The Gen2Gen campaign concluded in 2020, but we are continuing the work to elevate innovators and ideas that bridge generational divides. Visit Encore.org for updates.
Estimated number of children helped by Gen2Gen supporters and champions
The survey says…
A June survey returned by more than 1,000 Gen2Gen supporters finds:
Regularly interact with people of different generations90%90%
Play an active role in the life of one or more young people70%70%
Experience a sense of meaning and purpose from intergenerational connections78%78%
“I worked for 49 years with children, youth and college students. Finding Gen2Gen has renewed my desire to try to help others my age help children and youth.”
— Anita Faber Spencer co-author, First and Ten Team Mentoring
2,757
Number of people who have taken Gen2Gen’s “Are you living in an age bubble?” quiz
Fostering Hope Read to Me International Common Unity Nuns & Nones Seeing-i2i.com
Top 10 Gen2Gen mentoring movies of all time
Crowdsourced by 2,721 people in April 2018
To Sir, With Love (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Up (2009)
War Room (2015)
Top 10 Gen2Gen mentoring movies of all time
Crowdsourced by 2,721 people in April 2018
To Sir, With Love (1967)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Up (2009)
War Room (2015)
“By making our program more accessible to older adults, we saw our number of 50+ volunteers rise from 300 last year to over 400 this year. It’s probably no coincidence that this year we’ve seen some of the best student literacy results we ever have in Los Angeles.”
Winners of the 2018 Gen2Gen Summer Fun(d)received $250 each to subsidize creative ideas for bringing the generations together — like banjo lessons, dancing, painting murals, doing oral histories, reading, gardening, cooking and so much more!
Building on Success
FIRST 5 Santa Clara County is expanding it use of older volunteers from 1 site to 27! Soon, 200 older volunteers will be helping 650 young children at local family resource centers across the California county.
“Age segregation is this invisible bedrock of society. When Gen2Gen launched, it felt like a consciousness-piercing moment, a powerful antidote that put forward practical solutions. I’m really excited to see a future in which unlikely partners come together and join the movement. I think Generation to Generation has revealed that there are allies everywhere.”
— David Hsu Author, Gen2Gen Advisor
Try it, you’ll like it!
As the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities engages more older adults, attitudes are changing. Here’s a look at how much staff perceptions have changed in just one year.
50+ talent will help our organization meet its mission
Year One: 47% agreed47%47%
Year Two: 76% agreed76%76%
Our organization will be better able to serve our community because of 50+ talent
Year One: 50% agreed50%50%
Year Two: 86% agreed86%86%
“Applying an intergenerational lens to our work has proven to be not only valuable but critical to our continued success.”
— Susan Dreyfuss President & CEO, Alliance for Strong Families and Communities
Generation Citizen Recruits Older Coaches
“Having Encore Democracy Coaches in classrooms building relationships with the kids is a gamechanger! At our school, we pride ourselves on being lifelong learners. This experience has taught us the importance of being lifelong activists.”
— Chris Mee, teacher, Hyde Park, MA
“An Encore Democracy Coach helped me type a letter to my senator. I was struggling to try to put it in my own words, and she encouraged me to keep going and find my voice.”
— Student participant in Gen2Gen pilot with Generation Citizen
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