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Grandparents Day
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Grandparents Day 2024:
Rooted in Culture, Wisdom & Love
Join the Mayor’s Council on African American Elders and community partners in celebrating grandparents on Sunday, September 8, 2024, from 2–4 p.m. at the Northwest African American Museum (2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA 98144).
The program includes:
- Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman
Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman
(keynote speaker): Dr. Pittman is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington. She is the Joff Hanauer Honors Professor in Western Civilization and has an appointment in the Department of Sociology. Dr. Pittman’s book, Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First Century Story of Love, Coercion and Survival, explores the complex lives of Black grandmothers raising their grandchildren in skipped-generation households. Dr. Pittman’s scholarship has been published in many prominent journals and edited volumes and her research on grandparent caregiving has been featured in numerous media outlets. In addition, she is the founder and director of two Black digital humanities projects—The Black Grandmother Archive and The Black Grandmother Worldmaking Library.
- Speak With Purpose (youth spoken word)
- The Rhapsody Project (music)
Stay on for additional NAAM events celebrating African American Elders Day!
Register using the QR code in the flyer, or click here.
Admission to NAAM is free for this event. Refreshments will be served.
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.
Click on the headings below for more information.
Previous Events and Celebrations2023
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
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
