MEDIA APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

MEDIA APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

SPRING – SUMMER 2020

Release of  400 Friends and No One to Call (March 26 with Central Recovery Press)

RADIO INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS

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

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)

PRINT

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

Please note: Due to the coronavirus outbreak, some previously scheduled events have been cancelled. The following events are available with Zoom conferencing.

• May 26th, Tuesday, 7pm-8pm, Zoom Conference Program, Camden Public Library, Camden, Maine, author talk and introduction to 400 Friends and No One to Call. 

• June 2nd, 7pm-8:30pm, Zoom Conference Class: Building Friendships, Fellowships and Community (even while physically distancing), Brookline Adult and Community Education

• 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.

• June 24th (rescheduled)  Braintree Health Department, MA, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Zoom presentation with the Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Use:

Brave New Living Webinar

Even before COVID-19, it took courage and initiative to break out of isolation and rebuild our support networks. We may have already been strapped in isolating situations such as illness, caregiving, living alone, divorce, relocation, or the death of a loved one.

Please join us as we host rehabilitation counselor and author, Val Walker, as she explores and shares ways to: 1) Stay close to others and deepen our bonds, despite social distancing. 2) Build our communities, expand our networks, and pave the way for our future social lives.

• July 25, Warren Public Library, New Jersey, Zoom Author Talk, 400 Friends and No One to Call, 1:00pm-2:00pm

FILM

• I am serving as a resource for All the Lonely People, a feature-length documentary with the award-winning film company, The Clowder Group.

This film explores the fast-growing epidemic of loneliness and social isolation around the world. Watch the teaser for this new film, to be released by late 2020. http://allthelonelypeoplefilm.com/