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The Year Ahead
Sundance Film Festival
January 23-28th
Park City, UT
SeniorLaw Center Gala
March 26th
Grand Belle Bellevue Hotel, Philadelphia PA
Please join us in a Celebration of Justice to
honor the mission of Senior LAW Center!
Since 1978 SLC has served older people
by using the power of the law, educating
the community and advocating on the local,
state and national level. I am honored and
looking forward to again serving as MC and
host. Hope to see you there!
Tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and other
support options are on sale now.​​​
Gen Z Caregivers​​
I hope you had a chance to watch Philadelphia Fox 29 which highlighted the challenges and rewards of young caregivers like Hannah Clarke. Hannah is a Thomas Jefferson University Medical Student who is a caregiver for her mom Claudine Clarke, also a doctor, who has Frontotemporal Dementia. More and more young people are becoming caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
The Purple Affair - August 18th, Atlanta GA.
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I was so honored this summer to travel to Atlanta to receive the Making A Difference Award from
the James Dixon Foundation. The Foundation honors caregivers, advocates of caregivers and
people living with Alzheimer’s and raises scholarships for medical students.
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Celebration at the White House​
In September President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted a brunch at the White House honoring Black Excellence. I was excited and honored to be among the hundreds of leaders from across the country who were invited to attend the celebration. As many of you know I have been in conversations with the White House Office of Public Engagement to host a screening of our film, In Our Right Mind. I will keep you posted for updates.
Journalist Hall of Fame
The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalist PABJ 50th Anniversary Gala, November 9th at Penn Museum
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In Our Right Mind in Gainesville Florida!
June 2, 2024
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Thank you Gainesville! The screening of our film In Our Right Mind was a huge success. The University of Florida brought together members of the Gainesville community who gathered at the Cotton Club Museum in the historic african american community in Springhill for a powerful Sunday afternoon filled with good food , fellowship and much needed information.
Following the film, a terrific panel fielded questions and compassionately listened to observations from the audience comprised mainly of caregivers and advocates from the community.
The University of Florida surveyed the audience and here are but a few of the comments.
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The film needs to go worldwide it is so well done
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So grateful to Renee Chenault Fattah for creating such a riveting documentary highlighting the impact of AD in our community.
Special thanks to The University of Florida: Dr Shellie-Ann Levy, Dr Jeremy Grant and Research Fellow Jennifer Hunter.
Thank you to The Cotton Club Museum which provided healthy and delicious food and a backdrop steeped in our history and power of place. Thank you to a terrific panel Dr Shellie Anne Levy, Johnnie Johnson Elder Care Options and Yarissa Reyes, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Engagement at Alzheimers Association.
Second Annual African American Caregiver’s Conference - Philadelphia PA
May 21, 2024
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There are more than 400,000 unpaid caregivers in the Commonwealth. While the job of caregiving is rewarding, it also exacts an economic and emotional toll. The Alzheimer’s Association of the Delaware Valley is sponsoring a day long free symposium to support caregivers.
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In the Spring Edition of Johns Hopkins Magazine:
Johns Hopkins University's Pat Gatling, Esq. '79 and RCF, Esq. '79 on a panel at the Kennedy Summer School in New Ross, Ireland 9/23 discussing the 2024 US Presidential Race. It's a friendship that began at Hopkins almost a half century ago and is still going strong! Read more.
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Click here to read the article.
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Philadelphia City Council Resolution Honoring Renee Chenault Fattah
On the last day of Black History Month and leading into Women's History Month City Council issued a resolution in recognition of my work around narrative, journalism, law and our documentary IN OUR RIGHT MIND. Thank you Councilmember Bass and City Council for such an honor! It inspires me to do more to give back to this City we love and to continue to advocate on stories of health equity, civic engagement and equality.
February 26th, 2024
Thank you First Lady Jill Biden for inviting me to the White House screening of Rustin, a powerful story of a long-erased civil rights activist. The film takes us into the world of Bayard Rustin, a West Chester native who organized the 1963 March on Washington while combating homophobia and racism. Bayard is powerfully played by Philly native and Oscar-nominated Colmon Domingo.
Film has the power to inspire understanding and change and I love that it is being viewed at the People’s House on the last week of Black History Month.#FilmForChange
December 16th, 2023
Renée Chenault Fattah, Keynote Speaker at NAACP Freedom Fund And Foot Soldier Luncheon
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August 31st-September 2nd, 2023
Kennedy Summer School: A Festival of Irish and American History and Politics
Renée Chenault Fattah, Panelist discussing current state of Presidential Politics.
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May 19, 2022
Renée Chenault Fattah, Keynote Speaker at Johns Hopkins
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences Master’s Commencement.
"The Power of Narrative"
Check our site for periodic Alzheimer’s News updates compiled by Science Writer and Educator, Carolyn Usrey, seen here on the left at the Premiere Screening of "In Our Right Mind in October of 2019 with my late mother Dora Taylor Chenault. Although the days pass, with each one, I seem to miss you more.
Please visit: seniorlawcenter.org for more information on resources and help for older Pennsylvanians.
Happy New Year!
2025 holds great promise for all the ways in which we can use storytelling and narrative to connect culturally with people, inspire, inform and advocate for change.
When I made the film In Our Right Mind, Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias Impact in Communities of Color, the goal was to increase awareness, access and information for Black and Brown communities on how Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are impacting our community and what we can do about it. Since I made the film, in just the past few years we have seen a transformative change in the Alzheimer’s landscape! I have updated In Our Right Mind to reflect the breakthroughs.
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Notably, as of January 2025 there are 127 drugs and treatments in the clinical trial pipeline. Before Lequimbi which received FDA approval in 2023, there had not be an Alzheimer’s drug discovery since 2000.
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​And yet, with all the important developments and renewed support, we face huge challenges:
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Almost two thirds of all Americans with Alzheimer's are women.
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Sixty to seventy percent of all unpaid Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers are women. And at the intersection of these sobering statistics are women of color.
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Older Black Americans are twice as likely as older White Americans to have Alzheimer's or another dementia.
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This is why I have refocused, updated and relaunched this site as a resource and platform for sharing information and support for caregivers , people living with the disease and all those interested. Please check in frequently and also go to our Comment section to send me your suggestions and stories.