MEDIA APPEARANCES AND SPEAKING EVENTS
WINTER/SPRING 2021
SPEAKING AND TEACHING EVENTS (Online)
January 28, 7-8:30pm, Brookline Adult and Community Education, Brookline, MA, Beyond Isolation: Building Community
February 9, 6:30-8:30pm, Arlington Community Education, Reaching Out and Staying Connected in Pandemic Times
February 11, Queens Public Library, NY, 4:00pm-5pm, Staying Connected and Building Community
February 25, Newport Circle of Scholars, Newport, RI, 1pm-2:30pm, Staying Connected and Building Community in COVID-19 Times
February 25, Regis College Lifelong Learning Center, Luncheon program, 11:30-1pm, Staying Connected and Building Community
March 30, Circle of Scholars, Newport, RI, 2-3:30pm, Comforting Others: What to Say and Do
April 6, UMass Boston, OLLI Luncheon Class, 12-1pm, Staying Connected and Building Community
2020
Release of 400 Friends and No One to Call (March 26 with Central Recovery Press)
RADIO INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
America Trends with Larry Rifkin Podcast, Mental Health Network, Author Interview (December 22, 2020)
Get the Funk Out! with Jeneane, KUCI, March 16, podcast
Jefferson Exchange, NPR-affiliate, Jefferson Public Radio, Breaking Through Isolation, Now and Always, March 19, podcast
Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Arroe Collins, iHeartRadio
Breakup Boost Podcast with Trina Leckie
The Current, CBC Radio, April 13
Alaska Public Media (NPR affiliate) Your Health Connection
The Dr. Pat Show, Interview, April 9 Podcast
Signal Boost on Sirius XM with Zerlina Maxwell and Jess MacIntosh, March 31
Kathryn Zox Show, Voice America, April 1.
Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life with Joan Herrmann
The Patricia Raskin Show, Author Interview, May 18, podcast
Mountain Life, NPR-affiliate, KPCW, Reaching Out and Being Reached in this Time of Isolation, March 25
VIDEO/TV
Global TV Canada Morning Show, interview, The Stigma Surrounding Loneliness, 7-minutes.
Interview with Kim Berns, host of What’s the Story, Rye TV, April, 2020 (30 min.)
Interview with host, Cat Smith, KSVY Hollywood and West Napa (YouTube), April, 2020 (20 min.)
Interview with host, Dr. Pat Baccili, Dr. Pat Show, The Transformation Network, April, 2020 (47 min.)
Interview with CJ Liu, host, Fire It Up with CJ, April, 2020 (13 minutes)
Next Avenue, contributor, Should You Get a Coach for Your Retirement?, August, 2020
Caregiver Solutions, Building a Support Network: Four-hundred friends and no one to call, March, 2020
AARP, Coping with Isolation During the Coronavirus Outbreak, Q&A with Val Walker by Aaron Kassraie, March, 2020
Parade, 40 Ways to Maintain Social Ties During the Coronavirus Quarantine, March, 2020
Catching Health, How Are You Holding Up?, Q&A with Val Walker by Diane Atwood, April, 2020
Health Aging Magazine, Building Social Support as an Older Adult (June, 2020)
BabyBoomer.com, 10 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections in Retirement, March, 2020
BoomerMagazine.com, Book Review by Annie Tobey for 400 Friends and No One to Call, March, 2020
Caregiver Space, How Caregivers Can Build Community (even during isolation), April 7
Rewire, How to Talk to Your Parents About Coronavirus, With Tips from a Millennial Pastor, Gretchen Brown, March 20
Sweety High Magazine, Q&A with Val Walker by Amanda McCarthur about how to comfort a friend, November, 2019
SPEAKING AND TEACHING 2020
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June 2nd, 7pm-8:30pm, Zoom Conference Class: Building Friendships, Fellowships and Community (even while physically distancing), Brookline Adult and Community Education
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June 8th, Monday evening, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA Social Isolation and Loneliness, Impacts and Solutions (Available with Zoom Conference): the Council on Aging and other sponsors will host a panel discussion on tackling loneliness and isolation in seniors. I will be on the panel sharing my story and other stories from my book, 400 Friends and No One to Call.
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July 25, Warren Public Library, New Jersey, Zoom Author Talk, 400 Friends and No One to Call, 1:00pm-2:00
FILM
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This July, I was interviewed for All the Lonely People, a feature-length documentary with the award-winning company, The Clowder Group.