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A Prize Without Losers? That’s the Plan.
About five years ago, Kevin Starr offered a searing critique of the social sector prize-industrial complex in his piece, Dump the Prizes. Prizes, particularly crowdsourced ones, waste too much of everyone’s time, he wrote, rewarding novelty and distracting people from...
Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults
Older adults may be the solution to our nation’s shortage of high-quality STEM teachers.
Top 10 Gen2Gen Mentoring Movies
Here are the 10 best Gen2Gen mentoring movies of all time.
Our Partners Respond to Parkland. Now It’s Our Turn.
Encore’s partners stand up for youth following the Parkland shooting.
March For Our Lives: 50+ And Stepping Up
Four stories of older adult activists working with youth to help end gun violence.
Wanted: New Voices from New Places!
The Encore Public Voices Project gives 20 diverse leaders the opportunity to develop their thinking and writing on purpose and engagement in the encore years.
Older ‘Democracy Coaches’ Stand With a New Generation of Leaders
“This is what democracy looks like.” I got charged up chanting these words alongside people of all ages a few months ago at the March For Our Lives. Throughout my life I have marched for social change -- including the hope for a future free from the...
The Urgent Need to Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts
Here are different ways that older adults can help prevent gun violence before it starts.
Research Demonstrates Power of Encore Talent
Encore talent at work is making a significant impact through the Encore Fellowships program.
Encore Fellows™ Featured in CNBC
CNBC reports that Encore Fellows are leading the way in a job market that’s suddenly hot for workers over 50.