Program Ideas

This page documents possible future monthly programs

2017

• NOVEMBER: Partners: What's a partner? Do you want a partner? How are you looking for a partner? What does partnership look like for you after 60?
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/im-an-older-gay-man-and-i-know-it-will-get-worse_us_599dc086e4b02289f76191ce
• DECEMBER: Christmas Social
  • DAN will ask Garry Williams if he's available
  • DAN will invite the Unitarian Universalist Church
  • LYNN will invite the Rainbow Refugees
  • We'll give the donations to the Rainbow Refugees
  • LYNN will order a cheese tray

2018

• JANUARY: Patricia Martinson: read something
  • LYNN will contact Patricia
  • Backup: Sexual Harassment: telling our stories. Ask Georgina if she would be the moderator - $50?
• FEBRUARY: Robert Wright: How can we be allies to the black & gay community in Halifax.
• MARCH: Simon Thibault (from Lynn): talk about his new book, Pantry & Palate - get ahold of him on Facebook
• APRIL: Maybe Lynn's paintings?
• MAY: it's mother's day - talk about coming out to our mothers!

Future

• Hal Walsh: tell us the story of your experience with Dr Tench, head of the Abby J Lane / Halifax Mental
• Cindy Kemp, Kemp, Cindy <Cindy.Kemp@Dignitymemorial.com> I am a Family Service Advisor with Dignity Memorial. I serve the communities for JA Snow, Mattatall and Cruikshanks Funeral homes in Halifax and Dartmouth. Funeral pre-planning. Discount offered to us.
• My biggest fear and what we can do about it?
• Pajama Party!!
• JJ And His Embroidery
• Patricia Martinson: Her book - about it, and read something from it.
• Tuma & Nick & their pictures and travels
• Tuma: Some element of two-spirit culture - or smudging, or something.
• Lynn Murphy's paintings: each one is a memory
• Picnic at Dr Bob Fredericson's place in Terrance Bay - he invited us.
• Review 2017-02-12 Meeting and actually do something to invite the People of Colour Communities
• Vance: Plato lecture
• Vance: Introduction to Topology
• Bethana Sullivan: what do you do?
• Jean Gravelline OR Fyre Jean & partner: what do you do?
• Georgina Chambers: Healing the Queer Community.
• Homophobia in our families
• My favourite scents
• Pride - pick a topic
• Barend's friend Muriel: Métis, raconteur, musician, tell a story about being Métis.
• Survey results
• Building community
• Another photo / history discussion
• Content ideas: Gerard Veldhoven. WAYNE will contact him about maybe coming in again some time.
• Music: Ukelele Mike
• Positives of Aging
• Photos & Videos: our stories
• Workshop on preserving photos and other community or family material
• Animals in our lives
• Sexual Harassment and strategies to deal with it.
• Racism in our GBLTQ+ community. How can/do we oppose it?
• Indigenous Issues and Culture

Projects

• Another cookbook
• Calendar
• Coffee mugs