CHICAGO: TV Polvision invited me for an interview about 2015 White House Conference on Aging. We want to support such significant US National initiative. The interview was broadcast in Chicago Area on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:30 pm. Digital channel: 24.4; Comcast Channel: 397/679.
The interview was recorded in Polish. It is still available online. The link is provided below. Welcome to check it out!
Why did we record this interview in Polish? Chicago area has high concentration of the Polish Americans. It is estimated that there are around 1 million Polish Americans living in Illinois. Many Polish-Americans, especially Seniors, use Polish as the first language at home. We want to share vital information with them.
It is estimated that the Polish language is the third most popular language in Chicago and in Cook County, obviously after English and Spanish. There are about 10 millions of the Polish Americans living in the United States.
TV Polvision host – Margaret Ptaszynska is a very well known public personality in Chicago who covered many local, state, national issues for last 15 years.
TV Host and the audience expressed interest to learn more about:
* the significance of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging
* current Anniversaries like the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
* 80th Anniversary of Social Security benefits
* American social phenomena like Baby Boomers generation (1946-1964). We talked briefly about famous Coach “K” Krzyzewski, who was born In 1946, who recently visited Chicago. Mrs. Ptaszynska was one of the Masters of ceremony, sharing paltform with him during several celebrations.
Coach “K” is an outstanding example of the professional success, team work, visionary approach, ability to work with diversified people, healthy lifestyle and constant involvement. He is a person that exemplifies incredible changes that take place in the American Society in the area of Aging.
* Chicago as the Age Friendly City designated by the United Nations and variety of senior friendly services available for seniors in Chicago area.
Welcome to check the interview by TV Polvision.
http://www.polvision.com/play-video/dzis-w-programie-06-18-15
We have done our best to share important information about the Aging population. Many viewers have already contacted us and expressed appreciation for sharing important facts about preparations for the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. We have learned from these positive interactions and we referred our viewers to other appropriate agencies!
Mrs. Ptaszynska and myself believe strongly that next programs can and should be better and we welcome your suggestions!
@ Andrew (Andrzej) Mikolajczyk