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Virtual Intergenerational Conversations: Life During a Pandemic

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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.