by Jan Hively | Dec 24, 2018 | Positive Ageing
When I think about effective advocacy, I think about the process of “barnacling” described by a remarkably successful change agent, Donna Butts, the founding director of Generations United. Like tiny snails, barnacles grow and are firmly attached to the bottoms of...
by Jan Hively | Oct 17, 2017 | Lifelong Learning
Here where I live, on a small peninsula called Cape Cod that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean from New England, negative changes in the environment are obvious. Some problems result directly from overdevelopment and careless use of natural resources – such as ground...
by Jan Hively | Aug 4, 2017 | Positive Ageing, Work & Economic Security
For many years, my mantra has been, “Meaningful work, paid or unpaid, through the last breath.” For most of that time, I’ve been thinking about work as purposeful doing. For the last 20 years, since I shifted my professional focus on life-work planning from youth to...
by Jan Hively | Aug 10, 2015 | Community Support, Work & Economic Security
We are the ones we have been waiting for!! Let’s show how we can work together from around the world… Let’s create… The Pass It On Playbook Facing the Economic Challenge In this time when economic uncertainty is spreading around the globe, the concern expressed...
by Jan Hively | Jul 10, 2015 | Community Support, Lifelong Learning
Washington, D.C. – September 10, 2015 The Voice of the Elders is Desperately Needed! Throughout human history, elders have been leaders in focusing attention on the needs of future generations. Today, around the globe, shortsighted policies have resulted in...
