5 Biggest Lies About Entitlement Programs

This Thursday, March 14, from 10:00 to 12:30, lots of us will gather at the First Unitarian Church at  1187 Franklin for a Town Hall Meeting to learn what we can do to save Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.   If you can join us, RSVP to (415) 546‑1333.   We are being told a pack of lies.  Come learn […]

Seniors Step Up As Agents for Change

For the past two years, the SCAN Foundation provided funding to several California senior-serving organizations to explore ways to move participants and volunteers into action.  They also funded the California Association for Retired Americans (CARA), in partnership with the Community Living Campaign, to provide training and on-going technical assistance.  The Agents for Change interviewed in the […]

Healthy Aging — on the Edge of A Fiscal Cliff

Congress finally took action at the 11th hour with a tax package, leaving Social Security mostly intact (for now).   All the letters and San Francisco’s fiesty San Francisco’s Social Security Flash Mob surely helped keep the pressure on.   So let’s celebrate and thank our elected representatives for helping hold the line.   But the larger issue […]

What Makes a Good Leader?

This question was one of the first posed to recent participants in the California Alliance for Retired American’s (CARA) Leadership Academy, co-sponsored by St. Barnabas Senior Services in Los Angeles. “Good listener”, “concern for others”, “vision” were among the qualities identified.   When asked for examples of leaders they admired, their answers  were as rich […]

Community Living Campaign — Promoting the Values of a Good Life

In the months and years ahead, the Community Living Campaign will use this site to support activities and ideas that help seniors and people with disabilities have a good life.  The involves promoting the following: Achieving Basic Financial Security Ending Isolation and Loneliness Living In a Home That Enhances Dignity Contributing to Others and the […]