{"id":109,"date":"2019-07-09T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:54:33","slug":"engage-with-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/research\/engage-with-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage with Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Engage With Age: A Partnership between Southminster, UNC Charlotte and Renaissance West Community Initiative to promote Successful Aging, 2018-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow alignwide\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-645\" data-id=\"645\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa1.png 1920w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa1-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-644\" data-id=\"644\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa-2.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa-2.png 1919w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/ewa-2-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collective Impact initiatives are long-term commitments by community members and collaborative organizations from different sectors to agree to a common agenda to propose solutions to ongoing challenges and encourage communities to support successful development and quality of life for people of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Renaissance West Community Initiative (RWCI) established in 2012 in Charlotte, created the Renaissance village to address public housing using a holistic community redevelopment approach, and focusing on multiple critical factors, including mixed-income housing, educational opportunities, youth and adult development programs, health and wellness services and commercial investment (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/Users\/jmontoro\/Dropbox%20(UNC%20Charlotte)\/RWCI\/www.rwci.org\">www.rwci.org<\/a><\/em>). Currently the Renaissance consists of 334 units of mixed-income housing, including 132 senior housing apartments, the STEAM Academy (RWSA) and the Howard Levine Child Development Center (HLCDC) that opened this year in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gerontology Program at UNC Charlotte would like to contribute to the Renaissance West Community Initiative (RWCI) with a two-year program to promote&nbsp;<em>Successful Development across the Lifespan&nbsp;<\/em>at the village<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>The program&nbsp;<strong>\u201cEngage with Age\u201d (EWA)&nbsp;<\/strong>will provide engaging activities for adults in the village to foster intergenerational interactions, increase socialization, improve health and wellness literacy and provide information about community services and resources.&nbsp; These goals are in synchrony with the mission of the RWCI as to \u201cpromote a collaborative community centered on quality housing, education, health, wellness and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specific Programing goals are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide engaging programs for senior residents living at Renaissance to increase socialization, education, as well as health and wellness opportunities.<\/li><li>Connect all ages living in at the Renaissance West Community Initiative village.<\/li><li>Provide aging resources and serve as liaison to connect residents to various local services to enhance quality of life.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<h1><strong>EWA list of Activities &#8211;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><strong>HEALTH&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Be-Tobacco-Free-Flyer.pub_.pdf\">Be Tobacco free&nbsp;<\/a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Better-Sleep-BINGO.pdf\">Better sleep BINGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Nutrition-Label-Reading_Smoothies-Flyer.pdf\">Nutrition &#8211; Label Reading_Smoothies<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Healthy-Brain-and-Body-Flyer.pdf\">Healthy Brain and Body<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Laughter-is-the-Best-Medicine-Flyer.pdf\">Laughter is the Best Medicine&nbsp;<\/a> &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Keep-The-Beat-PPF-1.pdf\">Keep the Beat<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>SOCIAL&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/EWA-Summer-Social-Flyer.pdf\">EWA Summer Social<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Myrtle-Beach-Day-Trip-Flyer.pdf\">Myrtle Beach Day Trip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Volunteer-Bagged-Lunches-for-Homeless.pdf\">Volunteer &#8211; Bagged Lunches for Homeless<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Bechtler-Museum-Art-Series.pdf\">Bechatler Museum Art Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/5-Love-Languages-PPF.pdf\">Five Love language<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>PSYCHOLOGICAL\/COGNITIVE&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Know-the-10-Signs-Flyer.pdf\">Know the 10 signs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Crime-Prevention-Flyer.pdf\">Crime Prevention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/EWA_July-Healing-Hands-Trio.pdf\">EWA July Healing Hands<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1025\/2019\/10\/Effective-Dementia-Communication-Strategies-Flyer.pdf\">Effective Dementia Communication Strategies<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engage With Age: A Partnership between Southminster, UNC Charlotte and Renaissance West Community Initiative to promote Successful Aging, 2018-2020 Introduction Collective Impact initiatives are long-term commitments by community members and collaborative organizations from different sectors to agree to a common agenda to propose solutions to ongoing challenges and encourage communities to support successful development and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":0,"parent":106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/1385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jmontoro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}