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 Volume 15, Issue 31
August 5, 2020
Nancy Henkin (left) with Maggie Kuhn in 1980. 
In the News

  • This past Monday would've been Maggie Kuhn's 115th birthday. In honor of the national convener of the Gray Panthers, our Senior Fellow Dr. Nancy Henkin remembers her mentor and friend. Read Nancy's piece, "Remembering Maggie."
     
  • In her Op Ed for The Oklahoman, our Grand Voice Member Barbara Johnson-Williams explains why grandparents and other relatives raising children are a safety net that must be supported. Learn more
Tweet of the Week
Culture United
The Day Abuelo Got Lost: Memory Loss of a Loved Grandfather by Diane de Anda
A touching story about a boy and his grandfather who enjoy a special relationship-until Abuelo starts to lose his memory. Instead of building model planes and cooking together, Luis and his father have to search the neighborhood for Abuelo, and Luis and Abuelo have to find new activities to enjoy together. Learn more.

Culture United highlights films, books, music and TV shows with an intergenerational theme. Do you have any suggestions?  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.
Cool Ideas
bloomd
This app fosters a digital community that facilitates intergenerational exchange of knowledge, experience, and companionship in a fun and safe way. Inspired by the founders' grandparents, bloomd started in late 2019 with a straightforward guiding belief: that the whole world would benefit from accessing the experience of our elders. 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.
Join our Grandfamilies Team!
Generations United's National Center on Grandfamilies is seeking a Special Projects Coordinator to join our results-oriented team and be a part of building on a 20-year legacy of working on behalf of and with grandfamilies (aka grandparents and other relatives raising children). The ideal candidate will have experience working with race equity issues and be deeply committed to intergenerational families and programs. See the full job posting.
A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters
We thank Julie Tippens and William Carey, both of whom gave in honor of Donna's birthday. 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!
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

Internet Access Support for Students in 50 Cities. Mobile Beacon's Connect for Success Student Access Donation Program was created to offer schools in 50 cities across the United States the laptops and mobile Internet access they need to help students struggling to keep up. Deadline: Ongoing. Learn more and apply today.  

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.
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"My goal is to do something outrageous every day." ~Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers; her birthday was on Monday.

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Alan King

Communications Specialist

Generations United

  
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