The Pacific Standard magazine has a fascinating series on change makers whose accomplishments occurred later in life. Each person is at least 80 years old, and “each has post-retirement accomplishments more spectacular than most people’s life’s work. They’re part of the gray-haired ‘encore movement,’ a wave of elders who are using their golden years to do potent social justice work.” For example, 82 year-old Wilhelmina Perry received an Encore Award for her activism at the intersection of Blackness, LGBT, and religious identities. Wow!
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Kate — July 18, 2017
Wow! Very cool piece. I guess there is hope for those of us with gray hair!! Productive years ahead.
Walt Jacobs — July 18, 2017
Indeed, Kate!
Ruth Wilson — December 28, 2017
My mother developed a streak of gray hair in childhood that gradually proliferated over her entire head. We could always locate her in a crowd and she never considered hair color an indication of age. Productivity at any age rocks. Let's keep rocking!