Mayor's Council on African American Elders News

Recent Reports and Articles 

• September 13, 2026, Proclaimed as Grandparents Day in the City of Seattle (AgeWise King County, September 2026)
• Community Corner—Mayor’s Council on African American Elders (Human Interests, September 2026)
• Juneteenth: A Question of Delayed Recognition (AgeWise King County, June 2026)
• I Still March: A Juneteenth Story of Resilience (AgeWise King County, June 2026)
• Reflecting and Connecting at the Annual African American Caregivers Forum (AgeWise King County, December 2025)
• Community Corner—Mayor’s Council on African American Elders (Human Interests Blog, Seattle Human Services, April 2024)
• African American Caregiver Forum Focuses on Dementia Care (AgeWise King County, October 2023)
• A Faithful Approach to Increasing Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease (AgeWise King County, June 2022)
• Scamming the Scammers (AgeWise King County, April 2022)
• 2021 African American Caregivers Forum: Caregiving Around the Clock (Human Interests Blog, Seattle Human Services)

MCAAE Archives

• Advocating for Change: Recommendations to Mayor Jenny A. Durkan (MCAAE, 2018)
• Advocating for Change: The Deepening Crisis of Seattle's Extreme Risk African American Elders (April 2015)
• Community Input on the Needs of African American Elders in Seattle and South King Count (April 2004)
• Hope for the Heart of Our Community (video): Karen M. Winston, Seattle Human Services Department, discusses how the African American Elders Program began and why it’s important to help vulnerable older adults maintain independence in their homes for as long as possible.
• Moving into an Assisted Living Community (Carol Kemp, BSN, RN, BC, Mayor’s Council on African-American Elders)