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News
Intergenerational Programs and Policies: From Vision to Practice
The Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at Dowling College
and The Long Island Intergenerational Network will be hosting
Intergenerational Programs and Policies: From Vision to Practice on
Friday, November 7, 2008 from 8:00AM - 4:00PM in the Ballroom of
Fortunoff Hall.
Whether in the workplace or the community, in general, relationships
among generations are more important today than ever before. As life
expectancies continue to rise dramatically, generations depend on one
another for much longer periods of time. Not only are middle-age people
providing shelter, food, clothing and educations for those under age 25,
many of these same families are caring and providing support for
relatives over age 75.
While many young people are leaving Long Island in pursuit of
affordable housing elsewhere, many older people are leaving for southern
retirement communities while other retirees, choosing to remain here,
are moving into age-restricted communities. The unfortunate result is a
separation of the generations. These circumstances pose real challenges
to the normal balance, and urgently call for new and creative ways to
encourage generational groups to communicate with one another, care for
one another, and support public policies that don't divide them by
age.
Intergenerational Programs and Policy: From Vision to Practice has been
designed by The Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at
Dowling College, Intergenerational Strategies, and The Long Island
Intergenerational Network to bring together Long Island's community
organizations and business community to create new intergenerational
programs and promote public policies that meet the needs of all
generations.
To register online please visit:
www.dowling.edu/intergenerationalcenter
Conference Objectives
- Participants will learn about innovative model intergenerational
programs
- Participants will learn how to write successful
intergenerational grants
- Participants will learn to "think intergenerationally"
- Attendees will learn how to plan and develop intergenerational
programs
- Attendees will learn about current important intergenerational
policy issues
- Attendees will be able to network with other Long Island
organizations interested in intergenerational programs and polices
Breakout Session Profiles
- Doing Oral Histories: A Means to Engaging in Intergenerational
Communication and Capture History
- Civic Engagement: Intergenerational Models
- Intergenerational Strategies Addressing Environmental Issues
- Mentoring Across Generations
- Generational Workplace Issues and Strategies
- Community Service Using Intergenerational Strategies
- Intergenerational Public Policy: Opportunities for Long Island
- Promoting Intergenerational Understanding Through the Arts and
Literature
- Grantsmanship Session
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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