Taking It to the Streets - Campaign to Shatter the Silence Around Dementia
NEW YORK, NY, June 13, 2023 — Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice (Coalition) is launching an international grassroots campaign to transform the narrative about and shatter the silence around dementia and through “Taking It to the Streets,” a global campaign during the week of September 18-24, 2023, during World Alzheimer’s Month. The Coalition is asking its 815 plus members and its partner organizations to host public-facing events, activities, and conversations that present a creative alternative to the fear, stigma and hopelessness surrounding dementia, and then share their celebrations and stories on social media using hashtags #reimaginingdementia, #takingittothestreets, #shatteringthesilence.