Digital Elders, and Then Some





Be a Digital Elder

(Digital Elder graduates recite their pledge).

"I embrace my African heritage and my responsibility to my global village."

(More on the Aboriginal people at Meaningless Chatter, Oratory as Barriers to to Aboriginal Liberation in Australia).









African Genesis Media Group

African Genesis Media Group



Your Pictures, African Elders

African Elders



Radical 'legend' never lost his fire

"He helped start a free-breakfast program for children in the city and the Panthers began organizing a battery of after-school programs.

They took over city councilors' seats during meetings and demanded the administration address sub-standard housing, failing schools and police brutality."

Radical 'legend' never lost his fire



Ailing Black Elders Can Count On Help From Family And Friends

"These findings are in stark contrast to public images of the downfall of the black family in America."

Black Elders Can Count On Family



Health Promotion and Black Elders

Health Promotion and Black Elders








Elder Stories, Malawi










Summit Brings Together Gang Members, Black Elders

Gang Members, Black Elders



Southwark Black Elders art show

"The theme 'Faces Moods and Expressions' was devised by the artist
after consulting with the group and realising that verbal expression
was difficult for some of the members.

The project has
resulted in a vibrant and exciting collection of works."

Southwark Black Elders art show



Indigenous Resistance Communities of Big Mountain, Black Mesa struggle for Life, Land and Dignity

"Although there’s been a recent victory against the reopening of the Black Mesa Complex, the Kayenta mine is still operating and elders on the front lines fighting the continued impacts of coal mining and forced relocation efforts are still requesting support."

Struggle for Life, Land and Dignity



Searching for Black Men Elders

"It’s one thing to complain about what we do see, it’s another thing to be insightful enough to miss what we don’t see…"

Searching for Black Men Elders



Drumming For Elder's 90th Birthday

Drumming For Elder's 90th Birthday



Charge to Task Force on Black Aged

Charge to Task Force on Black Aged











Banjo Clarke

"Wisdom Man"

Aboriginal Elder

"All the native food was being destroyed."










Preventing Depression

"A clear relationship exists between chronic illness and depression. Longitudinal studies have indicated that chronic illness often precedes the onset of depressive symptoms."

Preventing Depression



Education, indigenous knowledge and globalisation

"The enormity of the threat posed by the break-up of indigenous communities has not yet been fully realised by many of those now in power, although it has always been obvious to community elders."

Learning From The Elders

Learning From The Elders








Michese Mountain Legends, Malawi

"The church has replaced our ancestor traditions."