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A Quick Look at the Day

Setting the Stage for Transformational Change

After we welcome the day and honor this place called Maine and its indigenous people, we will learn together how Maine fits into worldwide demographic trends and why we need to shift our thinking about the importance of older people to Maine’s future. This session will motivate us all to take serious action to transform our societal norms and build an Age-Positive culture that fully includes older people in all aspects of life, rejects the view that disability has to be limiting, and creates pathways to economic justice for older people who experienced a lifetime of disparities and injustices.

Making a Plan

The day will then shift to action planning – where your voices and ideas will fill the room. We’ll host a series of collaborative discussions through a World Café Conversation model where attendees will travel the room engaging in inspiring conversations and action planning through a set of questions focused on pathways to change on various issues. Each table conversation will build on the next, culminating in a plenary report out shared discoveries, insights and actions. The conversations will lead to collective knowledge, growth, and action plans that will be visually captured by a graphic illustrator.

Ripples Make Waves – Building Your Toolbox

The afternoon session we’ll feature a “ripple” panel to help participants see how easy it can be to take action and simple actions can have a big impact, inspiring us to see what’s possible and planting seeds for more change. The day will culminate with an interactive activity to help us each build our Change AGEnt toolbox, with self-identified actions we can take and tools we can use.

Let’s Take Action!

Attendees will leave with a clear plan they can implement to be Change AGEnts within their own spheres of influence. Even seasoned and active Change AGEnts will leave with new tools and plans for action. As we launch our fourth year of working to end ageism in Maine, this Summit will help participants see the waves we are already making and understand that every new ripple they make turns into a new wave for societal transformation.

Join us at the 2024 Change AGEnt Summit. Let’s ride the opportunities of this Age-Positive wave together!

Past Summit Information

From building longevity-ready communities to aligning health spans with life spans, the 2023 Change AGEnt Summit sparked creative and innovative thinking on what it will take to build systems that support healthy, engaged living into our 80s, 90s, and beyond!   

We were joined by over 300 Change AGEnts on September 27th to help us build an age-positive Maine – thank you for joining us!

We’re living longer than ever before but our thinking about aging and older people hasn’t changed, and our communities, institutions, and systems haven’t caught up to support our new old age. While change is hard, it’s time to embrace a new map of life and build flexibility into how we learn, work, and live across a lifetime. This informative, interactive, and inspiring Summit explored what’s holding us back from embracing aging as a lifetime journey of learning, growth, and health and how a shift in perspective can propel us to positive action that can transform our workplaces, communities and economy. 

Below you’ll find the graphic illustrations that captured the innovations and inspirations of the day – plus meet the amazing speakers, full program, and more!