When actress and broadcaster Carmen Gilda decided to re-start her career at the age of 77, after spending 15 years caring full-time for her parents, she signed up for filmmaking…

Ify Nwabukwu, Founder and Executive Director of the African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association and now the latest recipient of the 2022 AARP Purpose Prize turned pain into purpose. This interview…

SAGE Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders was founded in 1978 and has grown over the decades since. It is now the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving the lives…

While every month is Older American’s month at Senior Planet, May is specifically designated Older American’s Month by the Administration on Aging, part of the Administration for Community Living. The…

While New York was the city of dreams for some, Black artists like Alex Harsley experienced a different scene. Born in the late ’30’s in South Carolina, he set his…

Inge Ginsberg became an unlikely rock star when, at the age of 92, she fronted the Tritone Kings, a death metal band, in a European talent contest in 2014, singing…

Journalist, fighter and feminist, Gloria Steinem became a women’s rights icon during the 60s and is now the subject of Julie Taymor’s biopic, The Glorias (learn more here). Based on…

In the U.S., Asian American women have the lowest breast screening rates out of other historically underrepresented groups. An immigrant from Taiwan and a breast cancer survivor herself, Chien-Chi Huang,…

For 10 years, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP has attended the American Society on Aging’s annual conference, On Aging, the nation’s largest multidisciplinary conference about aging. At this…

At 68 years old, Loretta Ross, an acclaimed activist and professor is just beginning to scratch the surface of her prime. In the midst of what Ross describes as her…

On Saturday, March 31, the New York State Legislature voted to continue funding the Senior Planet North Country program through April 2019, as part of the 2018-2019 state budget. This…

In Lexington, Kentucky, DV8 Kitchen is serving up more than just delicious meals. DV8 Kitchen provides second-chance employment opportunities to people in the early stages of substance abuse recovery. Meet…

With the pandemic dominating the news cycle and social media posts 24/7, it’s easy to fall into a gloom-and-doom mode. So here’s something to snap you right out of that,…

A group of artists in New York’s Catskill Mountains have joined the war on Coronavirus by making facemasks for healthcare staff: the Catskilled Crafters. This group of artists in upstate…

What does it take to get decent internet service? It took $10,000 for Aaron Epstein, a 90-year-old man in North Hollywood, California. He was so frustrated with his slow AT&T…