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Announcing the new Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows

Announcing the new Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows

These 15 innovators, ranging in age from 19 to 75, are bringing generations together to fight social isolation, even the playing field for youth, create stronger cities and more affordable housing, strengthen the multigenerational workforce, and so much more. Somehow...

10 Organizations Connecting Generations During the Pandemic

10 Organizations Connecting Generations During the Pandemic

Turns out that young people fear social isolation, too. We’ve all seen the images of older adults suffering from social isolation and loneliness, but young people are suffering during the pandemic, too. Some, reports WBUR, even see social isolation as a bigger threat...

“What is it to see life from an 80-year-old perspective?”

“What is it to see life from an 80-year-old perspective?”

That question fascinated Ken Dychtwald, setting him on a 50-year path as researcher, futurist and author. Here are five questions for him as his 17th book, What Retirees Want, is released. Ken Dychtwald has been interested in the power of human potential since his...

Wanted: Dynamic New Leader for the Encore Network

Wanted: Dynamic New Leader for the Encore Network

My next chapter could be your big opportunity.    Fifteen years ago, I plugged into the power of the encore idea. At age 49¾, I left Chase Manhattan Bank to join a fast-growing startup, The Transition Network. When I told friends about its mission -- to help women...

PBS American Portrait Wants a Glimpse Into Your World

PBS American Portrait Wants a Glimpse Into Your World

What’s it like to be an American right now at your age and in your stage of life?PBS American Portrait is creating “a real-time, multimedia, self-made portrait of America” by assembling thousands of people’s answers to a series of thought-provoking prompts. Like “I...

6 Ways to Advocate for Racial Justice From Home

6 Ways to Advocate for Racial Justice From Home

The nation's COVID-19 pandemic needn't sideline you in this critical fight On August 27, 1963, I was a sheltered, white, college student driving with my parents to Washington, D.C. to join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Deciding to go wasn’t easy....

Joining with Young People to Fight Racial Injustice

Joining with Young People to Fight Racial Injustice

Across the country, young people continue to march against racial injustice and police violence, embodying what historian and sociologist Orlando Patterson calls “the noble rage of young Americans against...historic evil.” And thousands of older people are joining...