October 1, 2010
Event: National broadcast on Link TV in recognition of UN-sponsored International Day of Older Persons
Sponsor: Link TV
Date & Time: An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America will be broadcast October 1 at 9:45 p.m. ET on DIRECTV, the DISH Network, and select cable networks, as well as at www.linktv.org/elderabuse.
About: Link TV is an independent non-commercial network devoted to global issues, available in 32 million U.S. homes receiving satellite television on DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410. Select programs are shown on more than 170 local cable systems, on many college campus channels and streamed worldwide on the Internet.
For more information, visit Link TV here.

September – November, 2010
Event: Public screenings of An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America
Sponsor: LifeStream in collaboration with local Triads and Sheriffs Departments
Date & Time:

• September 16, Anderson, Indiana
• September 30, Hartford City, Indiana
• October 7 in New Castle, Indiana
• October 14 in Muncie, Indiana
• October 21 in Winchester, Indiana
• October 28 in Portland, Indiana
• November 4 in Marion, Indiana

About: LifeStream Services is an award-winning non-profit that offers a wide variety of quality services, products and help to people at risk of losing their independence, their families and their communities in East Central Indiana. The agency helps more than 28,000 people each year with meals, transportation, in-home care, housing, caregiver support, guardianship, information, referrals and much more.

August – October, 2010
Event: An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America will be aired on the Public Access Channel in Prince William County, Virgina every week for three to six months.
Sponsor: PWCS-TV, Prince William County Public Schools’ dedicated television channel
Date & Time: Ongiong beginning in August, 2010.
About: Prince William County is airing this video at the request of their Area Agency on Aging to bring attention to elder abuse and remind residents of services available to report suspected cases.

September 9, 2010:
Event: An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America screened as part of their 9/11 Day of Service,  in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sponsor: Senior Corps Programs of Positive Maturity, Inc., United Way, Birmingham, Alabama

September Update
In September we reached out to advocates asking them to share their insights from the screening they hosted in hopes of reaching more elders and elder rights advocates with An Age for Justice. Here are the screenings we learned about.

-        University of Texas, Health School of Nursing, Center on Aging, Houston, Texas
-        Resources for Seniors, Raleigh, North Carolina
-        Johnson City Seniors’ Center, Johnson City, Tennessee
-        Allegan County Commission on Aging, Allegan, Michigan
-        Marion-Grant County Senior Center, Marion, Indiana
-        Vandalia Senior Center, Vandalia, Ohio
-        Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan
-        Golden Umbrella, Redding, California
-        Pershing County Senior Center, Lovelock, Nevada
-        Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California
-        Area Agency on Aging, Santa Barbara, California
-        Queen Anne’s County Department of Aging, Centreville, Maryland
-        Connecticut Community Care, Inc., Bristol, Connecticut
-        Ethos, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
-        Coalition of Organizations Protecting Elders, Toledo, Ohio
-        Family Service of Champaign County, Champaign, Illinois
-        Area Agency on Aging, Kansas City, Kansas
-        Adult Protective Services, Corpus Christi, Texas
-        Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, Maryland
-        Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida, North Fort Myers, Florida
-        The Senior Source, Dallas, Texas

June 24, 2010
Event: Free Public Screenings of An Age for Justice and Follow-up Discussion
Sponsor: Maple Knoll Home Health
Date & Time: Thursday, June 24 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
Location: Sycamore Senior Center, 4455 Carver Woods Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio
About: Maple Knoll Village is a non-profit continuing care retirement community, with a history of more than 160 years of serving older adults. This free public screening and follow-up discussion is just one of many activities that are a part of Maple Knoll’s outreach programs and services continue to serve older adults in the community and help them to Live Life!
To learn more about Maple Knoll, please click here.

June 16, 2010
Event: Southeastern Michigan World Elder Abuse Summit & Screening of An Age for Justice
Sponsors: Elder Law of Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan Crime Victim Services Commission and Michigan Department of Community Health
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 16 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan
About: Join Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy and Wayne County Executive, Robert Ficano, and the Wayne County Elder Abuse Advisory Council for this free multidisciplinary summit addressing current issues involving financial abuse and exploitation of the elderly. Special Guest Speakers include Paul R. Greenwood, San Diego District Attorney’s Office, Adult Protective Services, Wayne County Probate Court, Wayne County Medical Society and Law Enforcement Officials. The conference will close with a screening of An Age for Justice presented by Ron Tatro, Director of Elder Abuse Prevention Services with Elder Law of Michigan.

