1. Laughter Club - this is a wonderful way to release stress and have fun:
Phinney Laughter club meets next Tues, April 10 (and every month on the 2nd Tues) in The Blue Room, downstairs at Phinney Neighborhood Center (upper bldg). We start at 7:00 p.m. and go for about one hour. The cost is $5. Bring water – this is a laughter workout!
The address is: 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, 98103.
Taught by - Teresa Verde
Certified Laughter Leader
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ACADEMIC JOURNALS- CALLS FOR PAPERS RELATED TO AGING:
1. Call for Papers on the Topic of Muslims and Ageing for a Thematic Issue of Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life
The international referred journal Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life welcomes and encourages the submission of articles which reflect on ageing, perceptions of it and the impact that it has on Muslim communities both in Muslim majority countries as well as Muslims living in the west.
Questions and topics for discussion include, but are not limited to:
- The concept of ageing as discussed among Muslims
- Ageing identity and self among Muslims communities
- Challenges faced by Muslim communities as far as an increased ageing population are concerned
- Changes in the care of the elderly among contemporary Muslim communities
- Problems that elderly Muslims face in the West as far as care and support are concerned
- Ageing and faith
- Relations between the young and the old: inter-generational conflict, respect, and veneration
- Political and social discrimination against elderly Muslims.
The deadline for receipt of submissions is 31 July 2012
For this special issue, please direct all enquiries, requests for further information as well as actual manuscripts to our Assistant Editor: Ms Siobhan Irving
siobhan.irving@gmail.com<
Some information about Contemporary Islam:
- Contemporary Islam has an acceptance rate of about 33% (applying to original research papers, so excluding book reviews and special issue papers)
- Contemporary Islam has a very fast "time-to-first-decision" of 53 days on average despite submitting manuscripts to a very selective peer-review process (2 or 3 peer-reviewers)
-Thousands of academic institutions worldwide now offer access to Contemporary Islam
For further information about the journal, including a description of the aims and scopes, please see:
http://www.springer.com/
2. Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Aging & Mental Health: Dementia and Dementia Care in Asia
Special issue editors: Sheung-Tak Cheng and Steven H. Zarit
Aging & Mental Health, a leading interdisciplinary journal focused on the aging process and mental health, is calling for papers for a special issue devoted to the topic of dementia and dementia care in Asia. Papers reporting empirical research on, but not limited to, demographic trends of dementia prevalence, diagnostic issues, cognitive deficits, behavioral problems, stigma, caregiver mental
health, abuse, management of dementia in residential settings, and bereavement, are especially welcome. Each paper must include explicit data on one or more Asian populations; data on Asian ethnic groups in non-Asian countries are not included in this category.
Authors who are interested in submitting a paper to this special issue are invited to send a proposal to Sheung-Tak Cheng at takcheng@ied.edu.hk by June 15, 2012. The proposal should include a
synopsis of no more than 300 words structured into the following sections: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion and Discussion. In the proposal, please specify whether you intend to submit a regular article (5,000 words) or a brief report (2,000 words).
Upon initial screening by the editors, authors will be invited to submit papers formally to the special issue. Deadline for the full paper will be October 15, 2012. All submitted papers will be
peer-reviewed and the editors will make the final decision on publication based on recommendations of the peer reviews.
For author guidelines for preparing the full paper, please refer to
http://www.tandf.co.uk/
Honor and Respect for a Local Lesbian Elder
One of our own lesbian community performers, Lisa Mills, died in Seattle on 4/2/12. She was well known and well loved for her work with Swamp Mama Johnson. Prayers and peace to her family and friends.
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Honor and Respect for a Nationally Known Lesbian Elder
A Jewish lesbian feminist poet, Adrienne Rich, died on 3/29/12. She was 83 and had written a vast number of books, including poetry and prose, including twenty four volumes of poetry and six books of prose. She was well respected in academia and also in the secular community. Prayers and peace to her family and friends.
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