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) […]

Pro-Democracy Messaging in Challenging Times Join us for our Call to Action meeting. By applying what we learned from Anat Shenker-Osorio at our town hall in April, we will use our collective creativity to turn threats to democracy into positive messaging opportunities. Our goal is to craft messages we can use to persuade and mobilize others […]

Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Elders for Social Justice (ESJ) will host a Building Bridges introductory session. You’ll learn more about EAN’s Building Bridges and get your questions answered. In June, ESJ will host a Building Bridges conversation that continues our discussions of Confronting Whiteness. […]

Tuesday, May 21 12:00 – 1:00 pm PT / 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Connect & Refresh with EAN’s Civic Values & Culture Team Join our Civic Values & Culture Team as we pause from our activism and release our serious concerns during this challenging year. Once again, we will come together to enjoy our virtual […]

Wednesday, May 22 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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

Monday, June 17 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET Promote the Youth Vote: Sharing Progress & Challenges Our Promote the Youth Vote actions this spring are well underway!   On Monday, June 17, we will meet to share experiences in our two major actions that are underway by elders from across […]

America’s Plague of Gun Violence: How Did We Come to This? Please join us to hear historian Dominic Erdozain take us through the events that have led to America’s plague of gun violence. As he does in his recently published and widely acclaimed book, One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and […]

Third Thursday of each month 9:00 - 10:30 am PT / 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET Elders for Social Justice (ESJ) will host a Building Bridges introductory session. You’ll learn more about EAN’s Building Bridges and get your questions answered. In June, ESJ will host a Building Bridges conversation that continues our discussions of Confronting Whiteness. […]