“We believe college campuses are fertile ground for advancing cogeneration.”We’re excited to announce the launch of Campus Cogenerate, a new initiative developed by Encore.org and Campus Compact focused on the power generated when older and younger people come...
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These organizations just won $25K each to bring generations together in service
What if older and younger national service members and volunteers had more chances to work together to solve problems and bridge divides? That’s the question our eight Generations Serving Together grantees (below) will answer in the coming year, as they launch,...
Watch this: These 15 innovators are bridging generational divides to solve our biggest problems
These 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...
Do older and younger people want to solve the nation’s problems together?
In these divided and difficult times, we wanted to know what Americans think about cogeneration — a strategy to bring older and younger people together to solve problems and bridge divides. So we commissioned NORC at the University of Chicago to survey a nationally...
Exciting news about Encore’s leadership
It’s my great honor to chair the Encore.org board and to share this exciting news. Starting today, Encore.org will shift to a cogenerational leadership model, steered by two CEOs, both of whom you know well — Marc Freedman and Eunice Lin Nichols. Given our increasing...
Big talents add new capacity at Encore.org
We’re excited to introduce you to four new hires. Together, they bring a wealth of ideas, talents and creative energy to our work bringing younger and older changemakers together to solve problems and bridge divides.Dr. Mike RizzoRetired radiologist and systems...
In a world experiencing unprecedented age diversity, how should we think about age?
We are living in the most age-diverse society in human history. At the turn of the last century, almost half (44 percent) of the United States population was under 20 years old, and only about one in 20 (6 percent) was over age 60. The age distribution of the...
What’s next for you?
My last big trip before the pandemic was to the Modern Elder Academy, a magical place in Baja Sur, Mexico, where I spent a week with 20 people wrestling with big questions about midlife transitions. Even though I was part of the faculty, I learned so much about what I...
“All of my new titles have ‘senior’ in them”
Reflections on feeling less busy, more productive and immensely joyful after moving from a leadership position to an encore career I’ve been a fan of the encore career concept that Encore.org and its founder, Marc Freedman, have done so much to advance, ever since I...
These retired doctors are helping to vaccinate thousands
An update from the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps, an AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP demonstration program Earlier this year, Encore.org partnered with AmeriCorps Seniors and California Volunteers to pilot the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps, which brings...