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These AmeriCorps members at SBP are bridging the generational divide

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | Dec 3, 2020

There is no formal, widely available intergenerational service corps in the United States, but there are organizations that bring older and younger generations together to serve. SBP, a national disaster relief organization that engages AmeriCorps members in...

How a voter registration initiative sparked an intergenerational friendship

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | Oct 26, 2020

Jona Inniss was looking forward to working as a guide at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. But when the pandemic hit, the museum closed, and the rising sophomore at Whittier College had to find another summer job. Students for Justice — a...

What I learned about life on a 2016 presidential campaign that campaign workers in 2020 aren’t learning

By Duncan Magidson | Oct 12, 2020

How the loss of field offices weakens cross-generational understanding I miss traditional campaign offices. The cramped storefronts teeming with young staffers and older volunteers are out of step with a presidential election defined by rising case numbers and...

6 takeaways from a boomer on OK Boomer, Let’s Talk

By Stefanie Weiss | Sep 16, 2020

A new book on the tension between boomers and millennials is required reading for those eager to bridge generational divides. Millennial journalist and author Jill Filipovic is mad as hell and, it turns out, with good reason. Her new book, OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How...

She’s fighting Covid-slide with in-person and distance learning

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | Sep 11, 2020

Lois Pruitt is the director of education at Red Door Urban Missions, a Christian organization that provides social and educational services to children living in low-income communities in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to the pandemic, Pruitt had been helping a group of...

OK, Climate Change: Can four generations of environmentalists agree on anything?

By Duncan Magidson | Dec 20, 2019

Photo credit: Malik Francis I’m an active, 26-year-old environmentalist. I helped lead the movement to divest my college from fossil fuels, was a fellow with the CEL Climate Lab, and worked as a field organizer in the 2016 presidential race to try to stop Donald...