Creating an Intergenerational Engagement Strategy With Community Organizations

On Tues­day, March 28, 2023, the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion host­ed a dis­cus­sion-based webi­nar to share ear­ly lessons from its efforts to devel­op a strat­e­gy for inter­gen­er­a­tional engage­ment to advance com­mu­ni­ty change.

Dur­ing the webi­nar, the Foun­da­tion’s Nation­al Com­mu­ni­ty Strate­gies team issued a request for let­ters of inter­est to devel­op and test an inter­gen­er­a­tional com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment tool kit aimed at deep­en­ing youth-adult part­ner­ships with­in com­mu­ni­ty change initiatives. 

The Foun­da­tion seeks four orga­ni­za­tions to serve as grantee part­ners for this learn­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive. Please sub­mit any ques­tions and/​or let­ters of inter­est by 5 p.m. on April 24, 2023.

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Traci Cal­len­der-Broady, a senior asso­ciate at Casey, host­ed the con­ver­sa­tion and led a pan­el of youth and adult lead­ers from the effort who dis­cussed their expe­ri­ences and shared lessons from the process. Par­tic­i­pants learned about the Foundation’s mul­ti-phased inter­gen­er­a­tional engage­ment effort, which places com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions at the cen­ter of pro­gram design and implementation.

Pan­elists included:

• Mahal Burr, BRIDGES USA
• Milana Kumar, BRIDGES USA
• Rashad Sta­ton, Com­mu­ni­ty Lead­ers in Action
• Tyler Broady, Com­mu­ni­ty Lead­ers in Action
• Lib­by Rau, Youth­prise
• Neese Park­er, Youth­prise

Par­tic­i­pants in the ini­tial inter­gen­er­a­tional engage­ment included:

• BRIDGES USA, Mem­phis, Tennessee
• Com­mu­ni­ty Lead­ers in Action, Bal­ti­more, Maryland
• MyKearns Com­mu­ni­ty Coali­tion, Kearns, Utah
• No Bound­aries Coali­tion, Bal­ti­more, Maryland
• Our Turn, Inc.
• Point Source Youth
• YES! For Equity
• Youth­prise, Min­neapo­lis, Minnesota

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