Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Tuesdays February 3 - May 26 2026 | 12:30PM Queens Center for Gay Seniors, 37–06 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
A dance, fitness and storytelling program for LGBTQIA+ elders and allies.
Rainbow Stories in the Moment® is a dance, fitness and storytelling program for LGBTQIA+ elders and allies. The program grew out of a desire to extend the benefit of dance on brain health, physical agility and wellbeing to communities of older adults who identify as LGBTQIA+.
Older adults who identify as LGBTQIA+ are almost 30% more likely to develop dementia, so Rainbow Stories in the Moment® was developed as an arts and health initiative and social practice project to partner with LGBTQIA+ elders to not only build community and amplify belonging but also engage in activities that are known to modify risk for dementia and support brain health.
Made possible through the generous support of E.A. Michelson Philanthropy and Queens Community House. Queens Center for Gay Seniors is funded in part by NYC Aging.
