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Co-generate! Livestream Unlocks Potential of Intergenerational Collaboration
On June 23, more than 4,000 people tuned in to watch the Co-generate! Livestream, a 2-hour virtual event for younger and older changemakers eager to bust out of our respective age silos and work together for a better future. You can watch it below, and click “SHOW...
Encore Physicians Help Community Health Clinics Deliver Care, While Mentoring Younger Colleagues
The problem: Too many Americans don’t have health insurance or are under-insured. The Federally Qualified Health Centers (FHQCs) that deliver care to this population are often understaffed and seek additional healthcare expertise. A solution hidden in plain sight:...
These Minnesota Teens Joined Forces With Local AARP Members To Fight Outdated Unemployment Laws
When Cole Stevens learned that it wasn’t just teenage workers like himself being cut off from receiving unemployment benefits and pandemic unemployment assistance in Minnesota, but also older people who are recipients of social security, the 19-year-old had an aha...
Why Invest In Connecting the Generations?
For those who offer funding and those who seek it, we commissioned a new paper commissioned written by business journalist Sarah Murray makes the case for intergenerational solutions. In this blog post, Sarah explains what she uncovered in her research. As a...
Meeting the Multigenerational Moment
“Brilliant inventors and good intentions created one age-segregated institution after another—preschools, high schools, senior centers, and assisted-living facilities—as the generations increasingly came to inhabit entirely separate spheres.” — Marc Freedman &...
“We’re Both There for Companionship”
It’s a Sunday night and we’re gathered to prepare and eat dinner together. Tiaira, our senior program manager, in her thirties and wearing an apron, tells us to form the crab cake mixture into rounds on our baking sheets. In their Zoom squares, our clients and college...
In the Classroom or Over Zoom, These Tutors Created a Bond Across Generations
Charlene Young, a retiree, and Jordan Fong, a recent college graduate, probably wouldn’t have crossed paths if not for a mutual interest in helping kids learn to read. Before the pandemic, Young, 69, and Fong, 33, were Reading Corps tutors in the same elementary...
He’d Never Considered the Nonprofit Sector. Now He Doesn’t Want To Leave.
David Pfeifer brought decades of experience running small and mid-size businesses to Futures and Options last year when he joined the team as an Encore Fellow — a seasoned professional paid a stipend to work at a nonprofit for 3 to 12 months. When his fellowship...
For This Encore Fellow, the Reward Comes From Both Learning and Teaching
Kathleen Kostrzewa brought corporate IT and business development experience — plus age diversity — to the EnCorps STEM Teachers Program last year, when she joined the team as an Encore Fellow. “Kathy has decades of experience and offers our team sage advice and a...