FREE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES WORKSHOP
For Austin Area LGBTQIA2+ People Ages 18-110

From Family Eldercare Workshop Leaders:
Cheryl Young, Senior Director of Well-Being
Ana Mitchell Cordova, Guardianship Staff Attorney
World Famous *BOB*, Program Coordinator of Rainbow Connections ATX a program of Family Eldercare

If you are 18+ and LGBTQIA2+ and haven't taken care of your Advance Directives or you have but have questions THIS event IS FOR YOU!
Our presenters have years of experience and we want you to feel confident about your wishes.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK.. they're too young, it's too morbid to think about, I'll do it later....why not come and take advantage of being able to ask a lawyer for free any questions you may have about these documents!
Take notes ~ get the forms ~ do as little or as much as you'd like but start.

What are Advance Directives?
Advance directives are legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes.
The two most common advance directives for health care are the living will and the durable power of attorney for health care.

• Living will: A living will is a legal document that tells doctors how you want to be treated if you cannot make your own decisions about emergency treatment. In a living will, you can say which common medical treatments or care you would want, which ones you would want to avoid, and under which conditions each of your choices applies. Learn more about preparing a living will.

• Durable power of attorney for health care: A durable power of attorney for health care is a legal document that names your health care proxy, a person who can make health care decisions for you if you are unable to communicate these yourself. Your proxy, also known as a representative, surrogate, or agent, should be familiar with your values and wishes. A proxy can be chosen in addition to or instead of a living will. Having a health care proxy helps you plan for situations that cannot be foreseen, such as a serious car accident or stroke. Learn more about choosing a health care proxy.

Think of your advance directives as living documents that you review at least once each year and update if a major life event occurs such as retirement, moving out of state, or a significant change in your health.

Join RCATX during our very own FREE docent led tour of the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Ransom Center!
Sunday, November 17th we meet at 11:45am and the tour starts at noon.
This experience is limited to 10 people and pre-registration is required.
You are NOT REGISTERED UNTIL...you email me (*BOB*) at:
Worldfamouscoaching@gmail.com

We hope you can make it!
After I receive your email you'll receive a confirmation of your spot.
If you plan on bringing someone they need to email me as well for a reservation.
Ages 18-110 LGBTQIA2+ Allies Welcome!
Parking and Public Transport and Accessibility Details.
https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/visit/

Details:
Visualizing the Environment Ansel Adams and His Legacy
August 31, 2024 - February 2, 2025

Photographs by American landscape photographer Ansel Adams (1902–1984) remain some of the most immediately recognizable environmental images of our time. Visualizing the Environment: Ansel Adams and His Legacy showcases some of these iconic works by Adams alongside those of his predecessors and the generations of artists he influenced and inspired.
Adams put it this way: “The first step toward visualization—and hence toward expressive interpretation—is to become aware of the world around us in terms of the photographic image.”
Adams’ photographs have inspired environmental consciousness in many. But many of those influenced by Adams have chosen to photograph exactly what he left out of his visualizations: our impact on the natural environment.
This exhibition was curated by Dr. Steven D. Hoelscher, Faculty Curator for Photography, Harry Ransom Center, and Stiles Professor of American Studies and Geography

Hospice Austin has started a Monthly drop-in grief group online specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

This drop-in group is for adults in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving the death of a person in their life, at any point after the loss.
The group will meet virtually the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30-8:30pm.
There is no cost to attend and no per-registration is required.

TO JOIN YOU MUST CALL AUSTIN HOSPICE FOR THE ZOOM INFO.
This step helps to create a safer space.
Please call Hospice Austin at 512-342-4700 with any questions or for meeting IDs/passcodes.

*this is not a RCATX event and we are posting it because it's a very needed resource.

The 2nd Saturday of each month from 1-2pm on Zoom
This is an online support group for LGBTQIA2S+ Caregivers and Allies caregiving for those in the community. It is a space of peer support led by Paige Schilt, LMSW and Robert Arambel, MSW Intern, offered by Rainbow Connections ATX.

All participants will be pre-screened to create a safer & supportive space.
Once you have been pre-screened you will be given the Zoom info and are free to drop in as you need.

Please do not share the group Zoom link - do feel free to share the interest form link (click & fill out to request a spot).

This support group is open to LGBTQIA2S+ people 18-110 who are currently caregiving, have been a caregiver in the past, and those who anticipate being in the caregiving role in the future.

There is value to past, present, and future experiences/preparations.

Rainbow Connections ATX presents ....Seeking Safety Support Group

Seeking Safety is a safe space for individuals age 18 to 110 to share, support each other, and learn coping skills.
On Zoom, every other Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm, starting 10/23/2024.
You must be registered through the facilitator once and then you can stop by whenever you'd like!
Click the link for info: Click Here For Info.
*ALWAYS FREE*
Rainbow Connections ATX is a program of Family Eldercare.

Details:

A Queer and Pleasant Danger

The inspiring true story of a nice Jewish boy who left the Church of Scientology to become the lovely lady she is today.

