitler did to the Jews, could be done to anybody and I had an obligation to be socially aware of every body in my life. So it came as a shock to me-after having been taught that-at age 23 when I would come out to my mother, she spit on the floor and said 'if Hitler didn't kill me, you will'...It's been 40 years since I came out, and there has been little tolerance in my family about me coming out and the very lesson they ingrained in me, they could not do themselves."

Eleanor Smith, founder of Concrete Change and a disability advocate, speaks at the SAGE plenary at the 2013 Creating Change Conference held in Atlanta, GA.

Listen to Frances, a SAGE Story participant, tell us how she survived a stroke with the help of her lover, friends and her own strength. Interviewed by Bryan Pacheco of SAGE.

Richard Rhodes, Board Member, Atlanta Prime Timers and Founding Member, SAGE Atlanta, speaks of his activism at the 2013 Creating Change Conference held in Atlanta, GA.

Mary Anne Adams, MSW, shares her story at the 2013 Creating Change Conference held in Atlanta, GA. She is the Founder/Board Chair, ZAMI NOBLA (National Association of Black Lesbians on Aging); Director, Center for Community Training/Research and Director, Community Engagement/ Outreach, Center for Health Disparities Research (CORE), Georgia State University Institute of Public Health

Pat Hussain, Proud grandmother of Premiere and Ka'Juan and Co-Founder of Southerners on New Ground (SONG), tells her story at the 2013 Creating Change Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Charles Stevens, President, Atlanta Prime Timers and Member, American Veteran’s for Equal Rights (AVER), tells his story at the 2013 Creating Change Conference in Atlanta, GA.

Cheryl Courtney-Evans, Founder/Executive Director, Transgender Individuals Living Their Truth, Inc., speaks of her activism at the 2013 Creating Change Conference held in Atlanta, GA.

This is a recording of a panel held at the Creating Change conference in Atlanta, GA in January of 2013. Dan Mullins and Jan Greisinger are featured in order of appearance.

This plenary panel was held on January 24, 2013 at The Creating Change Conference held in Atlanta, GA.

Prominent Atlanta-based activists spoke about the intersection of their personal lives, their advocacy work and how this work changes and deepens with age.

Participants included: Eleanor Smith, Charles Stevens, Richard Rhodes, Cheryl-Courtney Evans, Pat Hussain and Mary Anne Adams (in order of appearance on podcast)

Phyllis Siegel , a SAGE Constituent, volunteer and tireless advocate, shares her story on how she met her partner Connie Kopelov, at SAGE. Phyllis and Connie were the first lesbian couple to marry in New York City on July 24, 2011 and were Grand Marshalls at the NYC 2012 Pride Parade.

A SAGE Member and Volunteer, Geo shares his story about coming to America and the hardships of being a gay Latino man.

The topic of this podcast is Social Security Benefits. Laurie Young, Director of Aging and Economic Security at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, will provide a broad overview of Social Security—it’s threats and challenges—and a rundown of the progressive organizations working to save Social Security. Aaron Tax, Director of Federal Relations at SAGE, will present on the broader debate regarding Social Security as well as the impact of the lack of equality on LGBT older adults. Gerald McIntyre, Directing Attorney at the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC), will speak about a new Social Security initiative with NSCLC and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD).

The Roundtable is organized by SAGE—Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders. Members represent 50 aging providers, LGBT organizations and a number of organizations that provide services and programs designed specifically for LGBT older adults across the US including our 23 SAGE affiliates. Today we are going to be talking about Social Security and a new initiative by the National Senior Citizens Law Center and GLAD regarding spousal and survivor benefits and same sex couples.

This podcast is a a Production of the National LGBT Aging Roundtable–organized by SAGE in partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and was moderated by Serena Worthington, Director of Community Advocacy and Capacity Building, SAGE, on September 20, 2012.

Please click here to download a PDF from GLAD on how to protect your Social Security benefits.

Welcome to SAGE’s live recording of a special conversation with our national affiliates. In this episode, we feature SAGE Leaders in the Spotlight: Best practices for Pride events with Shari Wilkins of SAGE of the Rockies and Sherrill Wayland from SAGE Metro St. Louis. Shari and Sherrill share stories about past pride events and ideas for Pride 2012 and then follow up with a Q&A and comments about Pride 2012.

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