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Better Together: The 5 Best Intergenerational Music Documentaries of All Time!
I recently wrote about the Oscar-winning documentary, The Last Repair Shop, which got me thinking about other masterful, intergenerational, music docs. Spanning jazz, classical, country, rock, and blues, my favorites make the case for the universality of music as a...
The Impact of Intergenerational Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCElJjBO8Zo National service in this country is predominantly age-segregated. AmeriCorps largely enrolls young adults, while AmeriCorps Seniors exclusively recruits older ones. As a result, we’re missing big opportunities to pair the...
Event Recording: The 2024 CoGen Innovation Showcase — Advancing Economic Opportunity
The 2024 CoGen Innovation Showcase — our signature event of the year — is your chance to hear from 10 front-line innovators who are bringing older and younger people together to open the doors to a more inclusive, prosperous future. Hear from leaders bringing...
These 10 Innovators Use Cogeneration to Advance Economic Opportunity
Our first group of CoGen Challenge awardees are bringing older and younger people together to boost the economic prospects of substitute teachers, artists with disabilities, people without homes, girls facing hardship in Appalachia, and so much more. To learn more...
‘I Want These Girls to Know They Have Limitless Possibilities’
Gwen Johnson is the founder of Mamaw Mentorship in Eastern Kentucky and one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews with all 10 of these innovators bringing older and younger people together to open doors to economic...
Need a Guide To Spark Productive, Intergenerational Conversations?
In March, we released our latest report, What Young Leaders Want — And Don’t Want — From Older Allies, summarizing what 31 Gen Z and Millennial leaders had to say about working with older people to solve pressing problems — aka “cogeneration” — and how it can be...
At ASU, Age-Diverse Teams Work Together to Boost Economic Opportunity
Jill Watts is the Director of Capacity Building Initiatives at the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation. ASU’s Cogenerational Service Academy is one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews...
Mayors’ Campaign Rallies Intergenerational Support for Guaranteed Income
Kathrine Cagat is the Research and Program Manager for Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and Counties for a Guaranteed Income, and her project is one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews with all 10 of these...
These Intergenerational Financial Literacy Workshops Are About More than Money
Brenda Jimenez is the CEO of MENTOR New York, an affiliate of MENTOR, and her project is one of 10 awardees of the CoGen Challenge to Advance Economic Opportunity. Watch for interviews with all 10 of these innovators bringing older and younger people together to open...