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Nov. 20, 2025: For Aging Matters, help with tasks while fostering friendship; Diversity amid DEI cutbacks

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SENIOR COMPANION
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Linda Wearley, left, and Earlene Anderson often meet at a McDonald’s restaurant in Denver for their favorite drinks and conversation.

For Aging Matters, the Senior Companion Program which has been around since the 1970s, is more relevant than ever today, helping older Coloradans with tasks while creating friendship. Then, community colleges are stepping up with an equivalency program to get a high school diploma. Also, what's it like leading a nonprofit focused on DEI -- diversity equity and inclusion -- when it's become "dirty word" to some? Plus, mobile health support in Weld County, and a tribute to Denver's late jazz icon, Purnell Steen.