Please have finished the book and arrive with a note or two for discussion.

ZOOM link of Fall Queer Book Club Tea Social will be given to those registered.
*(it will be over Zoom - BYOT ~ Bring Your Own Tea!)

Please email me at worldfamouscoaching@gmail.com to register.

Book Details
In the early 1970s, a boy from a Conservative Jewish family joined the Church of Scientology. In 1981, that boy officially left the movement and ultimately transitioned into a woman. A few years later, she stopped calling herself a woman--and became a famous gender outlaw.

Gender theorist, performance artist, and author Kate Bornstein is set to change lives with her stunningly original memoir. Wickedly funny and disarmingly honest, this is Bornstein's most intimate book yet, encompassing her early childhood and adolescence, college at Brown, a life in the theater, three marriages and fatherhood, the Scientology hierarchy, transsexual life, LGBTQ politics, and life on the road as a sought-after speaker.

Our Fall Queer Book Club Tea Social Selection was chosen by Ruby.
Copies both in print and audiobooks can be borrowed for Austin Public Library.

Join Becky from Democrasexy as she takes you on a whirlwind tour of the fierce and fabulous Women of Texas in our State Cemetery.

Walkways are paved.

We’ll meet you at the cemetery gates (out front) starting at 9:45am and at 10:10 we go!

This event is NOT to be missed!

Free and open to all ages 10 years of age +

All children or minors must be accompanied by their guardian.

Come enjoy the beautiful grounds and learn about the powerful Women of Texas!

*in case of rain bring an umbrella ~ we will still meet!

Hospice Austin has started a Monthly drop-in grief group online specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

This drop-in group is for adults in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving the death of a person in their life, at any point after the loss.
The group will meet virtually the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30-8:30pm.
There is no cost to attend and no per-registration is required.

TO JOIN YOU MUST CALL AUSTIN HOSPICE FOR THE ZOOM INFO.
This step helps to create a safer space.
Please call Hospice Austin at 512-342-4700 with any questions or for meeting IDs/passcodes.

*this is not a RCATX event and we are posting it because it's a very needed resource.

Rainbow Connections ATX presents ....Seeking Safety Support Group

Seeking Safety is a safe space for individuals age 18 to 110 to share, support each other, and learn coping skills.
On Zoom, every other Wednesday, 6:30-7:30pm, starting 10/23/2024.
You must be registered through the facilitator once and then you can stop by whenever you'd like!
Click the link for info: Click Here For Info.
*ALWAYS FREE*
Rainbow Connections ATX is a program of Family Eldercare.

Join RCATX and other LGBTQIA2+ Elder groups in the Elder Tent!

*BOB* from RCATX  Volunqueers 12-2pm

The 2nd Saturday of each month from 1-2pm on Zoom
This is an online support group for LGBTQIA2S+ Caregivers and Allies caregiving for those in the community. It is a space of peer support led by Paige Schilt, LMSW and Robert Arambel, MSW Intern, offered by Rainbow Connections ATX.

All participants will be pre-screened to create a safer & supportive space.
Once you have been pre-screened you will be given the Zoom info and are free to drop in as you need.

Please do not share the group Zoom link - do feel free to share the interest form link (click & fill out to request a spot).

This support group is open to LGBTQIA2S+ people 18-110 who are currently caregiving, have been a caregiver in the past, and those who anticipate being in the caregiving role in the future.

There is value to past, present, and future experiences/preparations.

Hospice Austin has started a Monthly drop-in grief group online specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

This drop-in group is for adults in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving the death of a person in their life, at any point after the loss.
The group will meet virtually the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30-8:30pm.
There is no cost to attend and no per-registration is required.

TO JOIN YOU MUST CALL AUSTIN HOSPICE FOR THE ZOOM INFO.
This step helps to create a safer space.
Please call Hospice Austin at 512-342-4700 with any questions or for meeting IDs/passcodes.

*this is not a RCATX event and we are posting it because it's a very needed resource.

YOU MUST REGISTER and spots are limited.
To secure a spot (first come first serve) please register here:
https://forms.gle/AEh4hBDj3CUTgLJX6
If you are not registered you will not be able to participate.

Rainbow Rollers Go Kayaking - 1yr Anniversary!
Join Rainbow Connections ATX (RCATX) and Ghisallo Cycling Initiative for a recumbent bike ride + KAYAK!
The ride will start at Boggy Creek Trailhead (Conley-Guerrero) and head to Camacho Rec Center for an hour of kayaking.
Then we'll grab some TACOS on the way back, courtesy of Ghisallo!

9am start @ Conley Guerrero Senior Center for a 2-mile flat paved ride to Camacho Center where kayaks await us!
After kayaking they'll be a FREE taco lunch (vegan & gluten free available).
Then we go back to the start.
This whole event is FREE!!!!!!

YOU MUST REGISTER and spots are limited.

