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“Promoting broader knowledge, heightened awareness; strategic actions for
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VCLLI Fall 2021 Courses & Activities
About the VCLLI 4
AL AAA Senior Care Resources 5
Emergency Ready? 6
Food Safety 7
Grounds & Gardens | Gardens & Composting 8
Grounds & Gardens | Lawns & Pests 9
Right Moves Exercises 11
Senior Safety 12
Senior Scientists 13
Social Security: Knowing Your Benefits and More 14
Two-Steppin’ with Nkenge 15
You Don’t Know My Story 16
WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL INTEREST FRIDAYS
COMING SOON!
SIGN-UP TODAY
MEMBERSHIP FORM
Share Your Knowledge and Talents through the VCLLI
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About the VCLLI
The Virginia Caples Lifelong Learning Institute (VCLLI) is housed on the campus of
Alabama A&M University (AAMU). The VCLLI operates under the direction of the
Alabama Cooperative Extension System at AAMU. With rapid and swift changes
occurring in the ways in which “we do things” in society, there has never been a more
relevant time to become a promoter, advocator, and deliverer of lifelong-learning
opportunities. Thus, the mission of the VCLLI is to create and sustain a stimulating,
state-of-the-art educational, social, and life-enhancing environment for senior adults.
This mission is fulfilled through innovative curricula, experiential learning, and
intergenerational activities. Further, the Institute engages in research and advocacy
that advance its defining theme of “successful aging.”
Noted for its multidimensional platform, the VCLLI has quickly become a highly
acclaimed resource for senior adults in Alabama. Led by its Advisory Council, members
drive the programs and activities, and are the lifeblood of the Institute. The success and
growth of the VCLLI is highly dependent on active involvement of its members by
serving as volunteers in various capacities.
VCLLI MEMBERSHIP IS FREE AND IT’S EASY TO JOIN.
To request information on becoming a member:
Visit us online:
www.aces.edu/go/VCLLI
We hope this catalog captures your mind and prompts you to become involved with the
VCLLI at Alabama A&M University. Please go to page 23 for registration information.
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AL AAA Senior Care Resources
Learn the various resources offered by the Alabama Department of Senior Services
(ADSS) through local Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs). Topics include resources, such
as prescription medication assistance, caregiver support, wellness education, long-term
care advocacy, nutrition, and other timely information.
Focus: Health Literacy & Resource Acquisition
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Duration: October 5th, October 12th, October 19th, October 26th
November 2nd, November 9th, & November 16th
Presenters: Representatives from AAAs
Number of Sessions: 7
Brief Bio of Presenter:
The Alabama Department of Senior Services (ADSS) is charged with carrying out the
provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended and works closely with the
Administration for Community Living (ACL) within the United States Department of
Health & Human Services to achieve this goal.
ADSS administers statewide programs on aging that cover all 67 counties through the
Regional Planning Commissions and the local AAAs. Each of the AAAs provide
comprehensive services through contracts and grants to a wide variety of local
agencies, both public and private.
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Emergency Ready?
Gather information on how to prepare for various emergency situations.
Focus: Health and Wellness
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: September 16th & September 30th
Presenter: Jasponica Florence & Director Christina Thornton
Number of Sessions: 2
Emergency Preparedness
Thursday, September 16th
Jasponica Florence
American Red Cross
Hurricane Season: Be Ready!
Thursday, September 30th
Christina Thornton, Director
Montgomery City/County Emergency Management
Agency
As hurricane season approaches, it is vital to have
plans in place for the safety of you, your family, and
friends. Presenters will discuss the importance of pre-
disaster preparedness for hurricane season.
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Food Safety
The primary goal of this class is to prepare older adults to make informed food safety
decisions. Lessons are: Learning Major Pathogens, Taking Care: Handling and
Preparing Food Safety, Transporting Your Groceries, Food Product Dating and Food
Safety during Power Outage.
Focus: Health and Wellness
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Duration: November 9th & November 16th
Presenter: Dr. Terence Martin
Number of Sessions: 2
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Dr. Terence Martin is a food scientist with over 20 years of food safety and quality
assurance experience. He is currently serving as the Family Life Center director and
previously served as the Urban Expanded Food and Nutrition Program coordinator with
the Alabama Cooperative Extension System at AAMU.
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Grounds & Gardens | Gardens & Composting
Learn easy-to-understand practices on fall gardening, recycling kitchen scraps, and
composting.
