Greetings BECs,

 

Did you know: There is estimated to be between 2.9 and 3.8 million LGBT people living in rural America.

  

Yesterday, we hosted a wonderful brown bag presentation at our office on the topic of Rural Aging and the LGBT Community. The Presenter was Dr. Logan Casey of the LGBT Movement Advancement Project (MAP). Logan shared a few really great resources I would like to make you aware of as you continue to build your outreach materials. The first is a community flyer which guides individuals of the LGBT community in rural parts of the country to LGBT supportive resources in their area. What is great about this flyer is if the person who sees it feels they would prefer to read it in private, they can save it on their phones by scanning the barcode at the bottom of the flyer. The flyer is also available in Spanish. See attached. FYI, you will need adobe acrobat professional to make edits to the pdf.

 

The second resource is their LGBT weblink on rural outreach. http://www.lgbtmap.org/rural This site provides information on policy, messaging to the LGBT community, best practices and a number of reports and infographics on the topic of rural aging and the LGBT community.

 

For those of you who serve in rural parts of the country or if you would like to pass it along to others, please feel free to print and use their outreach & resource flyers.

 

All the best,

 

~Randy

 

Randy Feliciano, MPA

Senior Program Manager, Center for Benefits Access

Phone: 571-527 -4008

Randy.Feliciano@ncoa.org

 

National Council on Aging

Improving the lives of millions of older adults, especially those who are struggling

251 18th Street South, Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22202

ncoa.org | @NCOAging

www.economiccheckup.org

 

 

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