PBS Brief but Spectacular: Intergenerational Community Is Not a Program. It Is What We Owe Each Other.

Source: PBS NewsHour / CoGenerate | Date: August 7, 2025

CoGenerate convened a gathering of leaders across generations in Los Angeles to explore what intergenerational collaboration actually produces for communities. In the filmed conversation, participants — ranging in age from 29 to 73 — described what they had learned from working across generations on real community problems. The central insight: the most important resource older leaders bring is not money or knowledge, but the willingness to give the next generation genuine authority over the work. The most important resource young leaders bring is not ideas, but the relationships that carry community trust.

Key fact: 'Older people know how the system works and have the social and financial capital to pull levers. They won't come up with the right answer if there are no young people at the table.' — Cole Stevens, Co-Founder, Bridgemakers

Link: pbs.org/video/bbs-1754608546/