June 15-18, 2010
Event: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsors: St. Tammany SALT Council ▪ Capitol One Bank
Dates & Locations of free public screening during the Elder Abuse Public Forums:

• June 17, 6:30-8:00 pm, St. Tammany Parish, Council Chambers, Mandeville, Louisiana
• June 18, 10:00-11:30 am, John Slidell Park, Slidell, Louisiana

Dates of a Professional Seminar on Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse

• June 15, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, Louisiana

About: Please join St. Tammany SALT Council during World Elder Abuse Awareness Week for an open public forum to discuss the nature, scope and extent of elder abuse in Southeast Louisiana or for the day-long seminar on recognizing and preventing elder abuse. While the seminar is oriented towards professionals involved with care and service to the elderly, it is open to the public. If you are a senior citizen, join these events to learn how to protect yourself. If your are a professional, do not miss this chance to learn more about what you can do to help seniors avoid becoming victims of elder abuse. If you care about our senior citizens and believe they should be allowed to live in dignity, find our about elder abuse and make it a priority to help protect those who protected all of us.
For more information, please call: 985.809.5450 or click here.

June 15, 2010
Event: National broadcast on Link TV in recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsor: Link TV
Date & Time: An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America will be broadcast at 8:30 p.m. EST on DIRECTV, the DISH Network and select cable networks.
About: Link TV is an independent non-commercial network devoted to global issues, available in 32 million U.S. homes receiving satellite television on DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410. Select programs are shown on more than 170 local cable systems, on many college campus channels and streamed worldwide on the Internet.
For more information, visit Link TV here.

JUNE 15, 2010
Event: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsor: Door County Elder and Adults-at-Risk Interdisciplinary Team
Location: Door County Senior Resource Center, 832 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
About: In honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Elder and Adults-at-Risk Interdisciplinary Team at the Door County Department of Social Services will be hosting a screening of An Age for Justice and talking about the issue of elder abuse locally. The team invites elders, professionals in the elder-services community and the public to this screening and discussion. Then, throughout June and July, the Team plans to screen the video at their Senior Center Meal Sites located throughout rural Door County.

JUNE 15, 2010
Event: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Screening and Panel Discussion
Sponsor: Ethos
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 12:00 noon
Location: Boston Police Department, 1708 Centre Street, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
About: In honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Ethos invites elders, caregivers, and the public to join us in viewing the documentary, An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America. After the viewing, join guest speakers – Dan Conely, Suffolk County District Attorney; Sandy Hovey, Director of Ethos Protective Services; and a representative from the Boston Police Department – for a discussion regarding elder abuse and its relevance to the greater Boston region. Help bring awareness to this issue and empower older persons in finding their voices to combat elder abuse by joining us for the viewing and discussion.
For more information about Ethos, a private, non-profit organization, please click here.

June 15, 2010
Event: Confronting Elder Abuse in honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsor: Tennessee Vulnerable Adult Coalition and Johnson City Senior Center
Location: Johnson City Senior Center, 607 East Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City, Tennessee
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 15 at 10:00 am
About: In honor of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, we will screen the short documentary, An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America. Counselors with Adult Protective Services and law enforcement officers will be available for questions and answers.

JUNE 14-21, 2010
Event: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsors: Department of Elder Affairs State of Florida ▪ Prevent Elder Abuse ▪ Communities for a Lifetime
Dates & Locations of the free Public Screenings:

• June 14, 10-11:30 am, Tallahassee Senior Center 1400 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee
• June 15, 10-11 am, Betty Easley Conference Center (South Wood) Conference Room 166 4075 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee
• June 16, 10-11 am, Gadsden County Senior Center 79 LaSalle LeFall Drive, Quincy
• June 17, 10:45-11:45 am. Wakulla County Senior Center 33 Michael Drive, Crawfordville
• June 21, 11-12 noon. Smith-Williams Service Center 2295 Pasco Street, Tallahassee

About: June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a time to raise awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic factors that affect elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. In conjunction with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Department of Elder Affairs is hosting free public screenings of the short film An Age for Justice. This film is part of a nationwide effort to increase public awareness of elder abuse in America and to give elders and advocates a voice for needed policy changes.
For more information please contact: Allison Bryant, Statewide Elder Abuse Prevention Coordinator, 850-414-2000 or bryanta@elderaffairs.org

JUNE 15, 2010
Event: Canada Celebrates World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sponsors: The Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse ▪ RCPMTA ▪ International Federation of Aging ▪ International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
Location: The Faculty Club, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
About: Please click here or here for more information.

