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Old School has transitioned from clearinghouse to hub.

The Old School Hub is a place for people and organizations doing anti-ageism work to list their projects so others are able to find, join, and share their efforts. The Old School team will be involved in whatever ways make sense to the people behind each project. Projects can range in scale from local to global, and be underway or still in the ideation phase. They must focus explicitly on ageism.

Are you working to raise awareness of ageism and how to undo it? Would you like input? Collaborators? Co-conspirators? If so, we’d love to learn more. Scroll down for Guiding Questions and the Old School Hub submission form. Contact us if you’d like to learn more about this new venture and/or are interested in joining our advisory/working group. And please spread the word: the Hub will only reach its potential with help from pro-age advocates around the world.

Some sample projects:

“Expanding Age Advocacy”

Old School and Virginia Commonwealth University are using focus groups to investigate how people working on other social justice issues perceive aging, age bias, and age advocacy.

(Contact: Tracey Gendron)

“Expanding Age Advocacy”

Age Equity Alliance

This think-tank partners with organizations and businesses to build an innovative, age-positive workplace. It was incubated at Old School.

(Contact: Sheila Callaham)

Age Equity Alliance

FUFA - Francophones Unis Face a l’Ageisme

This coalition of French-speaking anti-ageism advocates around the world began as a collaboration between Old School and the Pass It On Network.

(Contact: Moira Allen)

FUFA - Francophones Unis Face a l’Ageisme

Have something for the Hub?

Does your plan or project focus explicitly on ageism? When you describe it, can you answer “yes” to these Ten Guiding Questions:

  • Is it necessary for some and good for all?
  • Does it tap the joy and power of coming together?
  • Do all ages have a voice?
  • Does it acknowledge and address internalized ageism?
  • Does it reflect the fact that words matter and that language is a moving target?
  • Are your strategies fluid and diverse enough to tackle the complex nature of ageism?
  • Does it honor our minds, bodies, and spirits?
  • Does it account for the relationship between age and power?
  • Are death and end-of-life part of the conversation?
  • Does it involve the soft skills—around allyship, persistence, courage, vulnerability, and generative conflict—that a sustainable movement requires?

If so, we’re eager to hear about it.