Separated in age by 50 years, Katelyn Seyle, 19, and Diane J. Harris, 69 (both pictured above), spent hours interviewing each other as part of New York Theatre Workshop’s intergenerational program, Mind the Gap. After a few months, each wrote a short play inspired by...

“Co” means together in Latin. Think connection, collaboration, community. Think CoGenerate. Today’s a big day for us. We’re changing our name from Encore.org to CoGenerate because we believe there’s never been a more critical — or more promising — time to reach across...

Last year, Serena Bian and Ernest Gonzales became Encore Public Voices Fellows, a group of more than 60 activists and experts working with Encore.org and The OpEd Project to shape public conversation at the intersection of aging, longevity, intergenerational...

Last week, I sat at a dinner table with an 82-year-old motorcycle-riding Texan and a 17-year-old prodigy in astrophysics who had never met before. I watched as the elder’s eyes grew wide when the teenager spoke passionately about Einstein’s theory of relativity. The...

We’re excited to announce the launch of Campus Cogenerate, a new initiative developed by CoGenerate and Campus Compact focused on the power generated when older and younger people come together to engage with communities in solving problems, bridging divides, and...

In these divided and difficult times, we wanted to know what Americans think about cogeneration — a strategy to bring older and younger people together to solve problems and bridge divides. So we commissioned NORC at the University of Chicago to survey a nationally...

If you’re interested in finding an encore career, exploring new opportunities for intergenerational collaboration or simply curious about midlife career pivots, this list offers some good ways to get started. Read these books. The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a...