Welcoming Diversity

Gay and Growing Old

Published: June 1, 2022 While the U.S. census has never measured how many LGBTQ+ people live in America, reports estimate that there are currently around 3 million LGBTQ+  adults over…

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Faces of Kendal: Joyce Benjamin

Published: February 12, 2025 Kendal at Oberlin is home to more than 300 people in their 60s and well beyond. They come from near (Oberlin and Cleveland) and far (Hawaii,…

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Black History Month

Published: February 5, 2025 What began as a weeklong celebration in February nearly a century ago is now a monthlong observance featuring films, books, lectures, exhibits and more under the…

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Published: October 7, 2024 Oberlin became the first Ohio city to replace the federal holiday of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “The group spent hours researching the history of…

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Pride Month Spotlight: Kendal at Ithaca's Achievements in LGBTQ+ Inclusion

Ithaca, NY — In celebration of Pride Month, we at Kendal at Ithaca, a leading life plan community rooted in Quaker values, are thrilled to announce that we have received…

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Kendal DEIB Featured In the News

Check out this article featuring Kendal’s Diane Massey, MS, LPC, NCC and her perspective on how strategic grant initiatives, like those initiated by Kendal Charitable Funds, can elevate DEIB amongst senior living…

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Quaker and Zen-A Fusion of Two Dynamic Paths

At the heart of two new Kendal communities are the timeless values and philosophies of Quakerism and Zen Buddhism, two paradigms that to some may seem worlds apart but find…

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Happy International Women's Day From Our Senior Living Community!

Happy International Women's Day! This day represents empowerment, diversity, strength, and much more. We always strive for a better tomorrow in our senior living community.

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Kendal at Oberlin's Racial Equity Forum

Published: February 21, 2024 Since November 2022, when Kendal’s Racial Equity Forum was launched “to examine racism in America to forge a more equitable future,” the resident and staff initiative…

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