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Midlife Transition Programs Come of Age. Here’s How to Make Them Better.
The Atlantic’s recent article, The New Old Age, marks a milestone for CoGenerate (formerly Encore.org), an indication of the uptake of ideas and language we’d been working to develop, implement and disseminate for more than a decade. Written by David Brooks,...
Documentary Brings the Beauty of Cogeneration to PBS
A new documentary film, Ink & Linda, chronicles the unexpected friendship between Inksap, a Vietnamese-American street artist in his 20s, and Linda, a white modern dance teacher in her 70s. Shortly after a chance encounter brings these two together, they begin...
Announcing the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity
We’re out to show the world that older and younger people can help solve pressing problems when they work together. To that end, today we’re launching the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity, a partnership with the Ares Charitable Foundation to elevate...
Gary, 81, and Heaven, 17, Met Through Sages & Seekers and Became Fast Friends
Sages & Seekers is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that matches high schoolers with elders to combat ageism and social isolation through meaningful conversation. Its founder, Elly Katz, is a CoGenerate Innovation Fellow. A recent Sages & Seekers newsletter...
What Happened When Four Older Social Justice Activists Were Paired with Four Younger Ones?
I can more or less trace the beginning of my career in human rights and social justice to one morning in the spring of 1972. I was a high school senior from Rhode Island, set to attend Columbia University that fall, and nominated to serve as a member of the Academic...
This Art’s For You!
What does cogeneration in a thriving, multigenerational society look like? After more than a century of age segregation in this country, it’s hard to imagine. That’s one reason why, in our 25th year, we teamed up with Fine Acts, a global creative studio for social...
8 Nonprofits Working to Age-Integrate National Service
Our Generations Serving Together grantees are tackling homelessness, mental health, food insecurity, emergency preparedness, social justice and more. And they’re all using cogeneration — bringing older and younger AmeriCorps members and volunteers together to solve...
This Encore Fellow Helped Embed Social Justice in Engineering
After working in the tech industry for nearly 40 years, Jim Blakley knew he wanted to pursue an Encore Fellowship, working part-time for a nonprofit organization that aligned with his values. At 60, he was ready to retire and knew several colleagues who had enjoyed...
These Foster Grandparents Are Teaming Up With Young People to Reduce Loneliness and Improve Mental Health
What is your program called, and how does it work? Our program is called Generations Serving Together, Fresno. It is an intergenerational mental wellness team. Older and younger volunteers come together as a team to create lesson plans that focus on emotional...