Recent News

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.

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

Join us in an open conversation with two attorneys helping us navigate trust/estate planning and answer questions about long term disability as well as disability employment discrimination on
Date: Tuesday, April 12
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm PST.

Dr. Salima Brillman, a board-certified neurologist with a fellowship in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, is interested in the motor and non-motor aspects of movement disorders. She will speak to us about Movement Problems in PD: Understanding Dyskinesia & Gait, & How to Treat Them on
Date: Saturday, March 12
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm PST.