Intergenerational collaboration starts with our ability to be in genuine dialogue with one another. Use these questions to have a meaningful conversation with someone you’re just getting to know or someone you’d like to know better. Listen well and be vulnerable.The...
When we first began planning the CoGen Voices Fellowship, we knew we'd face a few challenges. The group of 21 community changemakers was intentionally diverse — by age (15 to 81!), race, location, work, experience, and more. We'd have to meet many different needs and...
At CoGenerate, we believe in the power of cogeneration: a strategy to bring older and younger people together to forge bonds across differences, combat polarization and ageism, and help solve today’s toughest problems. If you’re involved or interested in cogeneration,...
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Want to hear more about solutions to the loneliness epidemic? Eager to share what you know and learn from your peers? Don’t want to do this critical work alone?
Applications are now open for The Innovators’ Community of Practice, a free, virtual, learning experience for up to 100 innovators and disruptors interested in adopting or growing cogenerational strategies for reducing social isolation and loneliness.
The five weekly, hour-long sessions in October 2024 will provide opportunities to learn from experts and one another. Innovators with the most promising models will be featured in a major report to funders and the field.
To apply, innovators must have piloted a solution to social isolation and loneliness, but it doesn’t have to be cogenerational — at least not yet. We hope you’ll be inspired by this experience to adopt a cogenerational strategy in the future.
Got questions? Learn more in this FAQ.
Applications are due on Sept. 6, 2024.