Grandparents Day

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Plan to do Something Grand!

National Grandparents Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday in September. It can be celebrated anywhere.

Wikipedia: National Grandparents Day

The Legacy Project: The History of Grandparents Day

AgeWise King County Article: Grandparents Day: Rooted in Community, Culture, and Love (September 2023)

For more information, email our Aging and Disability Services Planner Karen Winston.

Grandparents Day 2024

This site will be updated with more details as soon as information is made available.

The 2024 Grandparents Day event is tentatively scheduled to take place in Seattle Washington on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

 

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Previous Events and Celebrations

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020

2023

The 2023 Grandparents Day event was held virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) on Sunday, November 10, 2023 at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle Washington. The event was hosted by the Mayor’s Council on African American Elders in partnership with NAAM.

Theme: Rooted in Community, Culture and Love

Keynote Speaker: Joe Hailey, Chair of Seattle King County Advisory Council on Aging and Disability Services.

Spoken Word Artist: Patheresa Wells

Entertainment: Northwest African American Museum African American Ensemble (ACE)

Event Flyer: 2023 


2022

The 2022 Grandparents Day event was held virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) on Sunday September 11, 2022, at the  Northwest African American Museum in Seattle Washington.

In partnership with AARP Washington, the City of Seattle Aging and Disability Services, and the Mayor’s Council on African American Elders, the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) celebrated Black Elders and inducted our next cohort into the Elders Circle. The three honorees this year were: renowned local artist Al Doggett, local emeritus college professor Minnie Collins, and local historian/co-founder of the Black Heritage Society of WA State Esther Mumford.

Theme: Rooted in Culture, Wisdom, and Love

Keynote Speaker: Zelda Foxall, ADS Advisory Council Member and professional storyteller.

Spoken Word Artist: Kibibi Monié, Director Nu Black Arts West Theater.

Entertainment: Northwest African American Museum African American Ensemble (ACE)

Event Flyer: 2022

Event Recording: YouTube (Length 51:51)


2021

The 2021 Grandparents Day event was held virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle Washington.

Theme: Love, Culture and History

Keynote Speaker: Marcia Tate Arunga, Ph.D. Dean, The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus

Spoken Word Artist: Kibibi Monié, Director Nu Black Arts West Theater.

Entertainment: Northwest African American Museum African American Ensemble (ACE)

Event Flyer: 2021 


2020

The 2020 Grandparents Day event was held virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle Washington.

Theme: Love and Community, The Ties that Bind

Keynote Speaker: Alesia Cannady, Women United CEO and Founder and a kinship caregiver.

South Seattle Emerald Article:  Grandmas Hands Sew Marks to Strengthen Community Ties in Skyway (Alesia Cannady, Pepper Pot Kinship Support Group)

Event Flyer: 2020