Generations United Webinar: Intergenerational Programs - Evaluation of Shared Site Programs

Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Join Generations United to learn ways to evaluate your intergenerational programs and activities. This session will feature a presentation by a noted expert in the field, followed by questions and conversation on this subject.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in this webinar, both seasoned and novice professionals working in or interested in shared sites and/or intergenerational programming. Generations United wants to hear from you!

You must register to receive the conference call information. To optimize this virtual learning opportunity, please log-on to your computer and call the 1-800 number on your phone. If you are away from your desk, you will still be able to participate by phone only. Register Here

Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest | Aging Initiative | US EPA

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The EPA, Generations United, the Dance Exchange, and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc., announce a poetry, essay, photo and dance contest. Entries must be from a team of two or more persons, a young person and an older person. The creative work should express the "Sense of Wonder" that your team feels for the sea, the night sky, forests, birds, wildlife, and all that is beautiful to your eyes. We want you to share this love of nature with a child and others around you. When we teach our eyes and ears and senses to focus on the wonders of nature, we open ourselves to the wonders around us.

Contestants will work across generations to share through one of these distinct mediums their own interactions with and reflections on the wonders of nature.

Dance video entries are not limited to the moving body. You can use live performers and/ or capture movement and change visible in nature: birds landing, trees shaking in a storm, a river flowing...
Experienced and first time dancers and video makers are encouraged to participate.
Contest Flyer
Contest Entry Form
Criteria for Judging

Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest | Aging Initiative | US EPA

Generations United Will Conduct Two January Webinars For Success in 2011!

Staff and volunteers often play the key role in determining the success or failure of your intergenerational program or shared space. 

Join Generations United on January 6, 2011 from 1:00 to 2:00pm ET to hear successful strategies from practitioners, get practical tools from our network, and share suggestions with your colleagues.

Featured guest speakers include Andrea Taylor, Ph.D., Director of Training at The Intergenerational Center and Diane Ross, CEO of The Continuum. Register here to attend. If you have samples or best practices that you are willing to share, please email them to lbradley@gu.org.

And remember to save the date for our following webinar on January 20, 2011, "Communicating Your Vision."  Register here today.

New Book Based on UN Confab Hails Intergenerational Solidarity

Intergenerational Solidarity: Strengthening Economic and Social Ties" (Palgrave Macmillan)is now availableThe book emerged from a 2007 Expert Group Meeting of the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Social Policy and Development (in which Generations United participated). 

A snapshot review: "Based on solid arguments and rigorous analysis, this book is a splendid example of the high value that solidarity among generations carries  for everyone in society, making it a truly shared society, a society for all." -Wim Kok, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands.