5th Annual Conference
CONFERENCE RECAP:
In June 2023, over 100 village leaders, stakeholders, and sponsors joined the Village Movement California staff and board in Oakland at our annual conference, Fulfilling Our Potential.
The presentations and conversations about the needs of middle-income Californians, care and caregiving, and the importance of advocacy were intended to equip us to better understand, and articulate, how villages support and change lives. It is time for us to stake a claim within the larger aging services continuum so that our movement is valued as a solution to the challenges facing California and its older people.
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Join us on Friday, June 2, 2023 from 8:30am – 5:00pm at Preservation Park, Oakland, CA 94612
The time is right for villages to step into their crucial role within California’s aging services continuum. Each day, the village movement fulfills the CA Master Plan for Aging’s five bold goals and offers older adults, their families and communities, and the State a path towards sustainable aging.
The conference will focus on the exciting local and statewide opportunities at hand and equip you to seize them. You will gain knowledge, skills, and resources to advance your village’s mission and vision. You will expand your network and have a great time in beautiful Old Oakland. Bring a team!
An optional networking reception will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 1st at 5PM at the Iron and Oak at Marriott City Center hotel.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Current, new, and emerging leaders and staff.
LOCATION: Niles Building in Preservation Park, 1233 Preservation Way, Oakland, CA 94612. (Two blocks from the 12th Street BART Station, across the street from public parking.)
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607. Call 510-451-4000 or use this link to reserve a room on June 1 and June 2 under “Village Movement California”. Parking is available at the hotel for guests. The hotel is five blocks from the conference venue. We will meet in the lobby at 8:15AM for a guided walk to the conference site.
CONFERENCE PARKING: Parking is available directly across the street from Preservation Park at the City of Oakland Parking Partners, 1260 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94612
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The heart of the conference will be relationship building and peer-to-peer learning. We will have several structured opportunities for you to meet your colleagues to both share and learn: a World Café where we will dig into the joys and learnings from our three COVID years and our plans for the future, lunchtime discussions about social media strategies, volunteer programs, inclusion and belonging initiatives, and an Executive Director’s table. Our afternoon workshops will include a panel format so that you can hear from village leaders and stakeholders. We will have plenty of breaks to enjoy the beautiful grounds of Preservation Park and each other.
8:30AM
Breakfast & Welcoming
Charlotte Dickson, Executive Director of Village Movement California & Kim McCoy Wade, Senior Advisor on Aging, Disability, and Alzheimer’s at the Office of California Governor.
9:30AM
Keynote presentation:
VILLAGES AS COMMUNITIES OF CARE;
a conversation with Donna Benton, PhD, Director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center & Kate Hoepke, Executive Director of San Francisco Village.
10:45AM
World Café – structured networking with Peggy Sebora, Village Network of Petaluma
12:30PM
Lunch buffet with optional topic tables (Volunteers, Social Media, Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging, Executive Directors, Hub and Spoke Model)
1:30PM
Strategic Briefing on California’s Forgotten Middle Income Older Adults presented by Sarah Rayel, MPP and Kristen Hyashi, PhD, NORC at the University of Chicago
2:45PM
Topical break out groups (Villages and Care, Panel on Advocacy and Partnerships)
4:30PM
State of Village Movement California and Closing
An optional networking reception will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 1st at 5PM at the Iron and Oak at Marriott City Center hotel.
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SPONSORS
Partner:
Champion:
Supporter:
Friend:
DIANE BERGER, CLAYTON VALLEY VILLAGE
SU-YIN BICKNER, ASHBY VILLAGE
PAT BROWN*, VILLAGES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY
LEZA COLEMAN*, CA COMMISSION ON AGING
CARLENE DAVIS*, SISTAHS AGING WITH GRACE AND ELEGANCE
CHARLOTTE DICKSON, VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA
CAROL HAIG, VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA
KATE HOEPKE *, SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE
JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES’ SENIORS AT HOME
KBH ADVOCACY
CAROL KITABYASHI
ERICK LARSON*, VILLAGE OF SONOMA VALLEY
GREGORY MENGEL, GREGORYMENGELPHD.COM
NETWERX-MANAGEMENT, NETWERX-MANAGEMENT.COM
LAURA PECK*, ASHBY VILLAGE & THE DEI TRAINING INSTITUTE
AVI ROSE *
CAROLYN ROSS, VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA
Y’S CHANGE
* Friend is also a Village Movement California Board member
