As protesters filled the streets in 2020 fighting for racial justice, many observers referred to the multigenerational and multiracial dimensions of the crowds. Why is it essential for older and younger people to fight side-by-side? What can the generations learn from each other? What role does individual and collective memory play in shaping a more just future? And how can we overcome generational tensions within communities as well as generational tensions across racial ethnic identities?
This session was curated in partnership with Encore.org.
Raymond A. Jetson is the catalytic force that has powered the evolution of the innovative social enterprise MetroMorphosis. After completing a two year fellowship on advanced leadership towards social impact at Harvard University, he's set about the business of creating a different approach to…
Isabel González Whitaker is a Principal Advisor for the world's largest healthcare charity where she leads C-suite thought leadership and executive visibility efforts especially at the intersection of Purpose. Previously Isabel was Deputy Editor of Billboard and prior to that Features Editor at InStyle…
When he joined the Foundation in 2020, he had more than two decades of experience as a journalist, author and activist. He was a co-founder and executive director emeritus of Man Up Campaign, a global initiative to activate youth to stop violence against women and girls. This led to his selection…
Brittany T. Paschall does freedom work as an educator, minister, and organizing aligning social justice and education.
Brittany started her lifelong activist work with the Oasis Center in Nashville and is the founder of We Remember Nashville, an intergenerational effort she found, that aims to address the…
Senior Program Strategist, AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Executive Director, Coalition of Asian American Leaders
Bo Thao-Urabe is a practice-based possibilian who focuses on creating community-centered, asset-based solutions and transforming practices so
that there are meaningful changes for those most impacted by systemic
inequities. Currently, she serves as senior program strategist consultant for the…
