News for Advocates of Children, Youth and Older Adults from Generations United |
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Generations United's Virtual Intergenerational Conference |
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Minnesota Public Radio's segment, "Under one roof: The rise in multigenerational living with Chris Farrelle," featured our Executive Director Donna Butts along with Marc Freedman (founder and CEO of Encore.org), and Amy Goyer (AARP's Caregiving expert and columnist). The show also highlighted our report, Multigenerational Living Is on the Rise and Here to Stay. Check out the segment.
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The Antidote
Made in response to the times we are living in, The Antidote weaves together stories of kindness, decency, and the power of community in America. It features our friends at Bridge Meadows in Oregon—a multigenerational housing community for youth formerly in foster care, adoptive families, adoptive families, and elders. The Antidote is about everyday people connecting across generations to make the intentional choice to lift others up, despite fundamentally unkind realities in our society that contradict the founding ideals of our country. Learn more.
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Culture United highlights films, books, music, and TV shows with an intergenerational theme. Do you have any suggestions? Share them with us, and we'll share in the weeks and months to come. We welcome responses or reactions. We'll possibly feature them on our blog. See disclaimer.
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A Huge Thanks to Our Members and Supporters |
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Racism and the Art of Intergenerational Conversation
This pilot program of Age2Age in Lancaster, PA, emerged from conversations about systemic racism during the Summer of 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. Moravian Manor Retirement Community partnered with Bright Side Baptist Church to launch intergenerational, cross-cultural conversations about racism. The four-session online pilot program facilitated discussions between older white adults and young adults of color. The intergenerational partners co-created artistic representations of their shared ideas through collage art. Learn more about Age2Age in Lancaster, PA.
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Got something cool you tried that was successful? Why not tweet your cool intergenerational ideas to #cooligideas. You can also post them to our Intergenerational Connections Facebook Group. We want to highlight innovative age-optimized programs and practices through our blog, social media and weekly e-newsletter! Share the inspiration.
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Think Intergenerational - Funding Opportunities |
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Community Care Corps. Funded by the Administration for Community Living and administered by the Oasis Institute, Community Care Corps will award competitive grants between $30,000 and $150,000 for new applicants that use innovative local models in which volunteers assist family caregivers or directly assist older adults or adults with disabilities with non-medical care to maintain their independence. Grant applications will be accepted from June 14, 2021, until July 9, 2021. Learn more.
Grants for Organizations to Lead Coalitions to Engage Youth on Days of Service in 2021-2022. Youth Service America is offering grants of up to $8,000, depending on the number of youth volunteers engaged. The YSA Lead Agency Grants will support meaningful youth volunteerism and civic participation on days of service. Grants are made possible through funding from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and AmeriCorps. Deadline: June 25, 2021. Learn more.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives. Grants, ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, will fund one or more of the following areas of need: operational costs, including general support for staff, space, and utilities; collections care, including the acquisition of new materials, physical and digital storage fees, and access and preservation efforts; programming activities, including events, exhibitions, and publications; and activation and advocacy efforts, including resident community activist/archivist positions, ethical preservation of social media, and increased community use of the archive. Registration deadline: June 25, 2021. Application Deadline: July 2, 2021. Learn more.
Full Circle Scholarship. The American Indian College Fund has been the nation's largest charity supporting Native higher education for 31 years. The Full Circle Scholarship supports American Indian and Alaska Native college students seeking technical, undergraduate and graduate degrees at tribal colleges and other nonprofit, accredited schools. Deadline: May 31, 2021. Learn more.
Women's Sports Foundation: Move Together. The Foundation is offering grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to nonprofit organizations nationwide that foster multigenerational connections in their communities through sport, fitness, and movement-based programming for girls and women. Deadline: May 28, 2021. Learn more.
If you have—or know of—any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to gu@gu.org.
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Think Intergenerational - Great Resources |
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New Intergenerational Resources. This latest set of free resources, developed by Generations United with support from RRF-Foundation for Aging, aims to strengthen and expand intergenerational programs. The new publications—Making the Case for Intergenerational Programs, Fact Sheet: Intergenerational Programs Benefit Everyone, and Staying Connected While Staying Apart: Intergenerational Programs & the COVID-19 Pandemic—support the growing field of practice by increasing the knowledge and skills of people working to connect and support older adults, children, and youth. Learn more.
Fact sheet: Intergenerational Shared Sites includes updated information about these important program models and what we know about their impact. Learn more.
Federal Funding Opportunities for Intergenerational Shared Sites Chart is designed to share some federal funding sources that include—or could include—support for intergenerational shared sites. Learn more.
Generations United's 2020 State of Grandfamilies Report—Facing a Pandemic: Grandfamilies Living Together During COVID-19 and Thriving Beyond. Grandfamily caregivers are the first line of defense for children during the pandemic, having stepped in when parents cannot raise them for many reasons, including cases where children's parents have died from the COVID-19 virus. Download the full report, watch Senator Sherrod Brown's award acceptance speech, and listen to stories of grandfamilies impacted by COVID-19. Learn more.
Staying Healthy Across Generations: Vaccines are Essential for All Ages. Generations United's new infographic illustrates that vaccines aren't just for kids-they protect all generations- especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Staying up to date on vaccines for the flu, pneumonia and whooping cough is important to protect both older adults and children. Check it out.
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When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Generations United.
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"Although he was a grandfather and an older gentleman and somebody who'd been through life, he was always open to new ideas and new ways of thinking. ...He always hung around young people, and always liked to hear new ideas. He wanted you to challenge him."~Lenny Kravitz (Happy Birthday!)
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We want Generations This Week to be a real resource for you. Please send us any national news on intergenerational issues in addition to upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, reports, and webinars. You can share local and state events in our Facebook group. Please also let us know how we can improve! Email us at gu@gu.org. We'd love to hear from you!
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