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This Is What Activism Does To Your Body

By Jolie A. Doggett — 2019

“Even with these health consequences, we can see the benefits of taking a stand because people are fighting for what they believe in and protecting people’s lives,” Sumner said. “I don’t think the answer is to stop altogether. It speaks to how critical it is to engage in self-care.

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LGBT Documentary: Gay, Old and Out

Meet the people who paved the way for LGBT rights. It has been a long hard fight to secure acceptance for the LGBT community, and the older people who fought the fight often get overlooked and forgotten.

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2018
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TEDxWomen -- Gloria Steinem and Salamishah Tillet

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist who talks about the aging process as becoming more like ourselves. She reflects on her own process of aging, her writing, stereotypes, biases and the feminist movement.

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Gloria Steinem
2011
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Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society

Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned American poet, writer, activist, and educator, appeared at the Governors State University Center for Performing Arts on November 7, 2012. She will speak on The Courage for Equality: Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society.

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Nikki Giovanni
2012
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Seeking Wisdom in Graying Matter

Geriatric psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dilip Jeste reveals how our brains compensate for physical aging and discusses an unexpected evolutionary advantage to growing old–gaining sage wisdom–which holds great promise to benefit society as a whole.

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Dilip Jeste
2016
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Dr. Maria Sirois and Dr. Randy Kamen: Finding Fulfillment and Joy in Midlife

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Maria Sirois
2017
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