Coming of Age offers programs and resources to help people 50+ explore and discover the best path to a fulfilling and engaged future. These include:
The Inspiring Opportunities e-blast
- A "What's New" section about the latest trends in life after 50
- A calendar of community events where you can learn and find ways to make a difference
- A listing of paid and unpaid opportunities at nonprofits and government agencies in the Philadelphia area; and notices about special events. Click here for a free subscription.
Invitations to Boomervision!®
- Boomervision! is a lecture and community dialogue series that invites authors and experts to share their ideas and engage the audience in discussions on diverse topics of interest to people 50+. Topics covered in past Boomervisions! include brain health, relationships, social entrepreneurship, storytelling, and building community. These programs are held at Coming of Age founding partner public broadcasting station WHYY.
Make a Big Difference Teams
- Teams of volunteers are brought together to address a project focused on a community issue. A newly created team is made up of Temple University alums, age 50+, who are acting as guides to international students. Another Make a Big Difference team is helping people with low incomes file for tax returns and benefits for which they are eligible.
Programs
Explore Your Future
A series of multi-session, professionally-facilitated, non-financial transition discussions held on-site at a workplace and in a variety of community settings (e.g., libraries, senior centers, and faith-based institutions).
Explore Your Future Book Club
Coming in Spring 2009. Here, participants, led by a facilitator, will meet in community settings to engage in substantive discussions about compelling 50+ issues. The topics will be based on chapters from an e-book Coming of Age will soon publish.
Work with Diverse Communities Coming of Age is committed to engaging people 50+ in diverse communities in compelling roles and strengthening organizations in those communities. The initiative has partnerships with African-American, Latino, and Southeast Asian organizations on community-building projects available. Information about these projects is available for replication without charge.
Training
All Coming of Age training is provided by the Training Division of the Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning. Programs include:
Capturing the Energy & Expertise of People 50+ Learning Lab
A six-session program for nonprofits that focuses on who people 50+ are today, how to craft and market compelling opportunities for them, recruitment strategies, managing an intergenerational workforce and action planning.Cutting Edge Strategies for Senior Centers
This training helps senior centers explore new identities, attract broader audiences, develop civic engagement opportunities, create learning opportunities, seek funding, and improve marketing strategies.Capturing Experience
This online course allows nonprofits to work at their own pace and explore a curriculum for leveraging the talents, skills, and passions of people 50+.Nonprofits and government agencies
We help local, regional, and national organizations pursue their missions by training them in how to infuse the skills, talents, and passions of people 50+ (often called America's largest and growing national resource!) into their work.To learn more about any of these programs or training opportunities, please contact Dick Goldberg at dgoldberg@comingofage.org or call (215) 204-8585.
