{"id":593,"date":"2026-08-30T11:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/about-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T07:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T07:29:11","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/membership\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"593\" class=\"elementor elementor-593\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d932c38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d932c38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feb7b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feb7b81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join SGS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b438e4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b438e4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;d like to offer you the opportunity to become a member of one of the most respected groups of gerontology professionals in the Southern region \u2013 The Southern Gerontological Society (SGS). SGS members make a difference \u2013 by continually providing professionals in the aging network with access to the latest research and a forum for discussing important practical issues relating to older adults in our area.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a99b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86a99b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Membership Levels<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752c637 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"752c637\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9633dc1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9633dc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e80c32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e80c32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524202e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"524202e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ENCORE MEMBER<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d3897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83d3897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>$35.00<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdd072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bdd072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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