The Truth About Aging

Lansing  Regional Sister Cities Commission, Black Child & Family Institute and MSU College of Communication Arts Sciences

Present Dinner with

Phillip Emeagwali

The father of the Internet

“Nigerian born, refugee of the Nigeria-Biafran war, with over 41 inventions submitted for patent he is dubbed  ‘renaissance man’ for his scientific contributions and broad knowledge of literature and the arts”

Thursday, April 19, 2007

6:30 PM

Lansing Sheraton Hotel

$45 per person

$450 per table

NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING

April 9, 2007

6:20 PM

Faith Fellowship Baptist

Church

1142 Lathrop

Lansing, Michigan.

 

LANSING ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SOCIAL WORKERS

Every First Thursday

6:30 PM

Lett’s Community Center

1200 Kalamazoo

Lansing, MI

517-483-4711

Neighborhood and area meetings
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Neighborhood News

Congressional black caucus
Text Box: school systems Adult education or your local community college and take a class. Growing older does not mean you have learned all there is to know. Research also shows the more you work to keep your mind fresh the less likely you are to suffer from memory loss and or senility. Age is more than a number. It is what you make of it. Let’s all work to grow old intelligently, healthy, and gracefully. Wendolyn D. Davis, BS, MBA/HRM VanderZanden, J.W., Crandell, T.L., and Crandell, C.H. (2007). Human Development 7th Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill. Text Box: Every generation has held to certain beliefs about aging and what exactly is old. If you were to ask a ten-year old what age is old he may say somewhere around 20 or 25. If you ask that 25 year old the same question they will more than likely exclaim 40 is old! Now ask a 40 or 60 or even 80 year old and you will get a different answer. My 81 year old grandmother would talk about the time she spent with the old people. VanderZanden, Crandell & Crandell (2007) has separated age categories as follows: Birth—18 months Infancy 2—6 Early Childhood 7-12 Middle Childhood 13—25 Adolescence 26-44 Early Adulthood Text Box: 45-64 Middle Adulthood 65-84 Late Adulthood 85—death Late, Late Adulthood Old age and feeling old is just that. You are as old as you feel. The human body does slow down physically but that can be thwarted with exercise and moving around. If you eat healthy, stay active, and have someone special in your life you don’t have to become the untrue picture of old. Even where the body slows down research also shows the mind does not have to. Most people continue to learn and increase their intelligence well past their seventies. One key to keeping your mind clear is to continue to read, do math problems and learn. Go to the public Text Box: January 4, 2007 Reception for Representative Carolyn Kilpatrick of Michigan as Chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus. Rep. Kilpatrick’s son is Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatarick