Sewa International - Ageing with Dignity in America

What is Policy Cafe?

Policy Cafe is a community-centred virtual conversation series that brings together grassroots and policy perspectives on key public policy challenges.

Invitation

Namaste,

We invite you to a high-impact virtual Policy Cafe on Wednesday, 20 May, 2026, on “Policy Cafe on Ageing with Dignity in America”

Themes for Discussion:

Theme 1: Structural Architecture of Ageing Policy: Understanding ageing as a systems-level challenge shaped by demographic shifts, public policy design, and uneven social infrastructure.

Theme 2: Community-Based Models and Institutional Integration: Examining how nonprofit and volunteer-supported initiatives interact with formal ageing systems and what limits or enable their integration.

For inquiries: policy-research@sewausa.org

Regards,
Sewa International USA

Report

Speakers

Pam Siebert

National Association of Nutrition and Aeging Services Programs (NANASP)

Laura Mosqueda

Professor of family medicine and geriatrics at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Senior Advisor to the National Centre on Elder Abuse.

Elena Portacolone

Professor of Sociology; Pepper Center Scholar

Dorothea K. Vafiadis

Senior Director & Strategist,
Healthy Aeging

Robert Blancato

National Association of Nutrition and Aeging Services Programs (NANASP)

Laura Mosqueda

Professor of family medicine and geriatrics at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Senior Advisor to the National Centre on Elder Abuse.