>>>
>>> IT
>>> IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF ELDER
ABUSE AND THANKFULLY THERE ARE
SOME BRINGING ABOUT A BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED.
THE NEW ELDER NONVIOLENCE
COALITION MEMBERS HAVE JOINED
US.
US.
US. IT
US. IT IS
US. IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, THESE
STORIES ARE JUST HEARTBREAKING
SO, TELL US ABOUT THE COALITION
AND WHAT IT DOES.
>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US ON THE SHOW TODAY.
THE MINNESOTA ELDER NONVIOLENCE
COALITION IS A GRASSROOTS
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION MEANT TO
ADDRESS VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERS
IN ALL FORMS.
WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN INITIATIVE
THAT STARTED THIS MONTH TO GO
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK
TO OTHERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE, AND WHAT IS ELDER
ABUSE?
ABUSE?
ABUSE? SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS TO COME UP WITH
THESE SOLUTIONS.
THESE SOLUTIONS. >> YOU HAVE A STORY THAT YOU
WANT TO SHARE, AS FAR AS WHAT
YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.
>> YES, AND I THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THAT.
SHARE THAT. A FEW MONTHS AGO, DURING THE
SEASON OF HIGH SCHOOL AND
CURRENT GUN COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT, I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
AN ELDER MIGHT EXPERIENCE.
IT TROUBLES ME, I WAS ABLE TO
SHARE IT AND MY GODCHILD IS THE
ONE WHO SET UP THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR ME.
FOR ME.
FOR ME. IT WAS SUCH A SHOCKER TO BE
TREATED THAT WAY, THAT DAY AND
IT HAD QUITE AN IMPACT.
>> EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I WILL TRY TO DO IT VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. ARRANGEMENTS WERE BEING MADE TO
HELP ME GET TO ONE OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL CAN COMMENCEMENT
ACTIVITIES FOR MY GODCHILD AND
PEOPLE WERE USUALLY THERE TO
HELP ME, I'M VERY BLESSED THAT
A LOT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE OFFER
HELP, THAT DAY THEY WERE ALL
TIED UP WITH ONE THING OR
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. SO THEY COULD NOT.
MY GODCHILD USES TRANSPORTATION
QUITE FREQUENTLY AND ORDERED
THE CAR THAT THE CHIEF GENERAL
USES.
USES.
USES. THE
USES. THE GENTLEMAN CAME AND I DID
NOT REALIZE IT WAS AN UBER.
THE YOUNG MEN NEVER LOOKED IN
MY DIRECTION.
MY DIRECTION. I GOT IN.
I GOT IN.
I GOT IN. THEN I SAID TO HIM THIS IS MY
FIRST TRIP, SO I'M NOT SURE
THAT I KNOW THE DIRECTION OR
THE DIRECT PROCEDURE.
I SAID DO YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS?
HE NEVER ANSWERED AND DID NOT
RESPOND IN ANY WAY, OR LOOK OR
TURNAROUND OR ANYTHING.
SO AS WE DROVE AROUND THE CURVE
TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVE AREA, I
SAID DO YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS?
BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
HE STILL DID NOT ANSWER.
I SAID YOUNG MAN, IS THERE A
PROBLEM TO DRIVE.
AS HE WAS EXITING, LEAVING MY
DRIVE AREA, HE STOPPED.
IT WAS AT THE END OF THE DRIVE,
WHERE THERE IS A WATER DRAIN
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. HE
AREA. HE SAID YOU CAN GET OUT OF MY
CAR SO I WAS A LITTLE
SURPRISED, I COULDN'T FIGURE
OUT WHY.
OUT WHY.
OUT WHY. >> GOT OUT, AND THEN WHAT?
>> MY HEEL, CAUGHT IN THE
DRAIN.
DRAIN.
DRAIN. AND HE NEVER CHECKED.
HE DROVE OFF.
HE LEFT THAT AREA, HE MADE A
LEFT TURN AND LEFT.
PEOPLE WHO HEARD MY STORY SAID
THAT HE IF HE HAD TURNED THE
OTHER DIRECTION, YOU MIGHT HAVE
RUN OVER ME.
SO THEN I FEEL VERY BLESSED
BLESSED BECAUSE WHEN THE
COMMUNITY LEARNED OF IT, ONE OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WAS VERY
INSTRUMENTAL, TYRONE TERREL HAS
BEEN AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. SO HE PULLED ME OUT AND THERE
WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT
CAME OUT OF THAT.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> ACTUALLY, WE ARE TELLING
PEOPLE RIGHT