January 2023 Newsletter
January Speaker Forum: Sleep Disorders and PD with Dr. Liza Ashbrook on
Date: Saturday, January 21
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
January Speaker Forum: Sleep Disorders and PD with Dr. Liza Ashbrook on
Date: Saturday, January 21
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Join the conversation of community priorities, needs and plans at the Virtual Round Table and help shape PD Active Programs on
Date: Tuesday, December 6
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm PT
November Ask the Experts Round Table on Caregiving for PD: Navigating Your Options and Planning for the Future with Speakers: Janet Thompson, Veronica Sibley, & Janelle Reinelt, PD Active Member. In this interactive round table, we will discuss planning for future caregiving needs on
Date: Saturday, November 12
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm PT
PD Active Annual Picnic
Enjoy great Company * Connect with old friends * Meet new members!
Date: October 23, 2022
Time: 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Live Oak Park Picnic Area by the Berkeley Arts Center, 1275 Walnut St, Berkeley
Family and friends are welcome.
Remembering John Argue, former PD Active Board Member and Parkinson’s Movement Instructor John Argue, former…
September Speaker Forum: Hope and reality on the path to curing Parkinson’s disease: My perspective as a patient, scientist, and entrepreneur with Matt Jacobson on
Date: Saturday, September 10th
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
New Schedule for PD Active Pickleball!
PD Pickleball now meets at the following days and times:
1st Thursday of the month at 2:30pm
3rd Monday of the month at 3:30pm
Research assistants from Helen Bronte-Stewart’s Human Motor Control and Neuromodulation Lab, Stanford University will discuss the field of Parkinson’s research and on going clinical trials on
Date: Tuesday, August 9
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm PT
Dave Iverson was 59 when he was diagnosed with PD and a few years later he decided to move back home to care for his 95-year-old mother, Adelaide. Winter Stars is the story of the ten-year journey that followed.
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm PT
Dr. Donna White Carey will interview PD Active Member Deborah Whittle about Parkinson’s disease in the African American community. They will discuss why there are disparities in diagnosis and treatment, and resources for living well with PD on
Date: Thursday, May 5
Time: 6:30pm PT