VAN Forum

VAN Forums engage older adults in topics that further their own vital aging and help connect them with others to foster vital communities and a just society.

Upcoming Forums are listed below. Notes from past Forums are listed at the bottom of the page.

December 2008

Supporting and Advocating for Vital Communities

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presenter(s):
Annette Sandler
Hadassah Zohara
Peggy Gaard and Gail Skoglund
Rita Kach

Lenox Community Center
6715 Minnetonka Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55426 [map]

Past Forums

2008

November 2008
- Self-Care for Caregivers
  Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Joan Knuesel, FamilyMeans
  Forum Notes
October 2008
- A Meeting with Don Shelby on Project Energy
  Tuesday, October 14, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Don Shelby
  Forum Notes
September 2008
- Redwood Falls Community VAN Forum
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Mark Skeie, VAN Leadership Group Chair
  Tom Hyder, VAN Coordinator
  Local Leaders
  Forum Notes
- Crookston Community VAN Forum
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Mark Skeie, VAN Leadership Group, Chair
  Tom Hyder, VAN Coordinator
  Local Leaders
  Forum Notes
- Bloomington Community VAN Forum
  Wednesday, September 17, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Mark Skeie, VAN Leadership Group Chair
  Tom Hyder, VAN Coordinator
  Local Leaders
  Forum Notes
- Vital Legal Planning
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Barbara Kristiansson
  Kathy Eveslage
  Greg Marita
  Forum Notes
August 2008
- Latino Elders and Hospice Care Composing a New Elder Care Landscape
  Tuesday, August 12, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Jesse Bethke Gomez, President of CLUES and Barbara Greene, Multicultural Consultant for Hospice Minnesota
  Forum Notes
July 2008
- Social Entrepreneurship
  Tuesday, July 8, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Mark and Janet Skeie
  Forum Notes
June 2008
- ALVA: Leadership Development for the Rest of Your Life
  Tuesday, June 10, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Kris Orluck and Mary Kowalski
  Forum Notes
May 2008
- Citizens League: Common Ground, Common Good
  Tuesday, May 13, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Sean Kershaw, Executive Director, Citizens League
  Forum Notes
April 2008
- Finding Your Creative Art
  Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Pat Samples, MN Creative Arts and Aging Network (MnCAAN)
  Forum Notes
March 2008
- Local Action, Global Results Influencing International Conflicts
  Tuesday, March 11, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Dr. Ellen Kennedy, State Coordinator, GI-Net (MN Genocide Intervention Network)
  Forum Notes
February 2008
- Effective Advocacy: Minnesota’s Policies for Aging and the 2008 Legislative Session
  Tuesday, February 12, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Heidi Holste, AARP; Leni Wilcox, Wilder Foundation and co-chair of the MN Leadership Council on Aging
  (MNLCoA); Dawn Simonson, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging (MAAA)
  Forum Notes
January 2008
- VAN’s Vision & 2008
  Tuesday, January 8, 2008
  
  Presenter(s):
  Mark Skeie, Chair VAN Leadership Group
  Tom Hyder, VAN Coordinator
  Forum Notes

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December 2008

Supporting and Advocating for Vital Communities

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2008