Focus: Gardening
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Monday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: September 20th & October 4th
October 18th & November 1st
Presenter: Dr. Roosevelt Robinson
Urban Regional Extension Agent
Number of Sessions: 4
Composting, the “rot” thing to do!
Are you uncertain what to do with your garden, kitchen, and yard waste? Would you like
natural, homemade compost for your lawn and garden? Then join the VCLLI and explore
compost bin options, how to set up and manage a pile, the benefits and uses of composting,
and much, much more.
Don't Scrap It, Plant It!
It’s environmentally friendly, can save you money on your grocery bill, and is the ultimate in
recycling. What are we talking about here? Kitchen Scraps Gardening! Take part in
investigating growing tasty, healthy produce with kitchen scraps. From lettuce and onions to
potatoes and ginger root, scraps often have plenty of life left. They just need a chance to avoid
your trash can.
Be Cool with Fall Container Gardening
Bugs, constant watering, gnats, heat and humidity, and not to mention weeding. Sound
familiar? While summer is typically considered the season for the classic vegetable garden, the
cool temperatures of fall present fewer challenges for plants and gardeners. Join us as we
examine cool-season edibles that would never grow happily under warmer conditions but
thrive in cooler and even cold weather in fall vegetable gardens.
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Dr. Roosevelt Robinson is an urban regional Extension agent serving Montgomery,
Elmore, and Autauga counties. His program focus areas are home grounds, gardens
and home pests, as well as forestry, wildlife and natural resources.
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Grounds & Gardens | Lawns & Pests
This series will provide strategies to improve lawn care and prevent pests inside and
outside the home.
Focus: Lawn Management
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Monday
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Duration: September 13th & September 27th
October 11th & October 25th
November 8th & November 22nd
Presenter: Marcus Garner
Urban Regional Extension Agent
Number of Sessions: 7
September 13: Stop Bed Bug Infestation 101
This virtual webinar will focus on stopping bed bugs from making their way into your
homes from overnight guests, vacations, hotels, and overturned apartments. Learn
about prevention, controlling the population, and visually inspecting your home. Also,
come prepared to ask questions at the end of the webinar.
September 27: Preventing Indoor Pests (ants, spiders, and roaches)
Control those unwanted pests in your home. This virtual webinar will focus on stopping
ants, spiders, and cockroaches before they get started. This webinar will provide
essential tips on using the correct mode of action to prevent these highly populating
bugs from taking over your house.
October 11: Preventing Outdoor Pests (snakes, skunks, snails, and wildlife)
How can you stop the wild kingdom from coming around your home? This webinar will
provide tips on discouraging wildlife, such as skunks, snakes, and other animals from
setting up camp around your home. Also, this virtual webinar will provide advice on
proofing your home from wildlife entry. Stay away, wild kingdom!
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October 25: Fall and Winter Lawn Care
Summer is over for my lawn; now what? This virtual webinar will focus on preparing
your lawn for the next season's beauty. What are cool-season and warm-season
grasses? We will answer some common questions at the end of the webinar about
maintaining your yard during the fall season.
November 7: Fall Pruning Class
It's time to cut back; why, and how? This virtual webinar will focus on trimming, cutting,
and planting in the fall of the year. The webinar will allow the participants to understand
why it is essential to prune shrubs and trees in the fall.
November 22: Holiday Season Toxic Plants
What plants are we bringing into our home that is toxic to our pets, family members,
and the air we breathe around the holiday seasons. This virtual webinar will discuss the
different types of plants that may harm you and your family during this holiday season.
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Marcus Garner is an urban regional Extension agent for Alabama Cooperative
Extension System at AAMU. He serves Madison and Limestone counties with
programs in home grounds, gardens, and home pests.
10Right Moves Exercises
This class will focus on making “smart decisions” related to fall prevention. Attendees
will not only learn about fall prevention but also participate in exercise “moves” that
increase balance, coordination, and endurance.
Focus: Health & Wellness
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Wednesdays
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Duration: September 8th – October 27th
Presenter: DeLane Richardson
Lead Ombudsman Representative
Number of Sessions: 8
Brief Bio of Presenter: DeLane Richardson is a community ombudsman
representative for Central Alabama Aging Consortium, Area Agency on Aging. DeLane
is an advocate for patients and residents of nursing homes, boarding homes and
assisted living facilities in Montgomery, Autauga and Elmore counties.
11Senior Safety
Presenters explore various topics that pose threats to senior safety. Discussions will be
directed to personal safety, fall prevention, fraud prevention, and household hazards.
