Kathy Stevens: Encore Fellow
An encore can be the culmination of a great performance. Careers can progress like this as well. Encore careers like Kathy Stevens’ are an example of what can be done with a lifetime of training and experience. Kathy retired in 2017 after a career that included senior...
Anti-ageist birthday cards across cultures
We are excited to discover that our anti-ageist birthday card campaign has cousin in the UK. The Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA), in collaboration with WIGS and Danger Doodles, is working to address ageism in all age groups by producing birthday cards that celebrate...
Daryn Fouther: All-Embracing Senegal
I graduated from Colorado State University last December. After studying abroad for a semester in Paris during my sophomore year, I knew I wanted to see more of the world to experience different cultures and environments after completing college. When I moved to...
What is real aging like?
Aging is complicated. It includes a whole spectrum of experiences, from the best to the worst. At Changing the Narrative (CTN), we’re not trying to sugar-coat aging. Over time, our physical abilities will decrease, as will our health. However, there are some important...
George Maxey: We never stop becoming
George Maxey has lived a long time. Like anyone who has reached 84 years of life, he has experienced many changes. But some things stay the same. George's quest for understanding runs throughout his life. When he was young, George attended a one-room schoolhouse. He...
Elizabeth Stanbro: Opening minds through art
What do you picture when you think about people living with memory issues? For instance, think about the word “dementia”. Do you come up with a positive picture? One of our society’s common – but inaccurate – stories about aging is that it means becoming helpless,...
Birthday cards are ageist – but they don’t have to be
Ageism is a problem so embedded into our culture that it can be hard to see. But ageist messages are everywhere, even in something as positive as birthday cards. After we reach a certain age, birthday cards that refer to age seem to be less about celebration than...
Expanding the workforce with experienced workers
September is National Workforce Development Month, a perfect time to highlight an underutilized Colorado workforce - older adults. Valuable, experienced workers are there, if people look past age. Workforce Development Month is the product of a bipartisan resolution...
Monica LaBiche Brown: Development Promise on a Global Level
Monica LaBiche Brown is a native of Seychelles, a group of African islands in the Indian Ocean. At a very young age, Monica’s family moved to Uganda for her father’s work. “When I was six months old, my father got a job in Uganda, and so our family moved,” Brown says....
Hartmut Spetzler: Intergenerational Inspiration
Hartmut Spetzler came to the United States from Germany at 16 years old, knowing exactly one English phrase (a colorful phrase not to be repeated here). Now a retired geophysics professor, Hartmut is genial, funny, and understated. One wouldn’t immediately know all...
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