Please Join us... "THIS CHAIR ROCKS" Fighting Ageism, Cheering Up and Pushing Back Monday, March 18 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College 2180 Third Ave (at 116th Street) New York, NY 10035 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER<http://brookdale.org/uncategorized/gmha-bp-lecture-3-18-1/> Presented by the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY and Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging, Hunter College Special Lecturer: Ashton Applewhite [cid:5d0a895c-bf07-4651-8843-63acb851c1d6]<http://brookdale.org/uncategorized/gmha-bp-lecture-3-18-1/> CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER ONLINE<http://brookdale.org/uncategorized/gmha-bp-lecture-3-18-1/> ________________________________ About the the Lecture: This 40-minute talk proposes an alternative to worrying about getting old: wake up to the ageist messages that frame two thirds of our lives as decline, cheer up, and push back. It catalyzes a conversation that people are hungry for, whether they work with older people or simply hope to become one. Ashton Applewhite is the voice of Yo Is This Ageist<http://yoisthisageist.com/> and has been writing about aging and ageism since 2007 at This Chair Rocks<http://www.stayingvertical.com/>. During this time, she's become a Knight Fellow, a New York Times Fellow, and a Columbia Journalism School Age Boom Fellow. She is the author of Cutting Loose: How Women Who End Their Marriages Do So Well<http://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Loose-Women-Marriages-ebook/dp/B000N0WTMY/>, media liaison to the board of the Council on Contemporary Families, and a staff writer at the American Museum of Natural History. REGISTER ONLINE HERE<http://brookdale.org/uncategorized/gmha-bp-lecture-3-18-1/> [cid:fa8d1691-4505-4446-896f-06937828db59]<http://brookdale.org> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the NFS-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF NFS-L".