Intergenerational Programs and Policies: From Vision to Practice
October 11, 2008
(Oakdale, N.Y.) 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 intergenerationalprograms
- Attendees will learn about current important intergenerationalpolicy issues
- Attendees will be able to network with other Long Islandorganizations interested in intergenerational programs and polices
Breakout Session Profiles
- Doing Oral Histories: A Means to Engaging in IntergenerationalCommunication 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 andLiterature
- 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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