June 10, 2010
Event: Emerging Trends Addressing Chronic Issues: Creating a Balance
Sponsor: New Jersey Foundation for Aging and eleven other supporting organizations
Location: Jamesburg, New Jersey
About: The goal of this annual conference — 12-years in the running now — is to present educational opportunities for providers in the aging network, advance new approaches to help elders and enhance services for older Americans. As part of the conference, Pat Bohse of Bohse and Associates, screened three of the short videos submitted as part of the 100 Stories component of this campaign. She screened the videos at a morning and afternoon session both entitled, The Ethical and Legal Response: Identifying and Reporting Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation. The Age for Justice DVD will also be distributed to all of the twenty-one Area Agencies on Aging throughout New Jersey thanks to Pat.
For more information on Bohse and Associates, please click here.

JUNE 2, 2010
Event: Fifth Annual New York City Elder Abuse Conference, Don’t Walk Alone: Interdisciplinary Collaborations to Improve the Impact of Interventions in Elder Abuse
Sponsors: JASA ▪ The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale ▪ New York City Department for the Aging ▪ Carter Burden Center for the Aging ▪ The New York City Human Resources Administration/ Department of Social Services ▪ Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC, Inc. ▪ The New School Institute for Retired Professionals ▪ Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
Location: New York, New York
About: WITNESS, NYC Council of Senior Centers and Services and the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged will present a workshop, The Arsenal of Advocacy: Fighting the Good Fight. This workshop will examine different ways to approach advocacy. The panelists will give a broad overview of essential skills and tools, utilizing the media, stakeholders and clients while presenting successful advocacy outcomes. Additionally, this panel will look at concrete case studies including the Elder Justice Now campaign launched by NCOA and WITNESS with a screening of the film, An Age for Justice.

JUNE 2, 2010
Event: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Public Screening
Sponsor: Kenosha County Division of Aging & Disability Services
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin About:
For more information please contact: Kenosha County Division of Aging at 262.605.6630

MAY 27 & JUNE 6, 2010
Event: Mental Health and Aging Coalition Meeting & GRADD Area Agency on Aging Staff Meeting
Sponsor: Green River Area Development District  (GRADD)
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
About: On May 27, the Green River Area Development District screened the film for 15 aging professionals during the Mental Health and Aging Coalition meeting. On June 6, the District screened it for 27 of its staff members working for the Area Agency on Aging.
For more information of the districts work, please click here.

MAY 24, 2010
Event: Two Days in May: Conference on Victim Assistance
Sponsor: Ohio Attorney General, Richard Cordray
Location: Columbus, Ohio
About: Two Days in May is an annual statewide training opportunity sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General which brings together approximately 1000 victim advocates and national, state and local experts. The focus of this year’s conference will be elder abuse and human trafficking. The film, An Age for Justice, will be screened during the opening plenary with the Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and the Elder Abuse Commission.
For more information on Two Days in May, click here.

MAY 24, 2010
Event: Older Americans Month: Public Screening and Panel Discussion
Sponsor: Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE) and Tower Grove Manor
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
About: In honor of Older Americans Month, SAGE and Tower Grove Manor hosted a special screening of the documentary An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in America. The film was followed by a discussion panel to provide older adults, family members, care providers, and professionals with a greater understanding of the rights of ALL older adults and the laws designed to provide protections as they AgeStrong! and LiveLong!
For more information about SAGE St Louis, please click here, for SAGE USA, click here.

