As part of our Civic Engagement and Awareness track, Gray Matters is our platform for essays, reflections, and reports on the social issues affecting seniors, from the gap in digital literacy to ageism. The name alludes to the “gray matter” of the brain (which symbolizes thought, intellect, and empathy) as well as the idea that gray matters as a subject of conversation and care. If you would like to submit a Gray Matters article, please visit the application link.
Some FAQ’s
TOPICS TO WRITE?
You may choose to write a blog-style advocacy or review-style educational article. They have different guidelines for topics that you can view here. For the blog-style article, you should use your writing to call attention to an issue, gap, or injustice affecting seniors with neurodegeneration; for the review-style educational article, you shoul explain a specific aspect of neurodegeneration in a scientific and professional manner.
VOLUNTEER HOURS?
You may choose to write a blog-style advocacy or review-style educational article. They have different guidelines and recommendations that you can view here. For each blog-style advocacy article, you will receive 8 volunteer hours with our organization; for each review-style educational article, you will receive 12 volunteer hours with our organization.
PUBLICATION?
Every season, we assemble a seasonal publication to be shared and distributed to the public. We will send the online journal to our newsletter, and are working to be featured on journals from national universities and seniors’ rights organizations. Additionally, each season, we will choose the best-written article to receive our Gray Matters Quarterly Select.
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