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...
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...
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...
I’m pleased to share a new report, Beyond Passing the Torch: Recommendations on Leveraging Age Diversity to Build a Stronger Democracy Now — a landscape analysis of 25 civic organizations. Its goal: to document and learn from their cross-generational activities and...
Watch This: These 15 Innovators are Bridging Generational Divides to Solve Our Biggest Problems
These 15 Gen2Gen Innovation Fellows are practical visionaries with ambitious initiatives to bridge generational divides.
Over the course of the nine-month fellowship, each created a three-minute video that explains how they’re bringing younger and older people together to solve critical problems from affordable housing to social isolation to racial injustice.
If you’re looking for ideas, inspiration or the best way to make three minutes as compelling as they can be, check out the videos below.
Cristina Rodriguez, President & Co-founder, Mind&Melody, IncCreating transformative music experiences between young people and older people with Alzheimer’s
Cynthia Barnett, CEO & Founder, Intergenerational STEM Events, Amazing Girls ScienceThree generations of grandmothers, mothers and daughters working together on hands-on engineering experiences. Strengthening bonds, encouraging shared listening and creative expression while building a love of science in three generations at once.
Daniel Pryfogle, Co-founder and CEO, SymparaBringing young and old leaders together to repurpose religious space for the common good
Deborah Tien, Co-founder, Common AgencyStrengthening the social fabric and rebuilding intergenerational trust, one neighborhood at a time
Grace Hampton, Co-founder, Weaving WisdomEnriching relationships between generations and cultures through traditional fabric arts
Jason Nguyen, Co-founder, VìTÂMUsing intergenerational dialogue to heal collective trauma in Vietnamese communities
Joseph Bubman, Executive Director, Urban Rural ActionSparking collaboration across generations to strengthen democracy, promote justice and advance peace
Samantha Derrick, Founder & Executive Director, Plant Futures InitiativeEducating and activating the next generation of ethically conscious entrepreneurs working to build a healthy, just and plant-centered food system
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