MAY 15, 2010
Event: National College of Probate Judges 2010 Spring Conference
Sponsor: National College of Probate Judges
Location: Portland, Oregon
About: The National College of Probate Judges promotes efficient, fair and just judicial administration in the probate courts and provides continuing judicial education for probate judges and personnel. These twin purposes are accomplished through national and regional programs and projects, including biannual conferences. Though probate judges deal primarily with the estates of deceased persons, it is vital they understand the needs of older Americans as probate courts play a critical role in protecting the rights of people with special needs, especially the aged.
For more information about the National College of Probate Judges, click here.

MAY 6, 2010
Event: Elder Abuse Awareness Luncheon
Sponsor: Mary Twomey, M.S.W., Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect, University of California, Irvine
Location: Orange County, California

APRIL 30, 2010
Event: International Social Action Film Festival during the Second International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, System Thinking & Complexity
Sponsor: International Social Action Film Festival
Location: Adelphi University, Garden City, New York
About: WITNESS presented as part of a panel discussion titled, Amplifying Weak Signals screening An Age for Justice to illustrate how we can successful empower people to speak out and be heard.

APRIL 28, 2010
Event: California Elder Abuse Summit
Location: San Francisco, California

APRIL 6, 2010
Event: Elder Court Roundtable
Sponsor: Superior Court of Contra Costa County
Location: Martinez, California
About: Mary Counihan, MSW, Program Director for Adult Protective Services, San Francisco (now retired) and Field Producer for An Age for Justice, presented the film at the Elder Court Roundtable as part of a presentation titled, Collaboration in Elder Cases: It’s Here to Stay. This presentation was part of the larger, and very successful, Elder Abuse Protection Court Project, created in 2002 by the Superior Court of Alameda County. This project addresses the special needs of elders. Its value is already apparent and will become unmistakable as elder abuse increases as America grays.

APRIL 1, 2010
Event: NYC Department for the Aging, Senior Advisory Council Meeting
Sponsor: NYC Department for the Aging
Location: New York, New York
About: NYC’s Department for the Aging’s Senior Advisory Council consists of 31 members, at least 16 of who are to be recipients of services for the elderly. This council meets regularly to advise the Department for the Aging and its Commissioner. Thanks to Verna Arthur with NYC’s Department on Aging, An Age for Justice was screened at the Council’s April meeting.

MARCH 25, 2010
Event: EFPN’s 6th Annual Call to Action Conference & Awards Ceremony
Sponsor: Elder Financial Protection Network (EFPN)
Location: San Francisco, California
About: The Elder Financial Protection Network, one of our country’s leading elder rights organizations, held a historic Call-To-Action conference and awards ceremony. An Age for Justice was screened during the opening plenary of this event which brought together over 250 professionals representing financial institutions, law enforcement, social services, elder justice advocates and the legal community to share best practices and express our collective determination to prevent elder financial abuse.
For more information on the conference and EFPN’s successful advocacy work, click here.

MARCH 19, 2010
Event: 2010 Aging in America Annual Conference
Sponsor: National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging
Location: Chicago, Illinois
About: The National Council on Aging (NCOA) and WITNESS hosted a panel discussion Video Advocacy and Social Media: Using It to Promote Your Cause and a screening of An Age for Justice. This conference is the largest gathering of a diverse, multidisciplinary community of professionals from the fields of aging, health care and education. This conference is recognized as a showcase for programs and projects that can be replicated, a forum for policy discussion and advocacy, and a prime source of information on new research findings in aging.
To learn more about the conference, click here.

MARCH 17, 2010
Event: Public Community Screening, Center for Active Seniors, Inc.
Sponsor: Center for Active Seniors, Inc.
Location: Davenport, Iowa
About: The Center for Active Seniors, Inc. (CASI) is dedicated to provide services that meet the needs of older adults, and fosters respect, dignity and quality of life. Their professional staff meets CASI’s mission by advocating o behalf of seniors and all issues facing our aging population. As part of their role as advocates, CASI hosted a public screening.
** Screenings in Iowa, are critical because of the state’s powerful role in Washington D.C. On March 23, 2010, the Elder Justice Act was signed into law. This landmark legislation is the most comprehensive federal legislation to date to protect older Americans from being beaten, neglected and exploited. But the work is not done, the EJA must still be funded and implemented. Iowa, along with several other states, will play an important role in this next step.

