AZALEA in the News!

AZALEA was honored to be an invited speaker at the Kellenberger + Tollefson Center for LGBTQ+ Philanthropy Moments of Impact event in May 2025 where we emphasized the critical importance of "seeing" LGBTQ+ older adults and supporting the organizations who support them.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16i437ajU7/

AZALEA shares local concerns in response to the impact of recent federal executive orders on LGBTQ+ older adults.

https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2025-05-05/trumps-2nd-term-has-been-overwhelming-frightening-for-many-in-the-lgbtq-community

AZALEA was featured by KJZZ who sat in on a recent meeting to learn about our efforts to strengthen networks of support for LGBTQ2S+ older adults in Arizona!

https://www.kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2024-11-25/coalition-will-bring-together-advocates-allies-organizations-that-support-arizona-lgbtq-elders

In November 2024, Megan McCoy and Tena Alonzo presented "A Community-Based Participatory Approach To Building Alliance with LGBTQ2S+ Older Adults" at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference in Seattle, WA. The workshop highlighted successes and lessons learned from AZALEA's inaugural LGBTQ2S+ Aging Equity Forum and how these are informing future research development and design.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11689997/