2018 WEAAD Virtual Art Gallery
The 2018 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), the Committee is promoting the Roadmap’s priority of Education in The Road to Elder Justice – WEAAD Virtual Art Gallery. This virtual art gallery invites people to create and submit art that provides an artistic representation of the aging process with one or all of the following themes: equality and justice, respect, empowerment, connections, engagement, community, and happiness. This gallery not only celebrates the Roadmap’s progress, but it also promotes public awareness of how building supportive communities as we age and combatting ageism (cultural biases against aging) can be a tool in preventing and addressing elder abuse.
By working together to prevent and address elder abuse, we can build stronger communities for all.
Artist: EAGLE Project – Elder Justice Initiative, Department of Justice
Sunday Morning
by Charles William
Artist: Charles William
This 40″ x 30″ painting shows a generational connection and teachable moment between a great grandfather and his great grandson.
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/charles-williams.html
Never stopped being cool
Photographer: Jan Lee
Location: Jordan, Hong Kong
The photo goes along with the theme of empowerment. This gentleman was financially victimized by his family, and through the help of Awakenings Victim Outreach, he was empowered by receiving financial and emotional restoration, and was able to continue living independently with his canine companion, Lilly.
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“#Seniors may be 81, or 18. End #ageism through #engAGEism to gain #socialchange”— @philipcmarshall founder #beyondbrooke with #ElizabethPodnieks founder #WEAAD for #WEAADart #elderjustice #WEAAD2018 with @NCEAatUSC
The Department of Family Medicine at USC recognizes that by providing equal care to people of all ages, we can work to reduce elder abuse. This World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 2018, we wrote down all the ways we contribute to the well-being of older people on paper-strips to create a purple ribbon for The Road to Elder Justice – WEAAD Virtual Gallery.
The subject of this painting is the iconic 91 year old Cleveland artist, Shirley Aley Campbell. At the time of this painting, she was continuing her seven decades as a painter of the fascinating and troubling images of those who lived beneath the radar of society, having converted her in Assisted Living apartment into an art studio. Her amazing optimism, humor and zest for life is obvious to everyone who meets her.
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Man’s Best Friend at Every Stage of Life
““모든 세대가 참여하고 함께하는 사회”
“A society that fosters intergenerational connectivity and ensures that people of all ages feel connected and valued.” Location: Incheon, South Korea
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Artist: Margueriette Walker, Senior Staff Assistant
Contra Costa County Aging and Adult Services
Through the Choose Love and Report Abuse poem Margueriette Walker from Contra Costa County Aging and Adult Services expresses the severity of elder abuse and how respect, quality and justice can help alleviate abuse and stigma
of the elderly.
Artist: Rachel Weissberger
Oil on canvas 22″x28″
http://www.rachelsart.net/
Gwendolyn Gibson Polee Reed
Location: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Using #WEAAD awareness ribbons to share how we can make older adults part of everyday living.
Artist: Ricky Mujica
“This is a painting of my aunt Ana Ortega (Rest In Peace). She lived to be 104 and was still living on her own until she was 102. This painting was done posthumously from a sketch I did of her, and it’s of a time when she was about 100 years old. She was an original member of the Ladies Garment Workers Union from
it’s inception and as a result, she always enjoyed folding clothes. I would bring a bag of my newborn daughter’s baby clothes down to her and we’d talk while while she folded out her clothes. She loved to do this, and it always gave me a nice reason to come spend some time with her. She said it was the highlight of her week, and it was always the highlight of mine. After she folded the clothes, we would sit and watch Spanish Soap Operas together. That is what this painting is about.”
Artist: Pamela Mack
Artist: Mary Barnes
Grandmother and great granddaughter
Artists: Naja and Nicole Davis
Naja Davis is a 7th grader who worked on a school activism project. She sold decorated cookie valentines with mini brochures on how to spot and report the signs of elder abuse. Naja shows us that whether we are young or old, we can all do our part to promote justice.
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
The Garden Community Project at Rowntree Gardens
Moving from left to right, generally speaking, adults move into their later years with optimism and empowerment fully expecting happiness and engagement in their respective communities portrayed here with bright sunshine, vibrant new leaves, and fresh green grass. But for a good many older adults/seniors, unexpected circumstances, or headwinds enter their lives and upset their happiness, pulling them away from the community tree they love by the wind until there are just a few leaves or older adults/seniors left enjoying their later years while their friends have had to leave. Those that are left have a choice to be resilient – to grieve what is lost and focus on what is possible. It might be case of the winds being a health issue, financial, crime, inequality, or possibly a case of respect as seen in our LGBTQ community that lowers a person’s potential for happiness. But in my Mother’s life, it was the disastrous diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, never understanding “why her”, and always knowing what was about to take place until all her light of life (on the left) would be gone.
http://www.seniorcommunity.org/
This is from a WEAAD educational fair held at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. The management showed their support and everyone there increased awareness on elder abuse. Photographed: Arlene Palanca, BSN, RN, staff nurse, 1-East; John DiLeo, Vice President, Finance; Mike DuBois, Assistant Vice President, Business Development; Salvatore Moffa, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Michelle Hensley-Jennings, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager, 1-East; Tony Cava, President.