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Seniors in Service Is Bringing AmeriCorps Members of All Ages Together To Tackle Food Insecurity in Tampa Bay
What is your program called, and how does it work? Seniors in Service is bringing members of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors together to fight food insecurity. They serve together at local pantries that depend on volunteers to provide food for hundreds of families...
A New Conversation About Service That Crosses Generations
Can a single meal begin to bridge divides? Back in January, two major partners in CoGenerate’s work teamed up to find out. On the MLK Day of Service, Generations Over Dinner and AmeriCorps joined with senior living communities across the country to host more than 100...
LISC Is Developing a New Playbook for Recruiting AmeriCorps Members of All Ages
What is your program called, and how does it work? Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) works to strengthen neighborhoods by providing financing, technical assistance, and capacity building support to our partners. As a vital part of LISC’s capacity-building...
This FEMA-Sponsored Program Is Strengthening Community Resilience While Building Intergenerational Connection
What is your program called, and how does it work? Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE) trains volunteers to help in disasters. BRACE serves as the Escambia County Certifying Agency for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a FEMA-sponsored...
Spark the Change Colorado Brings Generations Together to Fight Food Insecurity and Social Isolation
What is your program called, and how does it work? Listen Learn Act Academy brings together a team of fifth graders and adults aged 55+ to learn about food insecurity and social isolation. They talk to get to know each other, research the issues in their community,...
Cogenerational Social Healing With The On Being Project
Over the last year, CoGenerate and The On Being Project have been partnering on the curation of a digital media collection featuring creative works — music, essays, poetry, video, audio and more — that highlight the value of cogenerational approaches to social...
15 Innovators Solving Problems and Bridging Generational Divides
Our newest Innovation Fellows are fighting for racial and environmental justice, empowering immigrant communities, healing trauma, registering young people to vote, reducing ageism and loneliness, and more. And they’re all using cogeneration — bringing older and...
PBS airs ‘Brief But Spectacular’ segment featuring Co-CEO Marc Freedman
I’m so excited to report that PBS NewsHour featured our founder and Co-CEO Marc Freedman in a segment they call Brief But Spectacular. As you know, we’re living in the most age-diverse time in human history. In just three minutes, Marc gives his “brief but...
Hats Off to AmeriCorps Members Working to Bring Generations Together in Service!
Happy AmeriCorps Week! I’m celebrating with congratulations to all the trailblazing AmeriCorps members bringing older and younger generations together in service. I’m just back from a visit with Raquel Padia and Leah Struck, who work at the Fresno (CA) Economic...