Kennedy on Beyond The Hype with Alfred Edmond

Posted on January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 by Teresa Kennedy

NEW YORK, NY – On January 17, 2023, Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, founder of Elder Dignity, discussed predatory guardianships and estate trafficking on Black Enterprise's Beyond The Hype with Alfred Edmond as part of National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This vicious crime, which involves stealing estates and people using guardianships laws, is rising in communities of color. Watch the interview: https://www.facebook.com/BLACKENTERPRISE/videos/548278873702557 Kennedy explai...

Press Release: Advocates Petition For Department Of Justice And Senate Special Committee On Aging To Investigate Predatory Guardianships

Posted on March 3, 2021September 26, 2021 by Teresa Kennedy

PRESS RELEASE ADVOCATES PETITION FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING TO INVESTIGATE PREDATORY GUARDIANSHIP INDUSTRY Calls for more aggressive prosecution and the acceleration of federal reform March 3, 2021 – Flagler County, FL - The number one Netflix movie this past week was I Care a Lot and its star Rosamund Pike just won a Golden Globe. The fictional film exposes exploitative aspects of the guardianship industry which may give you chills, but the real-life...

Advocacy Efforts Gets Covered By Florida News [Media]

Posted on January 31, 2020January 21, 2021 by Teresa Kennedy

TALLAHASSEE, FL. - The Elder Dignity advocacy efforts this week made it on the 5 o'clock news in Florida. I flew to Tallahassee from New York on January 28th to speak at the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting re: SB 944 on guardianship. A handful of advocates traveled hundreds of miles to share their voices and concerns. The next day, a number of us did a media interview with Mike Vasilinda of Capitol News Service. Afterwards, fellow advocate Doug Franks and I staged an impromptu protest that...

Meeting With Secretary After Impromptu Protest

Posted on January 30, 2020September 26, 2021 by Teresa Kennedy

TALLAHASSEE, FL. - Florida's guardianship system is terribly broken and it took a slightly rogue move--which ended up making the 5 o'clock news--to finally get a meeting with leadership. After an interview with Mike Vasilinda of Capitol News Service, the day's schedule was fairly open. Our team of advocates, who had driven from across Florida to participate in the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on January 28th, was dispersing to head home. Fellow advocate Doug Franks and I were the only tw...

OPEN LETTER to Senator Kathleen Passidomo

Posted on January 26, 2020January 31, 2020 by Teresa Kennedy

Please SIGN THE PETITION to Governor DeSantis to free Dr. Lillie Sykes White. For more on involuntary guardianships, watch The Deception of Protection and Silent Torture: Trafficking Through Guardianship. Contributed by Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Founder of Elder Dignity.

OPEN LETTER to Governor Ron DeSantis

Posted on January 26, 2020January 31, 2020 by Teresa Kennedy

Silent Torture: Trafficking Through Guardianship [Video]

Posted on January 23, 2020January 21, 2021 by Teresa Kennedy

Elder Dignity & Power Living Media Release Video Linking Human Trafficking and Guardianship Features Top Elder Justice Advocates and Families Affected What would you do if a loved one was forced into isolation simply so his or her money could be stolen? Seniors and dependent adults are being forced into isolation, often sedated at home or in locked care facilities, while their assets are spent down. It sounds like Nazi Germany but it's happening right now in America. It is Silent Torture: ...

RELEASE: Videos for Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Posted on January 23, 2020January 24, 2020 by Teresa Kennedy

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, January 23, 2020 Contact: Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, elderdignity(at)hotmail.com, 212-901-6913 ELDER DIGNITY RELEASES TRIO OF VIDEOS INCLUDING “SILENT TORTURE” MAKING LINK BETWEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GUARDIANSHIP Calls for Governor DeSantis to release Dr. Lillie Sykes White from forced isolation in Florida for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month NEW YORK, NY – On the heels of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Peace Week, and in c...

RELEASE: The Forbidden Reunion [Video]

Posted on September 9, 2019September 26, 2021 by Teresa Kennedy

FLORIDA SENIOR ISOLATED FROM FAMILY OF 50 RELATIVES FOR THREE YEARS DESPITE VIDEO OF HER ASKING FOR HER SISTER, NIECES & NEPHEWS Guardian refuses to let anyone speak with her without a "passcode," court ignores motions, and care facility refused to disclose safety preparations for Hurricane Dorian DELAND, FL - On Friday, September 6, 2019, Dr. Lillie Sykes White turned 91. Her family of almost fifty people wanted to celebrate her. On video, released today, she said she wants to see her sis...

Two Years of Forced Isolation

Posted on August 30, 2018September 3, 2018 by Teresa Kennedy

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, August 30, 2018 Contact: Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, elderdignity@hotmail.com, 212-901-6913 FLORIDA FLAGLER COUNTY COURT CONTINUES TO ENDORSE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF A SENIOR 89-year-old African-American Woman Abducted and Isolated from Core Family for Two Years PALM COAST, FL - Today marks the two-year anniversary of the abduction of Dr. Lillie Sykes White in one of the most egregious elder exploitation cases in Florida. An overvi...