ESCOM completed a very exciting FORUM in collaboration with the Marin County Commission on Aging on May 20, 2025. The event was held at the beautiful Bill and Adele Jonas Center on the Indian Valley Campus of College of Marin. Stacy Torres** was our amazing Keynote Speaker. Our working title was:
“The Power of Connection: Creating, Building and Sustaining Community as We Age.“
The program was hosted by Kristi Denton Cohen, Chair of the Marin County Commission on Aging, and Gary Gonser, President of ESCOM (Emeritus Students College of Marin). Our program supported more then 14 community sponsors with an beautiful lunch catered by Stacy Scott Catering.
In addition to our Keynote speaker, we had two panels representing West Marin and Central Marin; These panels discussed current issues and ongoing solutions in Marin’s Rural and Urban communities, respectively.
Videos of our Keynote speaker and the two panels are posted on the ESCOM website at: https://escom.marin.edu.
** Stacy Torres: “At Home in the City; Growing Old in Urban America”
Current Events
Of course July means the Fourth of July, when we celebrate America’s birthday. In addition, it is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and Social Health Month. College of Marin is now in the Summer Session through July 24. ESCOM always takes a summer hiatus in July.
For different activities in ESCOM, check out our Events calendar for our events. We just concluded our very popular “Introduction to AI Parts 1 and 2” workshops. In July we are doing an “Introduction to Personal Payment Apps” (IVC) and “Introduction to Digital Wallets.” We will be offering our free workshops at the Corte Madera Library starting in July. For more, go to our Digital Literacy page.
Our Mindfulness Meditation Club celebrates 2 years with a photo on our Clubs page. Find all our clubs and contacts to join here.
We presented two authors at our April and May Author Series with two veteran authors: Arlie Hochschild (“Stolen Pride”) and Greg Sarris (“The Forgetters”). Check out the Spotlights page for an updated listing of our Spotlight talks.