Community Update (5/15/2023)

ANV Activities

Coffee and Conversation: Wednesdays at 10 am

Coffee and Conversation occurs on Wednesdays, 10–11 am. Join our weekly conversations via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88948577106?pwd=eW0rN1RTTU5ITmJ5NnF2QXZINmdUQT09

You also have the option to dial in by phone to participate without video. For that, dial: 929-205-6099. The meeting ID is 889 4857 7106 and the passcode is 872327.

Wednesday, May 17: Life’s Difficult Conversations. Health problems. Finances. Where we want to live. What we want the end of life to look like. These are some of the difficult conversations we need to have with family and friends. Yet broaching these conversations can feel frightening and overwhelming so we put them off, often to our own detriment.  Erin Whalen, Founder of Compassionate Coaching and her colleague Elizabeth Jernigan, Role Player, will give us the tools we need to have these difficult conversations.

Wednesday, May 24: Ranked Choice Voting.  The June Democratic Primary for two seats on the Arlington Board will be conducted using Ranked Choice Voting. But what is Ranked Choice Voting? How will your vote be counted?  Ms. Tate Fall, Deputy Director of Elections, for the Arlington Elections Board will explain the pros and cons of Ranked Choice Voting and walk us through the process of voting for our preferred candidates.

Wednesday, May 31: Senior Health & Fitness Day. In lieu of Zoom, join us in person to celebrate National Health & Fitness Day at the Lubber Run Community Center from 10:00am – noon. We will have information and screenings for: Blood Pressure, Vision, Hearing, Falls Risk, Cognitive Screening, Home Care Resources, Fitness Class Demonstrations, Senior Olympics, Vaccinations, Insurance Counseling and Assistance, Mobility Equipment, Community Services and Healthy Food Tastings. Everyone is welcome. See more information on this event below.

Wednesday, June 7: Renowned Early Music performer, scholar and teacher, Dr. Tina Chancey, will describe her remarkable musical career, talk about the unusual instruments and music that she plays, and also focus on her most recent projects which include arranging and performing scores for silent films. Based here in Arlington since 1980, Dr. Chancey is a performer, arranger, teacher, recording producer, Early Music scholar and writer who is noted for her mastery of a wide range of early and traditional musical instruments; she can play just about anything with a bow and strings! She performs Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque, as well as Sephardic, Appalachian, British & Spanish Colonial, Irish and Balkan music.

Wednesday, June 14: Historical accounts of desegregation in Northern Virginia have focused on the “massive resistance” to school desegregation. Libraries, however, played a critical, though often unacknowledged, role in the struggle for Civil Rights. Join Fairfax County librarians Chris Barbuschak and Suzanne LaPierre as they discuss the overlooked and little-known history revealed in their recently published book, “Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries.”

Wednesday June 21: Join us for an in-person Coffee and Conversation as we offer a tribute to the ANV staff that makes Coffee and Conversation happen. This get-together will celebrate Anita Wallgren’s and Elise Burn’s tenure as C&C talent scouts, presenters and organizational geniuses. The C&C Team identifies topics and speakers, promotes events, manages and trains folks on Zoom, and shares results online. It is a remarkable group effort that is valued by ANV members and volunteers. This meeting will also give everyone the opportunity to meet the new volunteers who will help C&C become even better. We will gather at 10am on Wednesday, June 21 in the Party Room at the Lexington Square condo, 3835 9^th St. North for coffee and donuts. There is metered street parking around the building. Lexington Square is also two blocks from the Virginia Square Metro stop. Please RSVP by calling the office at 703-509-8057 or emailing Office@arlnvil.org so we can get a count of attendees.

Wednesday June 28: Home Care 101: What is home care and how does it differ from skilled care? How do clients access home care, who pays for it and how much does it cost? Learn the answers to these questions and much more as representatives from ANV’s three “Preferred” home care providers join us to discuss home care.

ANV’s YouTube channel

If you miss a Coffee and Conversation speaker, be sure to check out ANV’s YouTube channel where we are posting some of our Coffee and Conversation speakers and other special events. Sit back and enjoy!