AgeLoudly Pledge:
• Don't tell us how we should age.....don't even try.
• We will change the way our society treats, values, respects and views "people of age".
• There will be no more tolerance of indignity.
• We will not be marginalized.
• We will not be liquidated emotionally or financially.
• We will not tolerate to be spoken about as though we don’t exist as though we are invisible....or that we are too old.
• You have something to say to us – you tell us.
• Do not patronize us – because we are serious.
• Don’t exclude us because of an artificial indicator of age.
• The days of being defined by our age are over.
• The days of being victimized and excluded by policies, programs and opportunities are history.
• We will make our own decisions – we will direct our own destiny and we will live the lives that we want to live.
• Understand, we do this for us….we do this in legacy of those that have gone before us - in isolation, misery, detachment, despair and flooded with regrets….and we do this for you….because our efforts – although may seem radical and bold – will re-shape the attitudes and policies that imprisoned and categorized "people of age" in the United States.
• Our Voice will not be muted.
• Our Visions will not be diluted - and we will go to whatever means it takes - for you – the citizens of this free country - to understand we are serious.
• We will challenge you on every front possible.
• We will meet you on the front pages of media, we will meet you in the hallways of courts and legislative systems, we will meet you in any venue that is required.
Our work is not done…we are reclaiming our wishes, our voice, our desires, our dignity, our Life - for ourselves and those we love. Oh, and one more thing....don't tell us how we should age....we will do it our way....with spirit, drive, energy, focus and purpose....we are not done!
Age Like it Matters....Because it Does!
Age LOUDLY!!!!®