The Urgent Need to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts

The Urgent Need to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts

By | Feb 21, 2018

This week, I spent two days with Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was shot at Sandy Hook five years ago, dying in the arms of his special education assistant, who also died trying to protect him. I’m a mother with a son the same age as Dylan, and my heart...
Combatting The Epidemic of Loneliness

Combatting The Epidemic of Loneliness

By | Jan 10, 2018

Loneliness is a recurring theme in classic songs, from Elvis Presley’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight” to “Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” But it’s not just artists that feel the pain. Loneliness is a growing public health problem—a hidden epidemic...
Make Room at The Table During the Holidays

Make Room at The Table During the Holidays

By | Dec 21, 2017

A 2017 Influencer in Aging asks: What wouldn’t you do for family? This essay was published previously by Next Avenue as part of a series of blogs written by winners of the 2017 Influencers in Aging Award. My mom was 22 when she left Taiwan. It was her first time...

What do Yo Yo Ma and Oprah have in common?

By | Nov 25, 2017

Take a look at this two-minute video, and you’ll see. Thirteen well-known people, past and present, talk about longer lives, purpose and the potential people over 50 have to change the world. Talk about potential — in these challenging and divisive times, people...

Who won The Encore Prize?

By | Oct 17, 2017

Critical Bridge and Hire Autism win $50,000 awards to bring mentors over 50 into the lives of young people who need champions Excitement was in the air, as the five finalists for The Encore Prize gave their three-minute pitches to a live audience of 125 people in...