What we’re about
Just getting started. My goal is a nonpartisan political action support group of older women (60 plus) in the Chicago area. We will feel out way towards a combination of Zoom and in person meetings -- probably weekly or bi-weekly. I will set up a Zoom meeting as soon as I hear from one other woman who is interested.
Our topics will be those help each other find our way to become the building blocks of civilization that we want to be.
We want to use our time and resources wisely and effectively. We have some time that we may not have had before; we know a lot of people, and we maybe have a little money. So wow!! We can further our causes whatever they may be - voter rights, racism, housing, poverty, criminal justice, mental health, climate change.
But we are finding our way, and sometimes we may be discouraged. We are not able to volunteer full time to do the same work as organizations' paid staff members do; we have to juggle the competing demands of healthcare, family responsibilities, the digital world and our desire to have fun while being useful. We share goals with young people and men, but sometimes we seem to operate a little differently. We want to learn to mesh our styles with theirs or figure out what we can do on our own..
I'm look forward to meeting women like me who feel we can do all this better with the support of others on the same journey.
For now our only cost is for the Meet-up Site which I'm shouldering for six months. We will be unaffiliated with any other organization.