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UPDCOMING SENIOR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS: TBD

ABOUT US:

The SEIU-ULTCW Seniors Association, founded in 2008, is a statewide advocacy group.  Our board is comprised of senior leaders and advocates among our membership body and our statewide community partners.  The Association is sponsored through SEIU-ULTCW and through our affiliated community partners.  

MISSION and PURPOSE:

The SEIU-ULTCW Seniors Association focuses its primary attention on legislative/community and consumer issues that impact older adults and people with disabilities.  

Delegates within the Senior Association are appointed to represent SEIU-ULTCW’s voice, maintain relationships, and build a bridge with affiliate grassroots organizations that share the same advocacy interests.  

SEIU-ULTCW Seniors Association hosts a variety of activities that caters to older adults to educate, empower and improve the comfort of their lives.  


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New Connections Formed At Building Bridges Mixer

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   Isadore Hall and Rev. Doug Nelson       Jimmy Valentine, Renita Thomas,            Kent Wong, UCLA
                                                                                     Louis Jamerson                                 Labor Center
                                                                                                                       

More than a dozen civic organizations teamed up with SEIU-ULTCW Local 6434 in an effort to forge stronger local connections at the Building Bridges Community Partnership Mixer held at La Bodeguita de Pico Restaurant on Thursday evening (May 1). 

ULTCW President Tyrone Freeman and Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti were the featured speakers at the event, which also was attended by representatives from the UCLA Labor Center, Community Coalition, the NAACP, the American Lung Association of California, ACORN, the Jewish Labor Committee and the United Negro College Fund, among several others.

"I challenge all of you to work with us to build a bridge across the river of despair to the promised land," said Freeman.  "We can get there if we all work together and have the same goal in mind."

The purpose of the event was to provide a networking opportunity for these organizations so they could unite toward building a stronger community. 

Among the goals:  To create four new city-wide coalitions--or Bridges Committees--that will deal with health care, education, youth empowerment and senior advocacy.

More oranizations in attendance:

UCLA Labor Center
The Tavis Smily Foundation
Public Allies
Community Rehabilitation Services
The California Partnership
Coalition of Mental Health Professionals
Los Angeles Job Corps
Office of Councilman Herb Wesson
Community Coalition
Californian's for Disability Rights
Kaiser Permante
Levitical Network

Look for more Building Bridges events in the coming weeks.

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       American Lung Association                                   ACORN                                   LA Council President
                                                                                                                                   Eric Garcetti and Ed Sanders,
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                  Paul Koretz                         Carolyn Fowler,                      Tyrone Freeman and attendee
           Jewish Labor Committee             New Frontier