Where to Start the Journey to Advance Age Inclusivity at Your Institution

Abstract Each institution’s journey to becoming more age inclusive will to depend on its unique characteristics, and be dependent on its strengths and existing gaps. A good place to start is to explore how to build connections and leverage existing initiatives, such as research programs, community connections and importantly the institution’s strategic plan. At this point, elements to consider include coalition building, identifying strengths and gaps, and reframing aging. Because ageism can be a hindrance in many ways, strategies to address ageism should be included. GSA initiatives and tools such as the Reframing Aging Initiative, Ageism First Aid and AARPs Disrupt Aging will be highlighted in our presentation. Examples of how several universities have charted their course to becoming more age-inclusive and age-friendly will be outlined.

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Community development: Lessons learned about coalition building and community connections for stakeholders with disabilities

Community Development ◽

10.1080/15575330.2006.10383110 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 83-96 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Joan D. Guillory ◽

Jane M. Everson ◽

Joy G. Ivester

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Coalition Building ◽

Community Connections

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The challenges of cross‑racial coalition building

The Other America ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447337058.003.0006 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 95-112

Author(s):

Harris Beider ◽

Kusminder Chahal

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Working Class ◽

Strategic Plan ◽

The United States ◽

Coalition Building ◽

Racial Boundaries ◽

Communities Of Color ◽

White Working Class ◽

The 1960S

This chapter examines the possibilities of building cross-racial coalitions between the white working class and communities of color as the United States transitions from majority white to a minority white country. Fifty years after the campaign for civil rights and the passage of landmark legislation during the 1960s, there is little evidence of formal and sustainable cross-racial coalition building at the grassroots or grasstops level between the white working class and communities of color. White working-class communities wanted to engage with communities of color but did not have the means of engaging across racial boundaries beyond a superficial everyday level. Discussions between different communities were “soft-wired” and based on fleeting exchanges in informal spaces rather than becoming “hard-wired” in a strategic plan that can create a framework for coalition building. Stakeholders were largely ambivalent and occasionally hostile toward engaging with white working-class communities to build effective cross-racial alliances. Similar to white working-class communities in relation to communities of color, stakeholders found it challenging to engage with these groups.

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Interacting Variables: September 11 and the Role of Ideas and Domestic Politics

Dialogue IO ◽

10.1017/s7777777702000067 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 71-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Gourevitch

Keyword(s):

Domestic Politics ◽

September 11 ◽

Good Place ◽

Research Programs

The events of September 11 can be taken as a good place to explore the interaction of variables in explaining events. We know that many variables are at play in most complex situations. Taking account of them all is impossible, and even investigating several is messy. One way to tackle this problem is to pay closer attention to the interaction of variables--not to look at all of them but to explore carefully where they intersect and to detect the mechanisms of their relationships.Many of the quarrels in our field arise out of a desire to assert aggressively the predominance of a particular, favored variable. Wearying of this sort of combat, some analysts have become more interested in examining the connections among variables, the ways in which one parameter acquires strength or signals causality because of its interaction with another. The events of September 11 show the values of this approach. It will surely involve some loss of parsimony, but it may lead to important insights and research programs. To pursue it, we need models of causality that work with interactions.

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