Focus: Safety and Well-Being
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Thursdays
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Duration: September 9th, September 23rd & October 7th
Number of Sessions: 4
Personal Safety
September 9th
Thomas Morris, Retired Police Officer
Huntsville Police Department
Fraud Prevention
September 23rd
Dan Lord, Education & Public Affairs Manager
Alabama Securities Commission
Household Hazards
October 7th
Janet Johnson, Urban Regional Extension Agent
Food Safety and Quality
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Auburn University
Fall Prevention
October 21st
Missy Fields, Director of Marketing
Home Instead Senior Care
Huntsville, AL
12Senior Scientists
This series engages seniors interested in birdwatching/songbird population recovery.
Participants are “senior scientists” of the Virginia Caples Lifelong Learning Institute.
Participants will assemble, install, manage, and monitor manmade nest boxes in their
backyard or greenspace to provide suitable nesting sites for secondary cavity-nesting
birds.
Focus: Health & Environmental Stewardship
Day(s): Monday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: September 27th,
October 11th, October 25th,
& November 22nd
Presenter: Dr. Roosevelt Robinson
Urban Regional Extension Agent
Number of Sessions: 4
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Dr. Roosevelt Robinson is an urban regional Extension agent serving Montgomery,
Elmore, and Autauga counties. His program focus areas are home grounds, gardens
and home pests, as well as forestry, wildlife and natural resources.
13Social Security: Knowing Your Benefits and More
This is a three-part series on social security. The presentations will focus on social
security updates for 2021, retirement and disability.
Focus: Financial Literacy
Delivery: Microsoft Teams
Day(s): Tuesday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: September 14th, September 28th & October 5th
Presenter: Kyllè McKinney
Number of Sessions: 3
SSA Benefit Updates
Tuesday, September 14th
SSA Retirement
Tuesday, September 28th
SSA Disability
Tuesday, October 5th
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Kyllè McKinney is the social security public affairs specialist for the state of Alabama.
Kyllè has been with the agency for the past 30 years starting off as a claims
representative and later being promoted to his current position for the past 13 years.
Kyllè has a Bachelor of Arts degree in radio/television from Alabama State University, a
Master of Divinity degree in church ministry, and a doctorate degree in pastoral and
Christian care from Minnesota Graduate School of Theology. Kyllè is happily married to
Kimberly McKinney and is originally from San Francisco, California.
14Two-Steppin’ with Nkenge
Participants will learn various line dances as a fun way to incorporate physical activity
in daily routines. Participants will also learn a variety of stretching, balancing, and
strength training exercises in this series.
Focus: Health and Wellness
Day(s): Thursday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: September 2nd, September 23rd
October 7th, October 21st
November 4th, & November 18th
Presenter: Nkenge Hyter, Urban Regional Extension Agent
Number of Sessions: 6
Brief Bio of Presenter:
Nkenge Hyter is an urban regional extension agent for Alabama Cooperative Extension
System. She works out of the Jefferson County Extension Office in Birmingham that
serves Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker counties. Her program focus
areas are human nutrition, diet and health, and family and child development.
15You Don’t Know My Story
This class offer participants the opportunity to organize and record their stories for
personal or family use and/or to be shared with select audiences.
Focus: Storytelling and Social Networking
Delivery: Zoom
Day(s): Wednesday
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: October 6th, October 13th, October 20th, & October 27th
Presenter: Cándra K.J. DeBose
VCLLI Program Assistant
Number of Sessions: 4
Brief Bio of Presenter
Cándra DeBose is the program assistant for the Virginia Caples Lifelong Learning
Institute.
16WORKSHOPS
Alabama Cottage Food Law Overview
Ways Community Action Agency Serves You
Phyt Back: Foods to Boost Immunity
Pressure Canning
Pressure Perfect Meal Preparation
“A One Health Workshop”: Impacts of Pharmaceuticals on Human, Animal
and Environmental Health
Painting for Beginners
Understanding Hospice
Getting Organized with Important Records
Gee’s Bend and Beyond: The Camden Shoe Shop & Quilt Museum
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Alabama Cottage Food Law Overview | Workshop
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Janet Johnson, Regional Extension Agent
Food Safety and Quality
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Auburn University
Description: Do you bake or make wonderful jams and jellies? Have you wondered
how you could sell these goodies? The revised Alabama Cottage Food Law went into
effect on August 1, 2021, which allows you to make certain food products and sell them
directly to the consumer. However, you must be in compliance with the Alabama
Department of Public Health. This training will help you to learn the requirements.
