EP24 A is for Ageism

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode 24, we mull: is age just a number? There are so many preconceived notions around the connection between capability and age. Unlike race, gender, or other forms of identity, age is a universal truth. We're all going to be in our teens, our 20s and our 70s. So, age is a good place to start checking our biases.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inclusion involves stepping away from the boomers, Gen X and millennial stereotypes and beginning to see people more fully.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our two spotlight guests represent two different generations. The first was episode 16’s Jacqui D’Eon, owner of Jade communications, PR school instructor and the author of Stuff Happens. Jacqui can credibly speak from both ends of that discussion, from her lived experience as an older adult, as well as experience from being an educator and teaching young people.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In episode 13, Susan’s own daughter, Yara, with her wise-beyond-her-years take on whether passing down traditions blindly could stunt the next generation’s ability to be their whole selves. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So have a listen to this curation, on the universal truth of aging.</span></p>