Legacy of LOVE: 2021 African American Caregivers Forum

2021 African American Caregivers Forum was recorded LIVE online (due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns) on Saturday, Nov. 13 - during National Family Caregivers Month. Expand description for program details 👇

Keynote speaker: LueRachelle Brim-Atkins
LueRachelle Brim-Atkins, founder and principal consultant of Brim-Donahoe & Associates and partner in The Diversity Collaborative, has more than 30 years experience working in public, private, and nonprofit organizational development and training. Since 1988, she has designed customized, comprehensive training and education programs that focus on leadership, management, cultural competence, diversity, and social change. LueRachelle provided dementia care for her mother.

For more about LueRachelle’s background, read “Meet LueRachelle Brim-Atkins, who joyfully builds and bridges communities in Seattle and beyond” (Seattle Times, 3/9/17).

Emcee: Margaret Boddie
Margaret Boddie is a program manager with the African American Elders Program, administered by Catholic Community Services. The program serves African-American elders in Central and Southeast Seattle and South King County by identifying frail, isolated, and hard-to-serve people of African descent and helping them access case management services, information, referrals, and other resources they may need.

End-of-Life Planning: Stephanie Haslam
Attorney Stephanie Haslam, founder and owner of Compassionate Legal Care PLLC, returns to the African American Caregivers Forum with information that can help you make decisions about the latter part of your own life and that of a loved one.

Caregiver Panelists
A panel of caregivers shared stories from their personal caregiving journeys:

Sharon Sobers-Outlaw (Moderator)
Theresa Gossett
Pammyla "Pamm" Hubbard
Stephen LaBoo

Sponsors: AARP Washington, Aging and Disability Services—the Area Agency on Aging for Seattle & King County; the African American Elders Program at Catholic Community Services; Age Friendly Seattle; Compassionate Legal Care, LLC; City of Seattle Mayor’s Council on African American Elders; Seattle Human Services; Sound Generations.

Accessibility: Closed captioned in Amharic, English, French, Somali, Spanish and Swahili - coming soon!

Continuing education: Three (3) CEUs are offered at no charge (National Association of Social Workers). To receive credit, e-mail Karen Winston at Karen.Winston@seattle.gov.

☎️ Resources:
Community Living Connections network: communitylivingconnections.org | 1-844-348-5464
Washington Listens: https://waportal.org | 833-681-0211
King County COVID-19 Information and Resources: https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19.aspx | 206‑296‑1608
WA State Coronavirus Response #COVID19: https://coronavirus.wa.gov | 800-525-0127
City of Seattle Human Services Department: http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices
Aging and Disability Services: https://www.agingkingcounty.org
Age Friendly Seattle: http://www.seattle.gov/AFS

✨ Live show moderators: Karen Winston, Andrea Yip
🎬 Pre- and Post-production: Leonid "Lenny" Orlov

🎵 Music (used with permission):
ODESZA, A Moment Apart, "Show Me."
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