{"id":407,"date":"2017-03-23T08:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:29:58","slug":"silver-century-special-series-visionaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/issues-in-aging\/silver-century-special-series-visionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Century Special Series \u2013 Visionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2021\/08\/carol-marak-adviser-and-advocate-for-solo-agers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/y3RAM8xX_400x400.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2021\/08\/carol-marak-adviser-and-advocate-for-solo-agers\/\">Carol Marak: Adviser and Advocate for Solo Agers<\/a> <span class=\"date\">August 6, 2021<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a warm, sunny day in May 2007, Carol Marak was hiking on a trail in Texas, missing her parents\u2014when she stopped in her tracks, her future flashing before her eyes.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2021\/08\/carol-marak-adviser-and-advocate-for-solo-agers\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Carol Marak: Adviser and Advocate for Solo Agers<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-300x211.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-150x105.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-768x539.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-200x140.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-450x316.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-600x421.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-900x632.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato-108x76.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Robert-Blancato.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\">Bob Blancato: Fighting Elder Abuse through Politics<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 11, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1981, a US Senate committee released the first congressional report on a problem that was gradually coming to light\u2014one that was \u201cshameful\u201d and \u201calien to the American spirit.\u201d It was being called elder abuse.&nbsp;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/11\/bob-blancato-fighting-elder-abuse-through-politics\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bob Blancato: Fighting Elder Abuse through Politics<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-100x141.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GullettFeaturePic3_11.10.17-108x152.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\">Margaret Morganroth Gullette: Revolutionist against Ageism<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 20, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ageism did not end with the 20th century. But there were hopes. Feminism had brought changes for women, rights movements had brought changes for black people and disabled people, and the\u2014well, there was no widespread, organized movement for older people.&nbsp;<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/04\/margaret-morganroth-gullette-revolutionist-against-ageism\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Margaret Morganroth Gullette: Revolutionist against Ageism<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/martha-holstein-feminism-and-the-future-of-aging\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-255x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-255x300.jpg 255w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-128x150.jpg 128w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-100x118.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-150x176.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-200x235.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-300x353.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-450x529.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-600x706.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1-108x127.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/holstein-marthaPic-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/martha-holstein-feminism-and-the-future-of-aging\/\">Martha Holstein: Feminism and the Future of Aging<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 8, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Conventional wisdom doesn\u2019t mean much to Martha Holstein, PhD. \u201cI never set out to be a devil\u2019s advocate,\u201d she says. She just happened to be one. \u201cI always saw the opposite of what other people saw.\u201d<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/martha-holstein-feminism-and-the-future-of-aging\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Martha Holstein: Feminism and the Future of Aging<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"190\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1.jpg 201w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-150x142.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-100x95.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-200x189.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Agronin-Photo2-1-108x102.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\">Marc Agronin: There\u2019s Power in Growing Old<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 21, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Marc Agronin, MD, knows old age\u2014as much as a 51-year-old could anyway. In particular, he knows difficult old age.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/marc-agronin-theres-power-in-growing-old\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marc Agronin: There\u2019s Power in Growing Old<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/06\/henry-cisneros-homes-and-neighborhoods-should-work-for-all-ages\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-300x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-300x288.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-150x144.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-100x96.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-200x192.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-108x104.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/CisnerosCropped.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/06\/henry-cisneros-homes-and-neighborhoods-should-work-for-all-ages\/\">Henry Cisneros: Homes\u2014and Neighborhoods\u2014Should Work for All Ages<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 29, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">For years, Henry Cisneros watched his father, George, live an active life with limited mobility. A stroke at the age of 59 had left the elder Cisneros without the use of his left arm and left leg. But parts of his house were modified to accommodate his limited mobility. He was able to live there, with his wife, Elvira, in the home and close-knit neighborhood where they\u2019d raised their children, until two years before he died in 2006 at age 89.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/06\/henry-cisneros-homes-and-neighborhoods-should-work-for-all-ages\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Henry Cisneros: Homes\u2014and Neighborhoods\u2014Should Work for All Ages<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/tim-carpenter-trading-the-porch-rocker-for-creative-aging\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-96x96.jpg 96w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim-128x128.jpg 128w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Tim.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/tim-carpenter-trading-the-porch-rocker-for-creative-aging\/\">Tim Carpenter: Retirement Can Unleash Creativity<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 28, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When you\u2019re talking to Tim Carpenter about how he envisions the future of old age, at some point it strikes you: he\u2019s talking about older people as \u2026 people.  They\u2019re not \u201cseniors.\u201d They\u2019re not \u201cthe 62-and-older crowd.\u201d They\u2019re not \u2026 other.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/tim-carpenter-trading-the-porch-rocker-for-creative-aging\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tim Carpenter: Retirement Can Unleash Creativity<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/katherine-freund-imagining-a-future-in-which-older-people-wont-need-to-drive\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-264x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-132x150.jpg 132w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-100x113.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-150x170.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-200x227.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-300x340.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-450x511.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-600x681.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund-108x123.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Freund.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/katherine-freund-imagining-a-future-in-which-older-people-wont-need-to-drive\/\">Katherine Freund: Imagining a Time When Older People Won\u2019t Need to Drive<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 28, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Her knees aren\u2019t great. She uses a cane. She doesn\u2019t walk as quickly as she used to. And the nearest bus stop is a couple of miles away. She promised her kids she wouldn\u2019t drive. So what now?<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/katherine-freund-imagining-a-future-in-which-older-people-wont-need-to-drive\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katherine Freund: Imagining a Time When Older People Won\u2019t Need to Drive<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/ellen-goodman-its-time-to-talk-about-death\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-100x133.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen-108x144.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ellen.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/ellen-goodman-its-time-to-talk-about-death\/\">Ellen Goodman: It\u2019s Time to Talk about Death<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 27, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The first glimmer of Ellen Goodman\u2019s vision for the Conversation Project started with a suitcase.\r\n\r\nWhen she was 25, Goodman went home to visit her family. Her father had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and would pass away three months later. Her mother had just given him a gift: a brand new suitcase.\r\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/ellen-goodman-its-time-to-talk-about-death\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ellen Goodman: It\u2019s Time to Talk about Death<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/03\/ellen-goodman-its-time-to-talk-about-death\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ellen Goodman: It\u2019s Time to Talk about Death<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6094,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/6094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}