The California Senior Leaders Alliance

“I don’t think outside the box. I think outside the warehouse.” 

- Frank Rose, Steering Committee Member, California Senior Leaders Alliance

CSLA Mission Statement

To promote, advocate for and contribute to the health and well-being of seniors, their families and communities statewide, through a diverse and grassroots coalition of California Senior Leaders.

CSLA Guiding Principles

The California Senior Leaders' Alliance will accomplish this by:

• Advocating for sound health and social policies that are senior-, family- and community-friendly
• Working at every level, from local, grassroots organizing to testifying in Sacramento
• Building networks with a wide array of organizations and coalitions to magnify our collective capacity for promoting change
• Honoring the worth of all seniors
• Mentoring the next generation of senior leaders
• Creating a vehicle for Senior Leaders to work collaboratively toward helping address shared issues and concerns.
• Identifying and building on our strengths and assets
• Celebrating our diversity

CSLA Priority Areas

• Economic Security
• Health Care Reform
• Transportation

History

The California Senior Leaders Alliance (CSLA) was created in 2008 by members of the California Senior Leaders Program (CSLP) as a grassroots, policy-focused network through which Senior Leaders can work collectively on pressing issues facing California's seniors and their families.  Founded by faculty and graduate students at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health, CSLP has, since 2002, honored and provided training and technical assistance to outstanding older Californians who have made substantial contributions to healthy aging, community building, and social justice through their volunteer efforts on the local and state levels.  Both the CSLA and CSLP are funded by the California Wellness Foundation with technical assistance from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Steering Committee Members

• Anna T. Boyce
• Brenda Crawford
• Helene Davis
• Manny Guerrero
• Linda Leahy
• Bob Prath
• Frank Rose
• Peggy Woodruff

Staff

• Julia Caplan, Project Director
• Meredith Minkler, DrPH, University Liaison
• Marty Martinson, Consultant

Contact Us

CalSeniorLeaders@gmail.com

(510) 643-0969

Website: calseniorleaders.org/alliance