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Co-generate! Livestream unlocks potential of intergenerational collaboration

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | Jul 14, 2021

On June 23, more than 4,000 people tuned in to watch the Co-generate! Livestream, a 2-hour virtual event for younger and older changemakers eager to bust out of our respective age silos and work together for a better future. You can watch it below, and click “SHOW...

Encore Physicians help community health clinics deliver care, while mentoring younger colleagues

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | Jul 7, 2021

Bay Area pilot proves successful. Emphasis now is on expansion. The problem: Too many Americans don’t have health insurance or are under-insured. The Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs) that deliver care to this population are often understaffed and seek...

Watch this: 15 innovative organizations that tap the power of intergenerational connection

By Janet Oh | Jun 22, 2021

The first 15 Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows are practical visionaries with ambitious initiatives to bridge generational divides. Over the course of the nine-month fellowship, each created a three-minute video that explains how they’re bringing younger and older people...

SSIR: Rebuilding an Age-Integrated Society

By Marci Alboher and Eunice Lin Nichols | Jun 7, 2021

This public park was designed to be a multigenerational hub for inclusion. It’s working.

By Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker | Jun 4, 2021

For teenager Sam Nelson, who lives in Atlanta and is half-Korean, the Asian spa-targeted shootings in the city this past March were a tragedy that left him simultaneously heartbroken and spurred to action. “It was so hard to come to terms with, especially for...

These Minnesota teens joined forces with local AARP members to fight outdated unemployment laws

By Sarah McKinney Gibson | May 12, 2021

When Cole Stevens learned that it wasn’t just teenage workers like himself being cut off from receiving unemployment benefits and pandemic unemployment assistance in Minnesota, but also older people who are recipients of social security, the 19-year-old had an aha...