MARCH 16, 2010
Event: Montreal Human Rights Festival
Sponsor: Montreal Human Rights Film Festival
Location: Montreal, Canada
About: An Age for Justice was screened as part of a Cine-Conference on Ageism, AGISM and the Situation of Seniors in Quebec: Observations and Prospects. In combination with the film screening, a group of lawyers, unionists, researchers and filmmakers discussed, what ageism is and then looked beyond the myths and the taboos to address the situation of the elderly in Quebec.

FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Event: Community Screening at Stein Senior Center
Sponsor: Stein Senior Center
Location: New York, New York
About: We originally met the seniors at Stein when our crew went there to film in August of 2009. We received an incredibly warm welcome and knew we would be back at Stein to screen the film after the final cut. Although we were competing with a class on Shakespeare, we still had a wonderful audience and reception. Here is what we heard from Jane Barry, the Executive Director at Stein, “The film produced by NCOA & WITNESS takes the issue of elder abuse out of the closet and into the light of day. It discusses the different forms of abuse revealed by the victims themselves in such a powerful way. Our seniors were moved by the film and a discussion followed that brought up many underlying fears in our members. I congratulate NCOA, WITNESS and their talented crew on their achievement. This film must be shown widely, since this issue is widespread and cuts across all segments of our society.”

DECEMBER 14, 2009
Event: Flaherty NYC at Anthology Film Archive
Sponsor: Flaherty NYC
Location: New York, New York
About: For the December installment of the Flaherty NYC’s monthly screening series, Flaherty presented recent advocacy videos produced by WITNESS and the grassroots human rights defenders it works with around the world. An Age for Justice was included in the trio of films. The program was a perfect complement to the current season of Flaherty NYC, which revolved around the theme of the, Witnesses, Monuments Ruins. A post-screening discussion with representatives from WITNESS, the National Council on Aging and New York City Council of Senior Centers and Services followed.

OCTOBER 29, 2009
Event: 20th Annual Conference of the National Adult Protective Services Association, Celebrating Over Two Decades as the Voice of APS
Sponsors: National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) in collaboration with Texas Adult Protective Services, funded in part through the Archstone Foundation and the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice.
Location: San Antonio, Texas
About: NAPSA is a national non-profit organization with members in all fifty states, formed in 1989 to provide state Adult Protective Services (APS) administrators and staff with a forum for sharing information, solving problems, and improving the quality of services for victims of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. NAPSA is a partner in the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) funded by the U. S. Administration on Aging, a founding member of the Elder Justice Coalition and another of our country’s leading elder rights advocacy organizations.

OCTOBER 19, 2009
Event: Congressional Briefing
Sponsor: Rep. Pete King (R-NY-3)
Location: Washington, D.C.
About: Rep. Pete King and NCOA hosted a screening for Congressional Representatives along with a panel discussion with the Elder Justice Coalition, Elder Financial Protection Network, National Adult Protection Services Association and WITNESS. After Rep. King’s, staffer, Kerry Ann Watkins shared, “[The video] really enables us to put a face on it [elder abuse] immediately . . . . Putting a face and a story with what is the Elder Justice Act and what exactly we’re talking about really has had a very, very powerful impact so . . . I think the direct contact between handing the videos to the Congressmen will really start, start to give us more traction.”

ADDITIONAL KNOWN USES

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Location: Los Angeles, California
Use: The documentary is placed on the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Intranet Training site, available to more than 10,000 department employees, both sworn and civilian.

DAVIES COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
Location: Washington, Indiana
Use: In-service trainings for Law Enforcement Officers

KENOSHA COUNTY DIVISION OF AGING
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Use: Screening at Interdisciplinary Team meetings to encourage team members in law enforcement, the district attorney’s office and domestic violence agencies, etc. to screen as well.

INSTITUTE ON AGING AND THE CENTER FOR ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION THE JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
Location: Fairfield, Connecticut
Use: Ongoing trainings

ELIZABETH MCGOWN TRAINING INSTITUTE
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Use: The video is posted on the training site, mmLearn.org. In the first week it had 330 views with most watching nine out of 15 minutes online. Please visit the site.

INSTITUTE ON AGING
Location: San Francisco, California
Use: Dr. Erika Falk screens the video during trainings with 911 Responders and law enforcement.
Sponsor: Dr. Falk, Psy.D, Director of Institute on Aging’s Geriatric Assessment and Psychological Services