Don't have a bike? First 15 people who request one get a bike & helmet to use!
Can't ride a bike?
There are a few trikes available!
Wanna BYOB (bring your own bike) please do!!!!
Who's invited?
LGBTQIA2S+ and Allies 18-110
No children this ride.

Special thank you to:
Austin Parks & Rec
St. Davids Foundation
& Golden Rollers

Hospice Austin has started a Monthly drop-in grief group online specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

This drop-in group is for adults in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving the death of a person in their life, at any point after the loss.
The group will meet virtually the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30-8:30pm.
There is no cost to attend and no per-registration is required.

TO JOIN YOU MUST CALL AUSTIN HOSPICE FOR THE ZOOM INFO.
This step helps to create a safer space.
Please call Hospice Austin at 512-342-4700 with any questions or for meeting IDs/passcodes.

*this is not a RCATX event and we are posting it because it's a very needed resource.

We’re excited to announce you're invited to a project that's launching with a live, two-day staged reading event at The Westminster Retirement Living Community (4100 Jackson Ave.).
This engaging dramedy is not just entertaining but also offers a platform for important discussions around end-of-life autonomy.
Event Details:

• Dates: September 23rd and 25th
• Venue: The Westminster, 4100 Jackson Ave.
• Time: Doors open at 10:30 AM
• Admission: Free and open to the public
The City of Austin Economic Development Department has graciously partially funded this project.
Due to limited parking, free shuttle service will be available from Wheatsville Co-Op South (4001 Lamar) at 9:30 AM on both event days.
Plus, attendees will have the unique opportunity to provide direct feedback to help us shape the future of “Dolores and Howard Kick the Bucket,” created by our Austin-based Texas-Ex, female artist Andee Kinzy.

We’re excited to announce you're invited to a project that's launching with a live, two-day staged reading event at The Westminster Retirement Living Community (4100 Jackson Ave.).
This engaging dramedy is not just entertaining but also offers a platform for important discussions around end-of-life autonomy.
Event Details:

• Dates: September 23rd and 25th
• Venue: The Westminster, 4100 Jackson Ave.
• Time: Doors open at 10:30 AM
• Admission: Free and open to the public
The City of Austin Economic Development Department has graciously partially funded this project.
Due to limited parking, free shuttle service will be available from Wheatsville Co-Op South (4001 Lamar) at 9:30 AM on both event days.
Plus, attendees will have the unique opportunity to provide direct feedback to help us shape the future of “Dolores and Howard Kick the Bucket,” created by our Austin-based Texas-Ex, female artist Andee Kinzy.

Join RCATX’s very own World Famous *BOB* & Democrasexy at their VOTER Registration Table!

That’s right ~ you CAN get registered to vote in the club by FIERCE Queens!

10pm until we’re tired 😉  

Tuezgayz happening every Tuesday at Barbarella with no remixes, music in its purest form-an overall dance club for everyone!
This is a very gay party. If you aren’t an ally, this isn’t for you.

$5 cover
Happy Hour Drinks until 10pm
Doors at 9pm
21+ only

The 2nd Saturday of each month from 1-2pm on Zoom
This is an online support group for LGBTQIA2S+ Caregivers and Allies caregiving for those in the community. It is a space of peer support led by Paige Schilt, LMSW and Robert Arambel, MSW Intern, offered by Rainbow Connections ATX.

All participants will be pre-screened to create a safer & supportive space.
Once you have been pre-screened you will be given the Zoom info and are free to drop in as you need.

Please do not share the group Zoom link - do feel free to share the interest form link (click & fill out to request a spot).

This support group is open to LGBTQIA2S+ people 18-110 who are currently caregiving, have been a caregiver in the past, and those who anticipate being in the caregiving role in the future.

There is value to past, present, and future experiences/preparations.

Hospice Austin has started a Monthly drop-in grief group online specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

This drop-in group is for adults in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving the death of a person in their life, at any point after the loss.
The group will meet virtually the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:30-8:30pm.
There is no cost to attend and no per-registration is required.

TO JOIN YOU MUST CALL AUSTIN HOSPICE FOR THE ZOOM INFO.
This step helps to create a safer space.
Please call Hospice Austin at 512-342-4700 with any questions or for meeting IDs/passcodes.

*this is not a RCATX event and we are posting it because it's a very needed resource.

Come and say hello to RCATX (Rainbow Connections ATX) ~ we'll have the rainbow table!
Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/striking-a-balance-caregiver-conference-tickets-939663618177

The 23rd annual Striking a Balance Caregiver Conference will be held the week of August 15th, with virtual caregiving seminars on August 12th through 15th and an
in-person Conference on Saturday, August 17th
at the Norris Conference Center located at 2525 W. Anderson Ln. #365 Austin, TX 78757.
Hosted by AGE of Central Texas and the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, this annual event is the largest, longest-run free caregiver conference in Central Texas.
During this FREE annual conference, family caregivers will discover local resources, learn new skills to meet the needs of their caregiving situation, and connect with other caregivers and local experts on aging. An onsite complimentary respite program will be available and complimentary lunch will be provided.