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History of Twin Cities Gray Panthers

The TCGP started in 1972 at the University of Minnesota as a program of the student YWCA and has sustained its primary focus on ageism. As a part of the National Gray Panthers, TCGP has provided leadership in both confronting ageism and promoting intergenerational programming at the national level. Over the years the network has completed a number of special projects – age sensitive greeting cards, Resources Not Rivals workshops, and the Ripening video.


Twin Cities Gray Panthers Timeline

Year Event
1972 Growing Up to be Old and Okay—conference held at the new YWCA building on the Mall
1980 Age Sensitive Card Project
1980s Street Theater Performances/Ageism Media Watch
1980s Ageism Training in the workplace/Ageism workshops at conferences and conventions
1980-81 Creating An Age Integrated Society Issue Paper in preparation for National White House Conference on Aging
1982 Boycott Hallmark Card Stores-“This Card is Injurious to Healthy Aging” slips placed inside ageist cards/ NPR “All Things Considered” covered the story
1985 Maggie Kuhn’s 80th Birthday Bash at Landmark Center in Saint Paul
1987 Workshops on the Judicial System: Ageism, Sexism, and Patient’s Rights in the Courts
1989 Series of workshops on health care and education system inequities
1989 Hosted GP Mid-America Regional Conference-Resources Not Rivals at Wilder Forest
1990 Grace Warfield Memorial Scholarship Fund created upon Grace’s death
1992 Wrote National Gray Panther issue paper on social justice
1996 Created and produced video: Ripening: Thoughts About Aging and Ageism
1998 Hosted book-signing party for release of Ann Gerike’s book: Old Is Not a Four Letter Word
2002 Presented Ripening Video at National Conference for American Gerontological Society
2003 Hosted party to view Carry It Forward video featuring Paul Wellstone’s activism
2004 Sally Brown, local GP, elected Chair of National Gray Panther Board
2005 Gray Panthers Twin Cities Web site launched

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