Boots on the Ground Roundtable Meeting

LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Roundtable (BOTGR) is a virtual, supportive, solution-driven space for direct aging service professionals and others to obtain and share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professionals in an effort to stay connected and work collaboratively to continue serving older New Yorkers. Learn more here.

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024

Time: 11:00am-12:00pm

Mode: Zoom

Topic 1: Improving the Mental Health of Older Adults in the Community

Speakers: Jo Anne Sirey, PhD. Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry & Isabel Rollandi, PhD. Research Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine

Description: Weill Cornell focuses on the development of streamlined personalized psychotherapies for mid- and late-life depression, anxiety, and other emotional difficulties. Join us to learn about two programs that were designed and developed to improve the mental health of older adults in community settings: The Do More Feel Better program, a research study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to help older adults struggling with depression, and TRIO for Successful Aging, supported by NYC Aging, which is designed to provide members of older adult centers with mental health support and evidence-based interventions for mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. 

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Topic 2: Citywide Participatory Budget, Phase 3 (Voting)

Speakers: Jenna Gladfelter, Director of Membership & Kevin Kiprovski, Director of Public Policy, LiveOn NY

Description: LiveOn NY is excited to be working with NYC's Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) again this year for the Citywide Participatory Budget initiative to ensure older New Yorkers make their voices heard in this process. (Click here to read more about the 2022-2023 results.)

We are now entering Phase 3 of The People’s Money – Voting. From May 1st through June 12th, 2024, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to vote on how to spend part of the City budget to address community needs, by voting on projects in their borough and/or neighborhood. Join us to learn more about how to get your center or program involved, so together, we can demonstrate the power of older New Yorkers!