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Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell, author of Confronting Whiteness, is the guest speaker at ESJ's March Community Meeting. He has developed a new conversation about race and racism that helps members of White-dominant churches and institutions identify their own racial history and […]

Thursday, March 21 10:00-11:00 am PT / 1:00-2:00 pm ET Good questions build good conversations, and good conversations build community. As elders we want to have real conversations with others, but how do  we do that when everything feels  so polarized? Join us for a glimpse into why conversations get derailed and then experience for […]

Monday, March 25 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET Join us to learn about EAN and The Civics Center (TCC) in 2024: Caps, Gowns and Ballots – TCC’s big Spring program TCC-EAN Training for Ambassadors to Local High Schools on April 4 How the EAN State Team in Arizona is […]

Wednesday, March 27 10:00 - 11:30 am PT / 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (Please get at your local library or bookstore) Empire of Storms is the fifth book in Maas’ Throne of Glass series, which is a young adult fantasy series focusing on a teenage assassin. “Fantasy is an amazing escape genre […]

Friday, March 29 12:00-1:30 pm PT / 3:00-4:30 pm ET Building Bridges is bringing us together for a conversation about how our planet’s multiple systems are showing signs of imminent collapse and how we choose to respond to The Great Unravelling. Can we assume that technology, our current educational systems, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, […]

10:00 – 11:00 am PT / 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Join us for a one hour gathering for new members of Elders Action Network (EAN) to learn about the work we do and how you might participate in the network. This will be an in depth introduction to the different areas of our Elder […]

Monday, April 8 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET Join us to learn about EAN and The Civics Center (TCC) in 2024: The Civics Center Strategies and Programs for 2024 Update on TCC-EAN Training for Ambassadors to Local High Schools on April 4 How EAN-TCC can help you support a […]

Tuesday, April 9 12:00 - 1:30 pm PT / 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET FixMyFunds is a working group developing a strategic campaign to educate our EAN/ECA folks about “climate finance campaigns” and get them engaged. We will be discussing: How to choose and then amplify the FixMyFunds/Climate Finance campaigns that most align with the interests […]

Second Thursday of the month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET We’ll continue exploring what actions that we, as elders, can take to push back against extremist attacks. We’re focusing on right-wing efforts to undermine public education, including restricting curricula, punishing discussion of targeted topics, and eliminating programs (like DEI) […]

Get Out the Vote: Persuading and Mobilizing Voters Join us to hear Anat Shenker-Osorio, host of the Words to Win By podcast and Principal and Founder of ASO Communications, explain how her research and advice have led to electoral policy victories on progressive issues across the globe. Anat will highlight ASO’s Guide to Messaging our […]

Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET We will continue our conversation on Confronting Whiteness and explore next steps in creating awareness around this concept. "White people are trapped in a history they don't understand and until they understand it they cannot be released from it."  –James Baldwin, The Fire […]

Tuesday, April 30 1:00 – 3:30 pm PT / 4:00 – 6:30 pm ET Making the Implicit Explicit: What Neuroscience Reveals About Controlling Our Unconscious Biases with David Rose The Building Bridges team is honored to sponsor this special class by neurophysiologist David Rose. In recent years, there has been a great deal of scientific […]

10:00 – 11:00 am PT / 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET Join us for a one hour gathering for new members of Elders Action Network (EAN) to learn about the work we do and how you might participate in the network. This will be an in depth introduction to the different areas of our Elder […]

Monday, May 6 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET Join Promote the Youth Vote, EAN State Teams, and Third Act to learn about how you, too, can support the Civics Center to “make voter registration part of every American high school.” In just 5-10 hours a month, Elders volunteer to: […]

Second Thursday of the month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET We’ll continue exploring what actions that we, as elders, can take to push back against extremist attacks. We’re focusing on right-wing efforts to undermine public education, including restricting curricula, punishing discussion of targeted topics, and eliminating programs (like DEI) […]