Generations of Hope Newsletter May 2017 International Co-housing Conference Two site directors and yours truly attended this conference. Co-housing, created in Denmark in 1972, is a close cousin to Generations of Hope communities. The structural design to enhance neighboring, the community center and other common spaces common features of new GOH inspired sites. Differences are …
Generations of Hope Growing in the Springtime It is fascinating to find out how people and organizations interested in developing a new Generations of Hope community heard about the concept. In many cases exploring the internet of key words brings them to the website. In others, it is multiple news stories that appear about the …
Generations of Hope February 2017 Newsletter Introduction There is excitement in Boise, Idaho and Maple Grove, Minnesota as two new sites are emerging as potential new Generations of Hope communities. As these two are exploring the specifics of the feasibility of a new community with key leadership, we are providing initial technical assistance to make that …
Generations of Hope January 2017 Generations of Hope continues to see an expansion in the number of organizations that want to create a new community serving seniors and a vulnerable population. In addition to the original idea of a community helping foster/adoptive children grow up, we are helping grow communities with the same philosophy serving …
Generations of Hope August 2016 Newsletter Hello Friends- First, I want to alert you to a national conference (September 26-29 in Park City, Utah) of a new organization (Grounded Solutions Network.org) This is a collective meeting of 350 people and is described as “The only national conference dedicated to permanently affordable housing and the creation and preservation …
Generations of Hope September News June 2017 in Milwaukee – Global Intergenerational Conference Request for Proposed Papers Generations United has announced the 2017 Global Intergenerational Conference will be in Milwaukee in the middle of June 2017 (https://guconference.org/about/). They have sent us the general request for presentations (several options-workshops, roundtables poster sessions) Generations United is an …
NPR Senior Correspondent Ina Jaffee recently researched and reported a story focusing on the origin of the intentional neighboring model at Hope Meadows and its most recent adaptation at Genesis in Washington, DC. Jaffee interviewed GHDC Founder Brenda Krause Eheart and residents of Hope Meadows, and undertook a hard-hat construction tour of Genesis. You can …
Intentional neighboring model featured on NPR’s Morning Edition Read More »
GHDC’s efforts to support development of a community based on our intergenerational model in Washington, DC, continue to advance. With the support of a planning grant from DC Child and Family Services Agency, GHDC is working with a range of expert partners to plan and launch Genesis, which is being developed by Mi Casa, Inc. …
The Eisner Foundation will honor two exceptional organizations, Bridge Meadows of Portland, Oregon, and the Intergenerational Schools of Cleveland, Ohio, with The Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence, a $100,000 prize that recognizes an individual or a non-profit organization for efforts to unite multiple generations – especially seniors and youth – and bring about positive, lasting …
Abigail Jones recently interviewed people from several initiatives around the country that are all, in one way or another, taking an intergenerational community-based approach to addressing a range of vulnerabilities. Well-researched and broad-ranging, her article includes profiles of projects focusing on foster-adoption, wounded warriors and survivor families, single teen moms, and others, and explores the …
Newsweek article features GHDC and several sites Read More »
