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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
WHCOA Press Office
301-443-2394
Tuesday, April 4, 2005
2005 WHCoA Policy Committee to Participate in Los Angeles Solutions Forum
Dorcas R. Hardy, Chairman of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Policy Committee will be joined by fellow Policy Committee members Clayton Fong and Melvin Woods to participate in a Solutions Forum hosted by the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging and the County of Los Angeles Community and Services Program on April 7, 2005.
The Policy Committee will hear innovative ideas and recommendations from Los Angeles area seniors and baby boomers. This input will assist the Policy Committee in their planning for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, scheduled to occur later this year in Washington, DC.
The mission of the WHCoA, which is held once a decade, is to report policy recommendations to the President and Congress which are designed to help guide national aging policies for the next ten years and beyond. The 2005 WHCoA will be the first of the 21st Century. Four previous White House Conferences on Aging have been held.
The 2005 WHCoA will focus on the interests of current and future seniors, including the 78 million baby boomers who will begin to turn 60 in 2006. By 2010, baby boomers will represent 25 percent of California’s population, and Los Angeles is among the counties with the highest numerical population gains.
When: Thursday, April 7, 2005
8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 So. Figueroa Street, West Hall, Room 501
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: Nora Andrews (301) 443-2874
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