Minnesota Elder Nonviolence Coalition with Dr. Josie Johnson & Elder Mahmoud El-Kati
Channel: MySPNN
Date: 22/08/2019

The Minnesota Elder Nonviolence Coalition initiative is to address violence against elders in all forms in under-served communities throughout the Great State of Minnesota. This is a grass roots cultural community outreach initiative that will capture testimony from elders that will serve to shine a spotlight on elder violence at home, in nursing facilities, senior daycare centers, on public transportation and address egregious predatory financial exploitation, that will be delivered in a way that educates communities to adopt elder nonviolence as a way of living in the spirit of our ancestors. 

Civil rights leader and author, Dr. Josie R. Johnson’s story of abuse by an Uber driver was the catalyst for this cultural initiative in which the community activated to demand accountability and justice for Dr. Johnson.  Dr. Johnson’s desire was to activate in a way that would bring positive change and educate the community on the love and care of elders that was passed down from our ancestors.  

Community activism gave birth to the Minnesota Elder Nonviolence Coalition (MENC) initiative.