Aging: The Lifelong Process That Unites Us All Moderator: Catherine Remak, career broadcaster and co-host of Mornings with Gary and Catherine Sat, May 19 / 3 PM (note special time) / Campbell Hall Santa Barbara is the place we call home. We want to celebrate it, nourish it, and above all, see it thrive through engaged citizens and productive dialogue. Part of A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative, this town hall is an opportunity to hear from specialists, ask questions and participate in a public conversation about a community issue.
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Event and Book Giveaway (see pages 8 & 9)
Keynote Speaker
Ashton Applewhite This Chair Rocks: How Ageism Warps Our View of Long Life What if discrimination on the basis of age were as unacceptable as any other kind of prejudice? Ashton Applewhite is a leading voice in an emerging movement dedicated to dismantling ageism and making age a criterion for diversity. The author of This Chair Rocks and a TED2017 mainstage speaker, she reveals the untapped possibilities of late life – in our communities, at work and in ourselves. In her book This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, Applewhite declares that it’s time to dismantle the last acceptable prejudice; it’s time for age pride. In her candid talks – as she does on her blog, This Chair Rocks, and her Q&A Tumblr, Yo, Is This Ageist? – she debunks our culture’s most pervasive myths about getting older. With her funny, straight-talking approach, Applewhite highlights the often-overlooked benefits of advanced age, championing the need for greater age-based diversity in the workplace and our institutions. In 2016, Applewhite joined the PBS site Next Avenue’s annual list of 50 Influencers in Aging as their Influencer of the Year. She has been recognized by The New York Times, NPR and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She has written for Harper’s, Playboy and The New
York Times and speaks widely at venues that have ranged from universities and community centers to the Library of Congress and the United Nations. Her first serious book, Cutting Loose: Why Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well, was inspired by the question of why our notion of women’s lives after divorce is so different from the happy and energized reality. Writing under the name Blanche Knott, Applewhite is also the author of the humor collection Truly Tasteless Joes, a bestselling paperback of 1982. She (as Blanche) made publishing history by occupying four of the 15 spots on The New York Times bestseller list. Books are available for purchase in the lobby and a signing follows the event
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