Membership
G.E.M. membership is open to all male and female parenting grandparents who reside in New York City. Enrollment is free of charge.
Meeting Schedule
G.E.M. holds its General Membership meetings the third Wednesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at Salem United Methodist Church Community Center ~ 211 West 129 th Street between 7 th & 8 th Avenues in the Second Floor Lounge.
For More Information, Contact:
Alma Warren……212-491-6287
Outreach Membership Coordinator
Doris Williams…..212-283-2479
Project Event Administrator
Maggie Lee…….212/749-1290
Chairperson
Mary D. Redd……718-389-5100
Facilitator
G.E.M. is funded through grants from the public and private sector.
OFFICERS:
MAGGIE LEE
Chairperson
GLADYS POWELL
Co-Chairperson
ARLENE MILLER
Secretary
ALMA WARREN
Outreach Membership Coordinator
MARTHA MIZELL
Treasurer
CATHERINE LARRY
Assistant Treasurer
DORIS WILLIAMS
Project Event Administrator
CARRIE ROBINSON
Public Relations
MARY D. REDD, LCSW, ACSW
Facilitator
G RANDPARENTS
E MPOWERMENT
M OVEMENT
A Support Group For Parenting Grandparents
IF NOT US, WHO?
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
Steinway Child & Family Services, Inc.
41-36 27 th Street
Long Island City , New York 11101
718-/389-5100 – Telephone
718-784-2920 – Fax
Mary D. Redd, President & CEO
Grandparents Empowerment Movement (G.E.M.) was established in November 1994, by the late Doris W. Dennard, ACSW, Assistant Director of Harlem Interfaith and Mrs. Ruth Rudder of A. Philip Randolph Senior Citizen Center, to assist grandparents who were suddenly charged with the daily care and responsibility of their grandchildren because of the incapacitation or death of their adult children due to AIDS, drugs or violence.
G.E.M. is comprised of a group of parenting grandparents who reside in the Greater Harlem Community and the surrounding boroughs. These parenting grandparents are committed to improving the quality of life for families headed by parenting grandparents. GEM currently operates under the sponsorship of the Steinway Child and Family Services, Inc.
G.E.M. teaches parenting grandparents to:
- Teach the art of family healing through workshops, seminars, exploration of resources and collaboration with social and political organizations.
- Engage in counseling, training and other learning advocacy activities which enhance skills in family healing, educational advancement of children, family economic independence and well-being and crisis prevention.
- Teach more effective ways of helping the natural parents of GEM grandchildren to become capable of managing their lives more effectively.
Attention All Parenting Grandparents
Do you need to learn something better than worry, fear and frustration?
Do you wish your grandchildren had better schools to attend and better places for recreation?
Do you wish you had better housing: better opportunities to relax and relieve the pressures you are under?
Do you wish there was better protection against drugs and crime in schools, your building, your block and your community?
Do you wish you could get better responses from your elected representatives?
Join G.E.M.
Discover the power of parenting grandparents who make better happen!