The Second Awkward Age: Life At 55 And Beyond
Public Agenda president Ruth Wooden is the moderator of this event Thursday, March 4, at the Urban Institute, co-sponsored by Public Agenda, on evolving roles for older adults, many of whom are approaching or are at what has been considered to be retirement age but, for a variety of reasons, may not be ready to leave the workforce.
Be part of the discussion – in Washington, through our webcast, and online on Twitter (hashtag is #Boomer 3.0) - as distinguished experts explore the labor force, economic, health, and identity issues facing Americans approaching retirement. We’ll look at the diversity of this population and developmental factors affecting older Americans, successful aging, the special circumstances of older minority men and women, policy prescriptions that could improve older Americans’ economic security, and lessons from other nations.
The panelists for this event are: Scott Bass, provost, American University, and founding director of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts–Boston; Dalmer Hoskins, senior adviser to the Social Security Administration and former secretary general of the International Social Security Association; Richard Johnson, senior fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute; and Sandra Nathan, vice president, workforce development, National Council on Aging.
Click here for details on attending this event. For further information, please contact Simona Combi at the Urban Institute ((202) 261-5709) or Melissa Feldsher at Public Agenda (212-686-6610, extension 50).
The Twitter hashtag for this event is: #Boomer3.0
Live webcast (also available as a recording after the event) at: http://www.urbaninstitute.org/events/Life-at-55-and-Beyond.cfm
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The subject treated, opportunity, bears upon the character and national morality in the commitment to achieve and sustain the American way of life and future in a fulfillment. Learning as both way and model elevates the conversation. Social development influence from the privileged employed in the merit-based systems depends on qualitative evaluation, professional and community sharing other than blogging, and new employment ideas of salaried time-accountancy flexibility and continued education value. Most important to the Public Agenda is the self-reflective narrative of the meaning of work and role work provided in creative personal life. Friendship, sponsorship, leadership are facets of one enterprise bureaucratic relationship ideally plays out to be among persons in the "age" Life at 55 and beyond. Ms Ruth Wooden, did you know, or come across the writing of, Dorothy Dinnerstein? Her book, Mermaids and Minotaurs, pertains, nicely.
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