Mar 3, 2020 | Ageism, Intergenerational conversations
Would you talk to my middle school students about ageism? That’s the inquiry I received from the Denver Green School sixth-grade teacher Becca Allen in late January. Middle school students were interested in ageism. And since what I do is present and teach about... Read more 
Oct 28, 2019 | Ageism, Changing The Narrative, Intergenerational conversations
Our mission is to fight ageism. So how does that relate to our name, Changing the Narrative? A narrative is just a story, but the stories we tell are what form our beliefs. The stories we tell about growing old are limited and often negative. To fight ageism, we have... Read more 
Oct 20, 2019 | Ageism, Intergenerational conversations
There are a lot of things to say about ageism and why it is a problem. Fortunately, there are more and more voices speaking out. It is going to take plenty of conversation to move the needle. Taking action on ageism will require shifting culture. Here are some ways we... Read more 
Oct 7, 2019 | Ageism, Intergenerational conversations, Policy & Ageism
“Ageism is about older people”. When you do a search on the word “ageism”, this definition comes up: “prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age.” What follows is a series of articles about the impact of ageism on older people.... Read more 
Sep 30, 2019 | Ageism, Intergenerational conversations
Here is a thought experiment. Picture each of these situations in your mind: a book club meeting in a coffee shop, people at a table at local bar on a Friday evening, a meeting in a downtown office building. What do these pictures have in common? Are the people in the... Read more 
Sep 25, 2019 | Ageism, Intergenerational conversations
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist, is getting lots of press lately for her leadership of the global youth climate movement. Her detractors often imply that she is too young to have an opinion worth listening to. There is ageism at every age. This... Read more 