Those are all such good points. I bet that I'll write something about it soon, but I have just been so filled up by getting to be a part of the first truly intergenerational movement of my lifetime. In addition to everything you noted, I'm just learning so much from the vulnerability of folks who are joining from across an age-range-- th…
Those are all such good points. I bet that I'll write something about it soon, but I have just been so filled up by getting to be a part of the first truly intergenerational movement of my lifetime. In addition to everything you noted, I'm just learning so much from the vulnerability of folks who are joining from across an age-range-- the heartbreak and angst of elders worried about the world we're leaving for future generations, the rage and conviction of younger activists, etc. Makes me proud to be a "just happy to be here with you all" mid-life person (in Quaker Meeting yesterday somebody referred to my age cohort as "middling adults" which is hilarious and accurate.
Unrelated but also: there's a curling community in Missoula now? Everybody needs to stop giving me more reasons to want to move back to my hometown!
Those are all such good points. I bet that I'll write something about it soon, but I have just been so filled up by getting to be a part of the first truly intergenerational movement of my lifetime. In addition to everything you noted, I'm just learning so much from the vulnerability of folks who are joining from across an age-range-- the heartbreak and angst of elders worried about the world we're leaving for future generations, the rage and conviction of younger activists, etc. Makes me proud to be a "just happy to be here with you all" mid-life person (in Quaker Meeting yesterday somebody referred to my age cohort as "middling adults" which is hilarious and accurate.
Unrelated but also: there's a curling community in Missoula now? Everybody needs to stop giving me more reasons to want to move back to my hometown!