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 Volume 15, Issue 36
Sept. 9, 2020
Grandparents Day is This Sunday!
This year's theme is COVID-19 and Racial Equity. This week, leading up to Grandparents Day, Generations United and our national partners will share COVID-19 resources and content on the racism, bias and injustices and how it impacts Black and Brown people. Follow #DoSomethingGrand on Twitter and Facebook to stay connected. 
Cool Ideas
Kids and Grands Program
The Kids and Grands program is the newest initiative of The Giving Square, an organization working to activate the philanthropic capacity and power of children. Over four sessions, kids and grandparents explore their shared philanthropic values, needs in our community, and the unique ways generations can work together to make a difference. This program is offered virtually and connects kids and their grandparents across distance and in spite of social isolation. Learn more

Got something cool you tried that was successful? Why not tweet your cool intergenerational ideas to #cooligideas? You can also post them to our Intergenerational Connections Facebook Group. We want to highlight innovative age-optimized programs and practices through our blog, social media and weekly e-newsletter! Share the inspiration.
Culture United
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a Chippewa Council member who is trying to understand the consequences of a new "emancipation" bill on its way to the floor of the United States Congress. It is 1953, and he and the other council members know the bill isn't about freedom; Congress is fed up with Indians. The bill is a "termination" that threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land and their very identity. This book is based on National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C. Learn more

Culture United highlights films, books, music and TV shows with an intergenerational theme. Do you have any suggestions? Share them with us, and we'll share in the weeks and months to come. We welcome responses or reactions. We'll possibly feature them on our blog. See disclaimer.
A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters
We thank Generations United's former Office Assistant Bettina Thorpe-Tucker, who gave in honor of "the memory of my late Mom, Mary E. Thorpe. Thank you for the great work that you continue to do for the children and grandparents." We also thank Eric Kingson for his donation. Together, we are building a world that values all generations! Donate to help us unleash the potential of an "age-amped" society. If you're an organization, join us!
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Think Intergenerational - Funding Opportunities
Grants to Address Social and Economic Injustice. The Fund for a Just Society, a program of the Unitarian Universalist Association, provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada. The Fund is offering grants ranging between $6,000 and $8,000 (the maximum grant amount is $15,000) to organizations that use community organizing to bring about systemic change leading to a more just society. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2020. Learn more

Support for Efforts to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Children. Cigna Foundation's Healthier Kids for Our Future initiative is currently offering Food Insecurity Grants and Mental Health Grants. The latter focuses on programs that foster collaboration between stakeholders* while the first grant focus on programs, in and outside the school environment, that attempt to address gaps in delivering food and nutritional education to children. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2020. Learn more. 

Culture of Health Prize. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize elevates the compelling stories of places throughout the country where residents are working together to transform education, jobs, transportation, housing, and more so better health flourishes for all. Up to ten winning communities will each receive a $25,000 cash prize and have their success stories shared broadly, with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring locally-driven change across the United States. Deadline for Phase 1: Oct. 15, 2020. Learn more

If you have - or know of - any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to aking@gu.org.

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* These include school administrators and teachers, clinicians, and local and national nonprofits, to address mental health and emotional well-being challenges for children.
Think Intergenerational - Great Resources 
Research and Resources
Racial Equity Toolkits. Generations United released two new tool kits that feature grandfamilies-related content on the racism, bias and justice in the juvenile justice system, policing and courts and how it impacts Black and Brown people. The first, created in partnership with the National Indian Child Welfare Association, focuses on American Indian and Alaskan Native grandfamilies. The other focuses on African American grandfamilies. Learn more

Intergenerational Programs and Physical Distancing. This guide by Generations United includes ideas and solutions on how intergenerational professionals can adapt programs and activities and create new intergenerational connections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more.

COVID-19 Fact Sheets in English and Spanish. These fact sheets from Generations United provide information for grandfamilies to stay healthy, informed and connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more.

The Best of Both Worlds: A Closer Look at Creating Spaces that Connect Young and Old. This report from Generations United and The Eisner Foundation includes actionable ways to boost the number of intergenerational shared sites around the country. Learn more.

Interactive Toolkit: Connecting Generations in Senior Housing. This toolkit, developed by Generations United and the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston with funding from RRF Foundation for Aging, is now a website with downloadable resources. It was designed specifically to help senior housing organizations plan and implement high-quality intergenerational programs that will benefit residents and young people in their communities. Visit the site.

A Place to Call Home: Building Affordable Housing for Grandfamilies. This sixth edition of the annual State of Grandfamilies in America report detailed the housing challenges these families face and highlighted innovative programs that offer potential for nationwide expansion. Learn more.
Events
Age-Friendly Communities NJ----      New Relevance. Grotta Fund for Senior Care. Online. Sept. 15, 22, 29 and Oct. 6, 2020.  Learn more.
    • Our Executive Director Donna Butts is speaking on the final day. 
Honoring the Strength and Diversity of Kinship Families: The Role of Kinship Navigator Programs. Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. Online. Sept. 23, 2020. Learn more

Virtual Summit: Advancing Racial Justice, Equity, and Inclusion for Children & Families. Child Welfare League of America. Online. Oct. 6-8, 2020. Learn more
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"Generations are not competitors for life's satisfactions; they are partners in the search for well-being." ~Harold L. Sheppard

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Alan King

Communications Specialist

Generations United

  
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