We all have a part to play: Reimagining Dementia

We all have a part to play: Reimagining Dementia

Guests Mike Belleville and Mary Fridley speak about Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice . Mary, a longtime community activist recognized how COVID disproportionately affected people living with dementia and saw an opportunity for action and change. She brought together advocates from the arts community who had a similar mindset for social change and thought out of the box creatively. This newly formed alliance issued a Call To Action in September 2021. We also feature the Coalition's new song released on the same day as this episode.

The group has 500 members from 25 countries, with a passion for radically changing the culture of dementia through creativity and the arts has inclusivity at its core. As a member of the coalition, Mike feels that everyone has a voice and is heard. For people like him, with a dementia diagnosis, their opinions matter..

You can see a video of the song being performed at https://www.reimaginingdementia.com/campaign

Resources:

Reimagining Dementia Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reimaginingdementia/

Article: https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad210057

Contact info: reimaginingdementia@gmail.com

Resources for this episode can be found under the following sections on our resource page: Arts  & Dementia