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YANA and Encore, Witnessing a First Night Alliance
The older we get, if we are lucky and open-hearted, the more we seem to orbit in a panoply of worlds. Our many careers, our families, friends, kids and their friends, art classes, book clubs, garden nerds, current work, politics, neighborhoods, where we volunteer....
Encore.org CEO Delivers Keynote at the UN International Day of Older Persons
For 27 years, the United Nations has marked the International Day of Older Persons, also known as UNIDOP (admittedly fun to say out loud). This year’s event on Oct. 5 at the UN in New York City focused on “tapping the talents and participation of older persons.” The...
South Korea – redefining life in the “homo hundred” era
If you want to experience a bold, sophisticated program engaging older adults, head straight to a Seoul 50Plus campus in South Korea’s capital. In May, I met with leaders of the 50Plus program, participated in their first anniversary conference and toured the Central...
Still heeding JFK’s call to serve
I was in high school when I sat in front of the TV with my parents watching John F. Kennedy be inaugurated as president. The experience shaped the adult I would become in ways I never imagined. In JFK’s words, I heard the call to take an active role in my country....
“I Couldn’t Be A Foster Mom: This is the Next Best Thing”
Char Williams is “a voice for foster children.” Her encore story is the latest to be featured by our media partner, The Christian Science Monitor. At a church meeting in her community of Tennessee Valley, Texas, Williams learned that the national organization CASA --...
“Generation War?” New Survey Shows Few Takers
Are the generations allied or opposed? Is the cliche of generational conflict legitimate -- or false? These are the questions a national survey, commissioned by Encore.org, sought to answer. The good news is that by far, people of different generations see enormous...
Generation to Generation: Encore.org New Campaign to Unite Generations, Support Youth
When we launched Encore.org some 18 years ago, I remember talking about the day, sometime in the future, when 10,000 or more people would turn 60 every day. That moment is here—and it’s our moment to break through, to seize the opportunity of an aging America to make...
His Promise to Rural Teens: “I Have Your Back.”
The latest Encore.org story featured by our media partner, The Christian Science Monitor, is that of William Lah, who found his encore through an Americorps program called “Promise Fellows.” “Among the ‘promises’ we make at the start of each school year is that our...
Stanford Research Shows Widespread Desire for Encore Purpose
Large numbers of older adults rank life goals focused on “purpose beyond the self” very high on their personal priorities and are actively taking steps to realize these goals, according to early findings by researchers led by William Damon and Anne Colby at the...
A Human Solution, in Plain Sight
Two generations—children in need of support and adults with the time and inclination to step into roles that provide it — fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. A new monograph from the Stanford Center on Longevity, “Hidden in Plain Sight: How...