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My Life, My Stories is a non-profit dedicated to bringing people of all ages together in a safe space to share and learn. It's our mission to offer opportunities for our intergenerational community to be honest and open with one another during a time that is filled with so much tragedy and suffering.

Please join us for our next virtual intergenerational event to share our personal experience with living in a pandemic. Older adults are forced into isolation and are most at risk of dying from COVID-19. Many working adults have been unemployed for months and young adults are going back to school or trying to start a career in the middle of a world health crisis. How are these experiences and challenges the same or different?

Jasmine (Gen Z) is a fourth-year studying Political Science at the University of British Columbia. All of Jasmine's classes are online this year but despite the lack of face-to-face learning and on-campus activities, every cloud has a silver lining. Jasmine is looking forward to using the extra time at home to work on video and photo journalism.

Rebecca (Millennial) lives in NYC and works at Speakable, a media company that enables people to channel their empathy into action and realize the power of their civic voice. She is also the founder of Coming of Agency, a platform fighting ageism and changing the narrative around aging for women. Rebecca has been in her apartment since the beginning of quarantine. As a self-proclaimed extrovert who normally never spends time at home, she has been relishing this time to get more in touch with her inner self.

Sarah is a 92 year old retired psychotherapist living in a San Francisco senior community. Due to safety restrictions put in place by her building management, Sarah was unable to leave the building or receive visitors for many months. Despite these extreme limits to her lifestyle, Sarah has been able to recognize what matters most in her life.

4pm PST / 7pm EST

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My Life, My Stories is a non-profit dedicated to bringing people of all ages together in a brave space to share and learn. It's our mission to offer opportunities for our intergenerational community to be honest and vulnerable with one another during a time that is filled with so much tragedy and suffering.

Please join us for our next virtual intergenerational event to discuss everyday activism as it relates to fighting for racial justice. A lot of people are asking themselves, "What now? How do I keep fighting?" Sometimes, it's hard to get up in the morning with courage, fearlessness, and the energy to care. We can't all be Patrisse Cullors, Gloria Steinem, or Rachel Cargle.

Sustainability activist, Anna Lappe, often hears many people feel like their actions are just a drop in the bucket. She says, "It's probably more accurate to say people feel they're a drop in the desert--their drop dissipates before even touching ground. If you think about the idea of a bucket as a container that holds all of our drops, you'd sense how fast a bucket can fill and that--you never know--you could even be the one drop that pushes the water over the edge."

We'll have the opportunity to hear from speakers of multiple generations share how they've been an everyday activist in their local community through small actions and a belief that they can make a difference.

After hearing their stories, we'll break out into small intergenerational discussion groups led by volunteer facilitators. All we ask is that you be curious, respectful, and authentic.

ALAN
Alan was fired from his teaching position and denied tenure at UC Santa Cruz for becoming the first openly gay professor in US history. While very few faculty supported Alan, it was his students who organized protests and sit-ins to call attention to the administration's homophobia.

4pm PST / 7pm EST

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My Life, My Stories is a non-profit dedicated to bringing people of all ages together in a safe space to share and learn. It's our mission to offer opportunities for our intergenerational community to be honest and vulnerable with one another during a time that is filled with so much tragedy and suffering. Please join us for our next virtual intergenerational event to discuss racial injustice. We'll have the opportunity to hear from three African American elders as they share their experiences related to racism. After hearing their stories, we'll break out into small intergenerational discussion groups led by volunteer facilitators.

ANNETTE grew up in segregated West Virginia and has spent most of her adult life fighting for the justice of her father, who was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia and locked away in an insane asylum for more than 30 years. Her father's journey started when he was injured in a West Virginia coal mine and was denied Worker's Comp. Annette will share what it's been like to have her family's rights denied on the basis of race for many decades.

SAM, an Army vet, grew up in segregated Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has offered to share his experiences living in America as a black man.

SUKARI grew up in segregated Richmond, Virginia. In the 1960s, as a young adult, Sukari participated in sit-ins at her local Woolworths. Sit-ins were popular in 1960 as an effort to get young people involved in activism and was a popular form of non-violent protest to promote social change.

We'll discuss questions such as, "Who are you most afraid of having conversations about race with?" and "How can I become more aware of my own unconscious prejudices?" or "How have race relations changed during the last five decades?"

All we ask is that you be curious, respectful, and authentic.

Please join us for our first-ever virtual intergenerational event! The theme will be around loneliness and how it affects the youngest and oldest generations in our community.

During this unprecedented time when everyone is required to self-isolate, can we identify shared experiences and emotions across generations? How has self-isolation affected your perspective on loneliness? Do you think the effects of coronavirus will positively or negatively impact how our society approaches loneliness? Are the causes of loneliness different between young adults and seniors?

We will have volunteers of different generations share their personal stories and then we’ll will breakout into small intergenerational groups to discuss our unique experiences and relationship with loneliness.

This event is FREE, and open to everyone across the country. Registration is required.