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8:30am EDT

The Golden Years Challenge: The Experience of Aging Observed Through a New Lens

Friday May 15, 2026 8:30am - 9:45am EDT

The Golden Years Challenge is an interactive experience that places participants in the roles of older adults managing the daily realities of aging. Modeled after poverty and re-entry simulations, it explores barriers like fixed incomes, mental/physical problems, healthcare access, transportation, and more. As older persons, participants gain empathy and insight into how economic and social inequities affect aging, while discovering ways to strengthen community support, promote inclusion, and advance justice for older adults.

Speakers

Kay Hightower

Partner, Richburg Career Services

Kay Taylor Hightower, Esq., is a partner at Richburg Career Services, Consulting firm that supports nonprofit organizations through grant writing, prospect research and pipeline building by connecting nonprofit to business, governmental and private funders. For almost nine years... Read More →

Susan Ingles

Senior Staff Attorney and Consumer Protection Unit Head, S.C. Legal Services

Susan Ingles is a senior staff attorney and consumer protection unit head at S.C. Legal Services and a frequent speaker on consumer protection, innovation and other legal topics. After 22 years in private practice, Susan spent the last 22 years at SCLS working with vulnerable populations... Read More →

Sally Nesemeier

Communications Manager, Pacolet Milliken

Dr. Sally Nesemeier is a Communications Manager at Pacolet Milliken, where she helps lead strategic communications across a family of companies. Previously, she directed marketing and communications for South Carolina Legal Services, a statewide nonprofit, serving as the organization’s... Read More →

Friday May 15, 2026 8:30am - 9:45am EDT
Symphony 6

Sessions

2026 Equal Justice Conference

8:30am EDT

Kay Hightower

Susan Ingles

Sally Nesemeier

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