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As our society seeks to address the glaring inequities revealed by COVID-19, we will share a tool to help advocate for housing and communities that are enabling across the life course and prioritize disproportionately impacted communities. AARP International collaborated with global organizations and experts in the built environment sector in 2019, to develop a Statement of Principles for the built environment sector. This webinar will present the 8 principles to inform the work of planners, architects, developers, and real estate professionals, and other local stakeholders who advocate for communities that are livable for all. Following this webinar, AARP will delve into each of these principles with global experts through a webinar series—a virtual world tour.   

Participants in this web seminar will be able to:

• Identify why the features of the built environment are a significant variable in public health and healthy communities 

• Identify 8 key principles for creating Age-Friendly and Multigenerational Housing + Communities.

• Identify ways their communities and organizations can improve the lives of their constituents by applying an enabling + equitable lens to their work.

• Have a tool to use in their work to engage other stakeholders, to promote policy and programmatic responses, and as a framework for better meeting the needs of their constituents.
   

Presenters

Visionary Dr. Bill Thomas is a physician, professor, entrepreneur, playwright, and performer whose wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging. His dedication to culture change and innovations for well-being led the Wall Street Journal to highlight Dr. Thomas as one of the nation’s “top 10 innovators” changing the future of retirement in America.

Stephanie Firestone is a Senior Strategic Policy Advisor with AARP International and a global thought leader in the area of livable communities for all people of all ages and abilities. She leads a series of initiatives to advance the planning, design and development of housing and communities for aging populations, multigenerational housing and related topics and leads AARP’s engagement in the WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing. Stephanie is a Health & Aging Policy Fellow and holds a Master of Urban & Environmental Planning degree from the University of Virginia.

Esther Greenhouse is a Built Environment Strategist, consulting for municipalities, senior housing providers, and organizations to leverage design to enable people to thrive. She is the Strategic Director of one of the nation’s first Age-Friendly Centers for Excellence and is collaborating with AARP International to generate a quantum leap for Age-Friendly Housing and Multigenerational Communities.