https://youtu.be/Ukh_wa9eXJI What if higher education worked for all ages and stages of life? From career preparation and mid-career retraining to post-career learning and renewal, the “Life Course University” offers a new framework for rethinking higher education to...
https://youtu.be/V1-_uDN4E9M What can we learn about ourselves and each other when we take the time to listen to stories across generations, cultures, and borders? For author Ebony Walden, an eight-month journey through 15 countries became an opportunity to explore...
Intergenerational collaboration starts with our ability to be in genuine dialogue with one another. Use these questions to have a meaningful conversation with someone you’re just getting to know or someone you’d like to know better. Listen well and be vulnerable.The...
When we first began planning the CoGen Voices Fellowship, we knew we'd face a few challenges. The group of 21 community changemakers was intentionally diverse — by age (15 to 81!), race, location, work, experience, and more. We'd have to meet many different needs and...
Why do you do the civic or community work that you do?
Years ago, I landed upon a question that has guided me through life (work & otherwise): What is a life well lived? My work as a filmmaker and co-director of ROCK of Ages, an intergenerational storytelling initiative at Florida Gulf Coast University, is my answer to that question.
How is cogeneration helping (or how will it help) you succeed?
How could anyone be successful without giving care and consideration to people across the entire lifespan? Any definition of success that excludes any group of people is a failure of imagination, perspective, or compassion (or all of the above).
Got one tip to help other civic leaders collaborate more effectively with older or younger people?
Share your personal stories. Offer your vulnerability at the risk of being hurt and the reward of being held.
What’s something giving you joy or hope right now?
Planting and tending to my garden and greenscape, which has been the literal manifestation of the ethos I’ve tapped into lately. I’m tending to my own little patch upon this earth, and giving my love and care to all living things within my sphere. It feels like the most constructive act of resistance in these absurd and toxic times.