GRAND Magazine - Spring 2024 - 11

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Cycling Without Age exemplifies
the steps identified in our
recently published guide: Thrive
Together: A Changemaking
Guide to Intergenerational
Collaboration.
The Thrive Together Guide
is aimed at both individual
changemakers, and those who
aren't affiliated with a particular
organization, as well as
institutions that are taking on
the challenge of intergenerational
collaboration and
looking for ideas, inspiration,
and practical tools. The
global population aged 65
and older now surpasses the
number of individuals below
the age of five, presenting
a megatrend reshaping
our future. Amid the paradox
of digital connectivity,
loneliness and social isolation
have become a public health emergency.
Rudolph Taniz's SHIELD approach to healthy aging
emphasizes Sleep, Handling Stress, Interacting with
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Will you embark on a journey
towards a world where diverse
age groups are deeply connected,
collaborating, and thriving
together?
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Friends, Exercising Daily,
Learning New Things,
and Eating a Healthy Diet.
However, the missing
link lies in intergenerational
connection. Based
on insights from innovators
and leaders, our guide
offers practical tools for
intergenerational work.
The four-step path
to collaboration begins
with Discover: Seeking
Connections Beyond Age,
breaking free from age confines
to recognize shared
values. Engage: Collaborating
Across Generations emphasizes
working hand in hand,
pooling collective strengths.
Build: Creating Cohesive
Communities advocates deliberate
efforts to thrive with age
diversity. Evoke: Challenging
Stereotypes reshapes perceptions
through narratives celebrating experience, innovation,
and wisdom.
The guide's 13 tools, adaptable
and categorized by difficulty,
address ageism, community
disconnection, individualism,
education, socialization,
and inequity. From fostering
collaboration to combating stereotypes, the tools offer
practical solutions. You do not even have to belong
to a formal organization or institution to try many of
them out.
In conclusion, the Thrive Together Guide envisions a
world where everyone recognizes their role and contribution.
By embracing intergenerational collaboration,
we can rewrite societal narratives, break free from
ageism, and create a future where everyone feels they
have a role to play in connecting across generations.
It's not just a manual; it's an invitation for change.
Will you embark on a journey towards a world where
diverse age groups are deeply connected, collaborating,
and thriving together?
Thrive Together was developed in collaboration
with Ashoka, the largest network of social entrepreneurs
in the world.
Download Thrive Together HERE
Learn more about the work of the
Grandmother Collective, including additional
resources and upcoming online events HERE.
Dr. Lynsey Farrell is a cultural anthropologist
and supporter of change-making
everywhere. She co-founded the
Grandmother Collective to shine a light
on the power of older women in societies
around the world to make effective,
sustainable, and lasting change in their
communities.

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