Ageism is complicated, but disrupting ageism doesn’t have to be! Originally sketched on a piece of notebook paper, Dr. Gendron’s Super Helpful Ageism Flowchart is a simple reminder of how our words and actions make a difference.

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Wondering whether something you’re planning to say or do might be ageist? This very simple flowchart is just the thing.

Super Helpful Ageism Flowchart

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An artful, joyful, thoughtful call to rebel against the notion that aging is a season of decline

Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell by Karen Walrond

This book draws from the author’s 40 year career as an advocate for policies and programs that foster independence and autonomy and reject protective approaches to elder abuse that threaten to reduce older adults to second class citizenship status. 


Critical Topics in an Aging Society, Elder Justice, Ageism, and Elder Abuse

A comprehensive look at elder abuse prevention trends & strategies from a social justice & human rights perspective

Elder Justice, Ageism, and Elder Abuse 

The title "Age Friendly Ending Ageism in America" above an artistic rendering of a lotus flower in the colors of the rainbow. Below is the name of the author,  Lawrence R. Samuel

How & why "Big Business" should take a leadership role in changing the narrative of aging in America

Age Friendly Ending Ageism in America By Lawrence R. Samuel

To speak the truth about ageism towards creative people in advertising, build awareness about the problem—especially amongst those
considering it as a career—and work on solutions to remedy it.
We're agency creatives who love advertising and think the industry owes creative people careers that last long enough to be considered a career.
We hope to serve as a resource and platform to those who've been affected by ageism, or simply care about the issue because it matters to them

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Skewering the age bias that derails creative careers in advertising 

Federation Against Ageism towards Advertising Creatives

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A range of older Canadians describe encountering age bias & its effects on our identities & prospects 

Golden: The End of Ageism

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A 20-minute "crash course" in shifting workplace culture + reimagining hiring practices in order to attract & include older workers

Flippin' Ageism

Dance Generators is an intergenerational dance company housed at the University of San Francisco that fosters artistic collaboration between University students and Bay Area older adults. Ranging in age from 18 to 91 years old, Dance Generators use dance as a tool for bridging generational divides. Dance Generators offer dance workshops to people of all ages and abilities on campus and in public settings, and produce performance and community building events that catalyze connections across difference. 

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This dance company draws on dancers of all ages + abilities to build connections across difference & help catalyze social change

Dance Generators

This article, written for the Certified Senior Advisors Journal, describes how ageism is internalized and provides recommendations for practitioners to respond at individual, group, and collective levels from an intersectional perspective.

The title Embodied Ageism: Our Relationship with our Bodies is at the Heart of the Matter.

Internalized ageism affects our health. How can individuals and practitioners respond, individually &collectively— & from an intersectional perspective?

Embodied Ageism: Our Relationship With Our Bodies is at the Heart of the Matter 

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Age advocates describe a world without ageism in a series of very short videos created by Changing the Narrative for Older Americans Month 2023

What would it look like if aging were unbound by ageism?

The Commission set out to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief, one-off educational intervention in reducing ageist attitudes among workers in aged care and community settings.... The Commission found significant improvements in ageist attitudes and ageing expectations immediately following the workshop, and these changes remained at follow-up 2–3 months later.

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This report describes a short, one-off workshop that significantly reduced ageist attitudes & expectations. Joanna Maxwell of the Australian Human Rights Commission is available to explain how to conduct the intervention.

Changing perspectives: testing an ageism intervention

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Have you experienced age discrimination? Share your story with AARP so they can use it to support their work with national + state legislatures, the EEOC, state agencies & the media

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