Longevity Day and Longevity Month - October 2016
Ilia Stambler
Dear friends,
Following the tradition of 2013, 2014 and 2015, as usual 3 months before October 1, there starts the organization of events and publications toward the “Longevity Day” (based on the UN International Day of Older Persons - October 1) in support of biomedical aging and longevity research.
http://www.longevityforall.org/longevity-day-and-longevity-month-october-2016/
This has been a worldwide international campaign successfully adopted by many longevity activists groups. Last year, events, meetings, publications and promotions were organized in the framework of this campaign in over 40 countries. Some promotions reached hundreds of thousands of viewers. This campaign has also received factual endorsement and publicity from several internationally and nationally recognized scientific and advocacy associations.
http://www.longevityforall.org/international-longevity-day-october-1-2015/
Hopefully, this year, the campaign will be no less enriching, unifying and impactful. Though this year, it was suggested, while keeping the "longevity day" concept as would be desirable to particular groups and activists, rather to emphasize and organize the longevity promotion events in October in a new framework – as “The Longevity Month” – as usually the “longevity day” events spread through the entire month of October. Various “commemorative months” to support particular advocacy issues is a well established and effective practice, and a dedicated “month” can give people more flexibility and space to organize events and publications. This time it would even be endeavored to gain some official state-level recognition of this commemorative month campaign. Yet it would depend on the strength of every individual event and publication of this campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commemorative_months
Several events are already included as a part of the "Longevity Day/Month" celebrations. One of them is the conference of the International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD) that will take place in Stanford, on September 30 - October 2 http://www.longevityforall.org/international-conference-on-aging-and-disease-stanford-sept-30-oct-2-2016/
If you would like to plan a longevity research promoting meeting or event in your country, or produce a longevity advocacy publication toward October, please let know – so the participants of this campaign can encourage each other and reinforce each other’s efforts. Looking forward to October full with advancement of longevity science!
Ilia Stambler, PhD
Coordinator – Longevity for All
Please see updates of this campaign
here:
http://www.longevityforall.org/longevity-day-and-longevity-month-october-2016/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1765113880368898/
Ilia Stambler, PhD
Outreach Coordinator. International Society on Aging and Disease - ISOAD http://isoad.org
Chair. Israeli Longevity Alliance / International Longevity Alliance (Israel) - ILA http://www.longevityisrael.org/
Coordinator. Longevity for All http://www.longevityforall.org
Author. Longevity History. A History of Life-Extensionism in the Twentieth Century http://longevityhistory.com
Email: ilia.s...@gmail.com
Tel: 972-3-961-4296 / 0522-283-578
Rishon Lezion. Israel