Conversation and Brunch with MT Connolly

Northwest Neighbors Village is thrilled to announce the first of its resumed in-person salon series. Join us for this very special salon with guest MT Connolly, a leading national expert on elder justice, a MacArthur “genius” grant awardee, and author of the 2023 book, The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life.

We are living longer than ever before but are unprepared for longevity’s challenges. In her book, MT Connolly offers a new map of aging, one that helps us navigate its practical challenges and fragmented systems, while also showing how long lives can bring unprecedented growth, transformation, and joy.

Connolly’s book is essential reading for anyone trying to find the right care, avoid isolation, protect financial security amidst devious scams, and balance dignity, autonomy, and risk as health declines. The aging dilemmas playing out on the national stage in this election season also reflect our usual approach to aging in America—avoid planning until a crisis hits. And while few of us can control what happens in The White House, most of us can influence what happens in our own house. Connolly’s book offers readers a deeper understanding of what’s at stake in our personal lives and in society.

Weaving gripping stories, deep research and her own personal and professional experience into moving prose, Connolly reveals longevity’s challenges and gifts, and the ways that purpose, awe, and connection can protect and enrich us as we age.

MT Connolly is a leading expert on elder justice who was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant for her work to make aging more joyful, gentle, and just. She was the architect of the federal Elder Justice Act (enacted in 2010 with the Affordable Care Act) and founder of DOJ’s Elder Justice Initiative. She also co-designed the "RISE" model, a new evidence-informed, holistic, person-centered, and restorative justice approach to reducing trouble in aging. A graduate of Stanford University and Northeastern School of Law, she lives in Washington, DC.

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