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 Volume 15, Issue 35
Sept. 2, 2020
Grandparents Day is Less Than Two Weeks Away!
In the News
  • Kiplinger ran an article on the caregiving challenges faced by the sandwich generation. The pandemic has made those issues tougher. The story quotes our Executive Director Donna Butts. Learn more.
     
  • Public News Service ran a piece on the child welfare system in Kentucky being pushed to the brink. This piece highlights our GRAND Voice Member Norma Hatfield. Learn more
     
  • MediaVillage ran a piece on the upside of aging-volunteering. The article quotes our Senior Fellow Nancy Henkin. Learn more
     
  • KPVI Channel 6 ran a story on the 27 factors that make you vulnerable to COVID-19. This segment cited Generations United's fact sheet for multigenerational households and grandfamilies. Learn more.
A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters
Generations United thanks our members and supporters. 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!
Cool Ideas
Intergenerational Programs at Avita of Wells Memory Care
Parents of toddlers are familiar with taking them to music or art classes ---- where children bang on drums, learn songs, smear paint around, dance waving scarves, practice sharing ----    and have found the experience heartwarming. Those in memory care feel the same. "When we create these intergenerational programs, these barriers break down, and then connections are made organically that are just absolutely amazing to witness," says Angela Mastrella, program director at Avita of Wells Memory Care. She recently received Argentum's Hero Award. Angela's nominator calls her a "fierce advocate for her residents." 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.
Tweets of the Week
Culture United
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is following in her grandfather's footsteps as an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Sankara is doing for his country. 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.
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
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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"A country that does not take care of its children and old people is a country without soul." ~Unknown

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Alan King

Communications Specialist

Generations United

  
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