This document contains 13 reports from the 1981 White House Conference on Aging. The first report describes the community forums held around the country to collect citizen input on issues important to the elderly. An overview of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging scheduled for November 1981 is provided, biographical sketches of conference chairpersons and administrators are given, and a list of state coordinators is included. Other reports describe state and local activities leading up to the conference and present community forum information. Mini-conferences designed to provide forums for special groups are discussed and progress reports of mini-conferences on various topics, e.g., employment, ethnic needs, minority groups, housing, health care, and consumer problems, are given. Reports are also included on the activities of various State White House Conferences, the members of the National Advisory Committee for the 1981 conference, the 14 conference committees, and the events scheduled during the actual four-day conference. (NRB)