Meet your Legislator!

Our Meet Your Legislator session was filled with positive and practical advice on engaging your village’s elected officials. Having our village voices heard is crucial and VMC has some information and tools to help make that happen!  

Thank you Leza Coleman, Legislative Director for the California Commission on Aging and VMC board member, Erick Larson, Executive Director of Village of Sonoma Valley and VMC board member, and Carolyn Ross, Interim Executive Director at VMC for holding this workshop. 

You can watch the webinar here & see the slides here to prepare to meet with our state legislators during the fall/winter recess when they will be back in their home offices from Sacramento. 

Below are materials shared to help you get connected with your elected officials. 

The Village Impact Report is also a great engagement tool that details how Villages support the state’s Master Plan for Aging.  

VILLAGE IMPACT REPORT

Village Movement California offers an infrastructure of community-based organizations that address the five goals of the Governor’s Master Plan for Aging. Learn how the Village Model of Care is a proven solution for meeting the needs of California’s aging adult population and advances the state’s plan for aging.

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Member Spotlight

Ashby Village

With 600 members and volunteers, Ashby Village is a warm, welcoming community, rooted in connection, social support and a spirit of resiliency. We draw strength from one another to live our lives with vitality and joy. Given our Berkeley roots, we are socially active, too, advocating for policies to make our city age-friendly.