First off, our newsletter has changed its name to the Global PIONeer Gazette. We welcome your contributions! Our goal is to publish on the first Monday of each month and we need your help and journalistic talents - see article at the end!

 

Global PIONeer Open House: Starting Tuesday 14 September at

1 pm Eastern Time we’ll be hosting monthly virtual meetings (second Tuesday) to greet our new subscribers. We need you to join our welcoming team.  Please contact Andie Gordon to sign up. Register here for the September conversation.

 

Global PIONeer 50/50 online conversations in our Zoom room: Many thanks to all who responded to our call for presenters. We launch these interactive online conversations on the third Monday of the month.  Moira Allan will start with The Magic of Networks on

20 September (register here); Richard Adler will lead the discussion on Digital Inclusion of Older Adults on 18 October; Helen Hirsh Spence will highlight the vital importance of Promoting Intergenerational Dialogue on 15 November and Valerie Wood Geiger will talk about her Learn with Grandma network and tree planting in Africa on

13 December.

 

We’ll be sending out a new call for presentations in December.

Grace Smith - What you can do about Climate Change? and

Cullen Hayashida - Preparing for Retirement are lined up for the next season.

 

Our Social Media have come alive thanks to our two life spanners, Tash Miller and Ollie Tarango. Keep an eye on Facebook and LinkedIn. We also now have a fledgling Instagram page.

 

Read more about our rich, energizing experience with Tash and Ollie.

Pat Spadafora

Silvia Zweifel
Silvia’s a farm girl from northern Argentina. After an economics degree and 17 years banking, she felt inspired by a sense of abundance, and began inspiring others through art and imagination. Her favorite word is “love”. Read all her answers to our Quick-Fire Questions and more.

 

A good question to ask ourselves... "What should this new cohort of modern elders be doing with their third age?" Globally, more than a billion people are now over 60 and, incredibly, that number will double by 2050. Read here what Ken Dychtwald says about work and purpose.

Tuesday, 14 September at 1 pm EDT
It’s our virtual Global PIONeer Open House every second Tuesday of the month for new subscribers our International Coordinator and a few community members in our Zoom Room. If you or anyone you know would like to join, register here.

Pass it on Network is defining our own style of  online meetings – join our first Global PIONeer 50/50 online conversation in our Zoom room  – half presentation, half participation! Register here.

Six Asia Pacific countries will be reporting for this ACAP webinar.  Each country will present for 10 minutes. Register for the
9 September webinar. Note the date is 8 September in some locations - check your local day & time.

If you’re interested in becoming a liaison, contact [email protected]

Friday, 1 October 2021
UN International Day of Older Persons (IDOP)

Ageism Awareness Day draws attention to the existence and impacts of ageism in Australia – a critical step to changing community attitudes.

Saturday, 2 October at 5 pm SAST 
(11 am EDT) 
Liaisons from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, South Africa and Lesotho meet on the first Saturday of the month.

An invitation to exercise your journalistic talents! We are eager to hear what is happening in your part of the world. Please share your news by sending us an article for the Global PIONeer Gazette and the Global Connector. Our goal is to showcase articles that have a substantive, compelling value for Pass It On Network's audience. Check the guidelines here and send your articles to Andie Gordon.