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Ways Community Action Agency Serves You | Workshop
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Yashika Ray, Program Supervisor, Huntsville
Description: In order to reduce poverty in its community, the Community Action
Agency works to better focus available local, state, private, and federal resources to
assist low-income individuals and families to acquire useful skills and knowledge, gain
access to new opportunities and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Log-in to find out
ways your local Community Action Agency is working diligently to serve you.
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Phyt Back: Foods to Boost Your Immune System | Workshop
Date: Friday, October 8, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Dr. LaTonya Dixon, Food Scientist and Nutritionist
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Alabama A&M University
18Description: Plant chemicals known as phytochemicals have been shown to be
beneficial for boosting the immune system. In this workshop you will learn about foods
rich in phytochemicals and how to prepare them. The workshop will also include a brief
cooking demonstration.
Pressure Canning | Workshop
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Janet Johnson, Regional Extension Agent
Food Safety and Quality
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Auburn University
Description: Participants will view a 30-minute video recording of the process of
pressure canning green beans followed by questions and answer commentary by
presenter.
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Pressure Prefect Meal Preparation | Workshop
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Dani Reams & Janet Johnson,
Regional Extension Agents
Food Safety and Quality
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Auburn University
Description: Presenters will demonstrate maintenance, use of an electric pressure
cooker, and prepare simple dishes using a pressure cooker.
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A One Health Workshop: Impacts of Pharmaceuticals on Human, Animal
and Environmental Health | Workshop
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Dr. Karnita Garner, Extension Specialist
Dr. Roosevelt Robinson,
Urban Regional Extension Agent
Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama A&M University
19Description: This program provides information on the human, animal, and
environmental health challenges associated with the improper disposal of
prescription and over-the-counter medication.
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Painting for Beginners | Fun Friday
Date: Friday, October 29, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Kristin Law, Art Programs & Marketing Director
Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center
Description: Engage in an easy-to-follow canvas painting while learning these
techniques other beginner painters.
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Understanding Hospice | Workshop
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Karen Hutto, Hospice Community Liaison
Baptist Hospice
Description: This workshop provides general education to give participants insight into
how hospice care offers resources for the emotional, physical, social, and spiritual
needs of the patients and their families.
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Getting Organized | Workshop
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Danielle Rudolph, Site Director
Virginia Caples Lifelong Learning Institute
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama A&M University
Description: Workshop describes the benefits for having a systematic plan for
organizing important documents, identify types of files and recommended location for
storing documents and understand the purpose and function of Organizing Important
Papers guide.
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Gee’s Bend and Beyond: The Camden Shoe Shop & Quilt Museum
| Special Interest Friday
Date: Friday, November 5, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenters: Betty Anderson, Owner and Director
Camden Shoe Shop & Quilt Museum
Kristin Law, Art Programs & Marketing Director
Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center
Description: The Camden Shoe Shop & Quilt Museum, owned and directed by Betty
Anderson, pays homage to Anderson's parents and grandparents along with their
hometowns of Camden and Gee's Bend. This special interest activity will introduce
many to her captivating stories, and educate participants on local and regional history,
quilting, civil rights, and religion. The museum includes an eclectic display of quilts,
furniture, artwork, period clothing, and documents, along with her father's (Joe
Anderson) historic shoe repair equipment, which dates to the late 1800s.
21Upcoming Activities
22SIGN UP NOW!
Registration is open and we are
excited to hear from you.
Register online at
www.aces.edu/go/VCLLIFall2021
23MEMBERSHIP FORM
VIRGINIA CAPLES LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
Last Name __________________________________________________ First Name ___________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________________________________ State ______________________________________ Zip ______________________
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If yes, what topic(s) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please return this form to: VCLLI, c/o Cándra Johnson DeBose
24P.O. Box 967, Normal, AL 35762
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Share Your Knowledge and Talents through the VCLLI
With the vibrant, dynamic, skilled, and talented senior adult
population in the state of Alabama, we know some of you are
just waiting to be asked, “Why not share what you know?”
This is our invitation or bidding for you to be a VCLLI course
leader. There are no papers or tests to grade. Just come and
share your knowledge with people who have a true “love for
learning.”
For more information on how to be added to the VCLLI roster
of course leaders, contact us at:
Go to our website at:
www.aces.edu/urban/VCLLI
or call 256.372.7022
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