ATLANTA PRIME TIMERS MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Dr. David Jacquess:  We Are All Connected ... Unless We’re Not

Auction:  Tom of Finland Vintage Collection

When: Saturday, June 6, 2026; 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Where: Brookhaven United Methodist Church (BUMC), 1366 North Druid Hills Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319

Reservations: Not required but appreciated for accurate food and drink count.

Event Details:  Following a silent auction of the Tom of Finland book collection between 3:00 - 3:30 p.m., Dr. David Jaquess will discuss the topic "We are All Connected ... Unless We're Not." 

Dr. Jacquess is a licensed and board-certified psychologist who has been engaged in clinical work for over 30 years, has taught at the baccalaureate and graduate levels at Emory University School of Medicine for more than 10 years, and is currently a staff psychologist within a multidisciplinary mental health team at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Healthcare System, where he also serves as one of two Veteran Care Coordinators for LGBTQ+ Veterans in the Atlanta region. He maintains a small private practice and resides with his husband in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

The focus of his presentation is that humans are social creatures who have needs for social comfort and connection in addition to drives like hunger, thirst, sleep, and sex. Biological dynamics serve to strengthen social ties. Factors like moving from one region to another, ending intimate relationships, losing family and friends to conflict or death, leaving the workplace, and changes to health can cut out key social connections and leave us feeling alone—especially as we age. For those who manage to stay connected, the health benefits are striking: in the heart, the brain, the mind, and in overall emotional balance. How do people do it? What barriers do they overcome? What strategies may reverse loneliness or isolation? This presentation will open up an exchange of the group’s collective wisdom, describe recent research, and offer recommendations for how to find the difference that makes a difference.

Parking: There is ample parking in the BUMC side lot.  Turn from North Druid Hills onto Briarwood Road and then into the parking lot. 

If you have mobility concerns, park in the reserved spaces on North Druid Hills on the side of the church and then proceed up the walkway to the white doors below the steeple.

Questions: Contact Ezra Cohen atlantapt.president@gmail.com or 404-668-1098.