Tim Carpenter, EngAGE Founder & Executive Director, will be on a panel discussing “Self-Fulfillment” at this important conference.
AARP Convenes:
Conversation & Collaboration:
How Intergenerational Approaches Are Sparking
New Solutions in Health, Wealth, & Self
Thursday, July 21
Brickfield Center, AARP (601 E Street, NW) Washington DC
The growing number of older people is a rich bank of human capital that, if utilized, can be a great asset to younger people. Equally so, younger generations bring talents and skills that can benefit older generations. Researchers, experts, policymakers and advocates in the areas of health, financial security and personal fulfillment are beginning to more fully understand how applying an intergenerational lens to these issues leads to the development of programs and initiatives that benefit not only participants but entire communities and strengthen the bonds across generations.
AARP has a long history of supporting intergenerational partnerships and activities that enrich the lives of young and old. AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps have older adults serve as mentors and role models to young students across the country. AARP is an active supporter of Generations United, a broad coalition of organizations serving as a catalyst to bring single-age focused groups together to build and support a common agenda while providing a unique voice in public debate. Generations United leaders will join AARP in this dialogue along with representatives from various other groups currently running intergenerational programs or conducting research in this field.
AARP will host a daylong conversation on the programs already successfully implementing intergenerational approaches along with the research underpinning how and why such initiatives benefit younger and older Americans. This conversation will serve as more than a summary of the successes and challenges of such work. The event will initiate a longer-term engagement and discussion in an effort to spark new thinking about how to support intergenerational approaches to solving problems in mutually beneficial ways.
