Okay, dear gero-punk peeps, I need some wardrobe advice. You see, I’m going on the road next month. I am, really! I’m embarking upon the first ever Gero-Punk Project world tour! 

But what the heck should I wear?

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Well, maybe it’s not technically a world tour. Truth be told, it is a trip to Oakland, California, followed by a trip to Reno, Nevada. But, hey, two cities in four days constitutes a tour, don’t it?  And I’ve heard rumors that for the Reno portion of the trip there might be official Gero-Punk tour t-shirts.

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First stop: The 72^nd annual conference of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, April 3-7, 2014, in Oakland, California.  I’ve been invited to be a keynote speaker. The title of my interactive presentation is, “Honoring the Past, Dreaming the Future.” I’ll be facilitating active learning around the idea that we are all ancestors and we can create an intentional relationship to the work we do in the present and on behalf of the future. Not explicitly Gero-Punk, but I’m sure I’ll figure out a way to Gero-Punk it up, especially when my colleague and friend Jackie Fowler and I facilitate a follow-up workshop in which we’ll explore the themes I surface in my keynote presentation. We’re going to do some reflection, writing, discussion and sociodrama (Jackie’s specialty) around our “future older selves” and the potent question: What kind of ancestors do we want to be?

If you happen to be in the Bay Area during the first part of April, feel free to bop on over to the conference and catch us in action. Here’s a link to more information: www.asgpp.org

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Second stop: Next, I’ll be heading to the University of Nevada-Reno to give a prentation as part of the Sanford Center for Aging Distinguished Speakers Series. The title of my performance is: “Gero-Punk Adventures: Is it time for my guitar solo yet?” While I’m visiting the U of N-R, I’ll also be hanging out with their amazing gerontology students and faculty. We’ll be militating for Gerontological anarchy and spray-painting Gero-Punk slogans all over Reno (shhhhh….don’t tell!).

If you happen to be in Reno, Nevada April 8-9, feel free to join me for my combination teach-in and show-and-tell about the Gero-Punk Project. If you aren’t going to be in Reno, guess what? My presentation will be streaming live at http://bit.ly/sca-sasser  from 5:30-6:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday, April 8th.  How cool is that?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we still haven’t dealt with the real point of this little ditty: What am I going to wear for my Gero-Punk Tour?