Saint John’s 2022 Symposium On Aging I CONNECTIONS

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  • PRE-SYMPOSIUM | April 6 | 7:00 p.m. Theatre Event – Presented by In Tandem Theatre, Milwaukee - 'NIGHT MOTHER - A PLAY IN ONE ACT
     April 6, 2022
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm 'NIGHT MOTHER - A PLAY IN ONE ACT
    Directed by Chris Fleiler
    'Night Mother is a play by American playwright Marsha Norman. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play in 1983.

  • SESSION 1 | April 7 | 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Distinguished Lecture – Opening Session | THE FORGOTTEN AND PARALLEL PANDEMIC: LONELINESS AND ISOLATION IN OLDER ADULTS | (1.5 CEH)
     April 7, 2022
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm THE FORGOTTEN AND PARALLEL PANDEMIC: LONELINESS AND ISOLATION IN OLDER ADULTS
    Speaker: CarlaM.Perissinotto,M.D.,M.H.S.,Ph.D.
    Professor of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

  • LUNCH | April 7 | 12:00 p.m.
     April 7, 2022
     12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
    Join us at tables in Taylor's.

  • SESSION 2 | April 7 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. | Lecture | ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE [FILM] | (1.5 CEH)
     April 7, 2022
     1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE [FILM]
    SPECIAL MILWAUKEE SCREENING WITH DISCUSSION BY
    Director, Stu Maddux, and Producer, Joseph Applebaum, of The Clowder Group
    The documented story of the social isolation and loneliness that Covid is leaving behind.

  • SESSION 3 | April 7 | 3:00-4:30 p.m. | Workshop | FACILITATED ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION EXPLORING LONELINESS TOGETHER. ALL OF US. ALL LONELY. | (1.5 CEH)
     April 7, 2022
     3:00 pm - 4:30 pm FACILITATED ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
    EXPLORING LONELINESS TOGETHER. ALL OF US. ALL LONELY.
    Facilitators: Sue Kelley, B.A. Psychology, M.S.W. and Tom Hlavacek, M.S.

  • SESSION 4A | April 8 | 8:30-10:00 a.m. | (concurrent session, choose one) | Workshop | CONNECTING OLDER ADULTS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     8:30 am - 10:00 am SESSIONS 4A AND 4B ARE CONCURRENT. ONLY CHOOSE ONE.
     
    SESSION 4A | CONNECTING OLDER ADULTS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY
    Speaker: Thomas Kamber, Ph.D.
    Executive Director, Older Adults Technology Services/Senior Planet

  • SESSION 4B | April 8 | 8:30-10:00 a.m. | (concurrent session, choose one) | Workshop | SENIOR CENTERS – IMPROVING LIVES THROUGHOUT THE AGES | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     8:30 am - 2:00 pm SESSIONS 4A AND 4B ARE CONCURRENT. ONLY CHOOSE ONE.
       
    SESSION 4B | SENIOR CENTERS – IMPROVING LIVES THROUGHOUT THE AGES
    Speaker:   Dianne Stone
    Associate Director, National Council on Aging

  • SESSION 5 | April 8 | 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Lecture | LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS AND THE IRIDESCENCE OF LONELINESS | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     10:30 am - 12:00 pm LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS AND THE IRIDESCENCE OF LONELINESS
    Speaker:  Charles Pitre Hoy-Ellis, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
    Associate Professor, College of Social Work, University of Utah

  • LUNCH | April 8 | 12:00 p.m.
     April 8, 2022
     12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
    Join us at tables in Taylor's.

  • SESSION 6A | April 8 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. | (concurrent session, choose one) | Workshop | LEARNING AND CONNECTING WITH BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SESSIONS 6A AND 6B ARE CONCURRENT. ONLY CHOOSE ONE.
       
    SESSION 6A | LEARNING AND CONNECTING WITH BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS
    Facilitator:  Sam Goodrich
    TimeSlips Tele-Stories Program Manager and Master Trainer

  • SESSION 6B | April 8 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. | (concurrent session, choose one) | Workshop | BUILDING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SESSIONS 6A AND 6B ARE CONCURRENT. ONLY CHOOSE ONE.
       
    SESSION 6B | BUILDING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
    Speaker:  E.A. Casey, L.G.S.W., M.P.Aff.
    Dementia Navigator, Iona Senior Services, Washington, DC

  • SESSION 7 | April 8 | 3:00-4:30 p.m. | Lecture | LIVING BEYOND LONELINESS: THE PLACE OF THE OTHER IN NOURISHING THE SELF | (1.5 CEH)
     April 8, 2022
     3:00 pm - 4:30 pm LIVING BEYOND LONELINESS: THE PLACE OF THE OTHER IN NOURISHING THE SELF
    Speaker:  Mark Freeman, Ph.D.
    Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Society in the Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, MA

  • ORGAN CONCERT CHAPEL | April 8 | 7:00 p.m. | NO ONE STANDS ALONE
     April 8, 2022
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm NO ONE STANDS ALONE
    •   Sheri Masiakowski, Dean, Milwaukee American Guild of Organists
    •   Simone Gheller,  Ph.D., Organist, St. Jerome Catholic Church
    •   Larry Wheelock, Artist In Residence, Plymouth Church UCC.

  • SESSION 8 | April 9 | 10:00-11:30 a.m. | Screening | SPECIAL REPEAT MILWAUKEE SCREENING: ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE WITH FILM AND DISCUSSION | (1.5 CEH)
     April 9, 2022
     10:00 am - 11:30 pm SPECIAL REPEAT MILWAUKEE SCREENING:
    ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE WITH FILM AND DISCUSSION
    Facilitator:  M. Kent Mayfield, M.DIV., M.A., PH.D.
    The documented story of the social isolation and loneliness that Covid is leaving behind.

  • SESSION 9 | April 9 | 1:00-2:30 p.m. | Lecture (Speaker is Virtual) | DISCOVERING WHAT DEATH CAN TEACH US ABOUT LIVING FULLY | (1.5 CEH)
     April 9, 2022
     1:00 pm - 2:30 pm DISCOVERING WHAT DEATH CAN TEACH US ABOUT LIVING FULLY
    Speaker:  Frank Ostaseski
    Buddhist teacher visionary cofounder of Zen Hospice Project and founder of Metta Institute, San Francisco, CA

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