Emerging Elders
Seeding the future
“If you work on your heart and character all of your life, you will become a certain kind of character; have a quality, a gravitas, a substance, an authority, that will naturally have something to offer … and we call those people elders”
Interviewee on Elders Project
Some questions to ask yourself
What does the word ‘elder’ mean to you?
Do you see elders as having a relevance to todays society?
Why do you think some people get older, but don’t become elders?
How could we help youth to aspire to become elders as they mature?
“My grandfather was a true elder for me….he saw me…..he saved my life”
from the Elders Project
Learn more about the investments we can make in becoming elders