COLUMBUS – Senator Capri S. Cafaro (D-Hubbard) delivered a speech today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on the International Day of Older Persons. Senator Cafaro addressed UN ambassadors and their colleagues about advocacy and activism on behalf of older persons.
“As a member of the Ohio General Assembly, I am working hard to promote public policy that will protect Ohio’s most vulnerable citizens while providing them with the means to maintain their current standards of living,” Senator Cafaro said to an audience at the UN.
The event, Aging Activism: A Global Tool to Create a Society for All Ages, featured talks by aging activists from around the world and a cross section of the world’s policy makers. The mission of the occasion was to develop strategies to move closer to a global society that “embraces all ages.”
Having participated in United Nations programs as a student, Senator Cafaro said of her visit to the UN Headquarters, “It was an honor to have taken part in this once in a lifetime experience. At the UN, I was privileged to speak about the issues that I am most passionate about as a State legislator, to an audience of global scale.”
Demographics show that 700 million of the world’s population of 6.7 billion people is over the age of 60, and that number is expected to triple within the next few decades. The goal of the International Day of Older Persons is to make certain that attention is paid to ensuring the rights of older persons within the context of global change – economically, technologically, and environmentally.
For more information on Aging Activism, visit:
http://ngocoa-ny.org/events/program_outline.html
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