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Family Re-Union 8: Family and Community |
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Selected Links
for Family and Community
Roundtable #8
Opportunities for community involvement and service for all generations and all people
SeniorNet
An award winning site whose mission is to provide older adults education
for and access to computer technology. Includes on-line courses, policy
discussions, articles, book clubs, issue forums and other areas and links
of interest to older adults.
AARP
Link to a series of discussions on "The Interconnectedness of Generations"
on the AARP website. Contains an overview of the issues and strategies
in forming a society for all ages.
Generations Together
Homepage to the Intergenerations Studies Program at the University of
Pittsburgh. Contains information on a variety of programs that involve
older adults and young people working side-by-side as well as involving
older adults who volunteer in the community to address the needs of very
young children.
The Virginia Intergenerational
Network
The network is a partnership of the Northern Virginia Community College
and the Virginia Department for the Aging. This cooperative venture is
a model for other institutions and organizations to build intergenerational
linkages within local communities.
Temple University Center
for Intergenerational Learning
The center develops cross-age programs, provides training and technical
assistance and dissemination of materials on intergenerational programming.
The Center also serves as a national resource for institutions, organizations
and communities on intergenerational programming.
Generations United
Homepage to this national coalition dedicated to intergenerational policy,
programs and issues. Center to the coalition's philosophy is that in order
to gain public support, intergenerational programs must demonstrate that
the programs fulfill a public purpose by strengthening the community at
large.
Illinois Intergenerational
Initiative
This site, "Technology is Linking Generations," gives short summaries
of programs that involve intergenerational partnerships based on use of
the Internet or other computer technology. The site is housed at the University
of Southern Illinois.
Intergenerational
Urban Institute
The Institute is located at Worcester State College. Its mission is to
create a learning community of college students of all ages -- young,
middle-aged, and elder students -- that will enable them to work effectively
in service to the neediest areas of the wider Worcester Community.
The Brookdale
Center on Aging
An intergenerational program of Hunter College in New York City, the center
is responsible for developing, administering, evaluating, and publishing
pilot projects that link young and old New Yorkers for their mutual benefit.