by Diverse Elders | Jul 9, 2019
by Richard Harris. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. It’s been nearly 14 years since Hurricane Katrina washed away all the physical mementos of Mélisande Short-Colomb’s life along the Mississippi Gulf coast. Her nearly 200-year-old Pass Christian,...
by Diverse Elders | May 31, 2019
by Cassie M. Chew. This article originally appeared in The Crime Report. In the months since President Trump signed the First Step Act, the product of a landmark bipartisan effort that many have called one of the most important justice reforms in years, about 500...
by Diverse Elders | May 1, 2019
by Andi Mullin and Amanda Ptashkin. This article originally appeared on the Community Catalyst blog. During our recent visit to Montgomery, Alabama, we had the opportunity to confront our nation’s gruesome history of slavery, mass incarceration and racism, while also...
by Angie Boddie | Apr 12, 2019
Caregiving provided by grandparents serves as a safety net for children in need of parenting regardless of race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Approximately 2.9 million grandparents make breakfast, organize their grandchildren’s activities, arrange doctor’s...
by Diverse Elders | Apr 3, 2019
by Peter White EDITOR’S NOTE: The communities and organizations comprising the Diverse Elders Coalition are well aware of how the affordable housing crisis is hitting older Americans. Only last year, for instance, a UCLA study showed that three-quarters of...
