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Quick Alert: See What the NYTimes Posted About Our Work Today
Today’s a big day for putting our cause on the map! The New York Times has posted two stories today in its New Retirement section that will help inform millions of readers about the value of bringing the generations together. The first article -- Bringing Older...
Encore “Zugabe” Prize Launched in Germany
Encore's global connections are expanding and deepening, with Network members in 14 countries and regular connections among our programs. Check out our new global page for profiles and news from those programs. Through our global connections we collaborate with...
Fostering Hope wins $50,000 Gen2Gen Encore Prize
Young people growing up in foster care face tremendous challenges, but a Colorado nonprofit is proving that older adult volunteers can provide the web of support that kids need to heal and that foster families need to keep going. For its groundbreaking work tapping...
Marc Freedman and Encore.org to Receive Eisner Prize
We're thrilled to announce that Marc Freedman and Encore.org are receiving the $100,000 Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence! Below is the full press release, which originally appeared on The Eisner Foundation's website. Marc Freedman and Encore.org to...
Gen2Gen Year #2: Look At All We’ve Accomplished Together
In just a few weeks, for the first time in history, we will have more people over 60 in the US than under 18. We could be looking at a massive generation gap, escalating conflict over scarce resources, and life-threatening loneliness at both ends of the...
Statement from Encore.org CEO Marc Freedman on the Passing of Harris Wofford
This week saw the passing of Harris Wofford, on Martin Luther King’s Birthday, as fate would have it. Wofford played a critical role in bringing together King and President John F. Kennedy, and was a driving force in the civil rights movement. A powerful writer, he...
Funds Available: What’s Your $250 Idea?
Want a little help launching a fun and creative intergenerational project in your community? Apply today for one of twenty-five $250 grants from the Gen2Gen How to Live Forever Fund. We want to help you move from inspiration -- after reading Encore.org CEO Marc...
Welcome to 20 New Encore Voices!
Encore.org announces the first 20 Encore Public Voices Fellows. Those of us who work in the aging and longevity space often talk about the need for more diverse stories, voices and perspectives about what it means to grow older today. Far too often, the same...
Can You Imagine an Elder Superhero?
When two titans -- both long-time leaders of the longevity revolution -- meet for a cup of coffee, what do they talk about? Over the course of an hour last month, Ken Dychtwald, founder and CEO of Age Wave, interviewed Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, on...
Next Avenue Names Janet Oh 2018 Influencer in Aging
We’re thrilled to congratulate our Gen2Gen Encore Prize Director Janet Oh, who was just named a 2018 Next Avenue Influencer in Aging! Oh’s work helping to launch the Prize has shined a light on adults 50 and older who are using their time, talents and wisdom to help...