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With retirement for many Americans now expected to stretch out 20 or 30 years, the question arises: How best to fill that time? Perhaps the answer is an "encore career." That's the hope of Marc Freedman, founder and chief executive officer of Civic Ventures, a…

2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin AmericaSAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize.Five social entrepreneurs over 60 will receive…

By Marc Freedman, Next Avenue Contributor(This article is adapted from The Upside of Aging, edited by Paul H. Irving.)Healthier and more energetic than their predecessors, many of those moving beyond the middle years today want continued purpose in life. They want engagement, stimulation and challenges. Many want to help. They…

Original Source by BOB MOOS After a decade or more of corporate downsizings, baby boomers are looking upon cradle-to-grave job security with the same nostalgia as Hula Hoops and 45 rpm records. When boomers entered the workforce, many thought they could spend their careers with…

A new wave of people take joy in switching to public-service work. Original Source By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer After 50 years practicing dentistry in Santa Monica, Cal Kurtzman hung up his drill and embarked on a well-deserved second chapter…

How do you help students in underserved communities graduate high school, attend college and position them for successful and fulfilling careers? Naomi Post, Head of U.S. Community-Based Programs at The Atlantic Philanthropies, discusses the foundation's major investment to expand Oakland Unified School District's Linked Learning…

Today in an event in the East Room of the White House, President Obama highlighted innovative non-profit programmes that are making a difference in communities across the country. Programmes such asHarlem Children’s Zone (an Atlantic grantee), Teach for America (an Atlantic grantee), HopeLab, Genesys Works, and Bonnie CLAC (an Atlantic…

by Rita Rubin Medical students are shying away from careers in general internal medicine, which could exacerbate the U.S. doctor shortage expected by the time the youngest Baby Boomers head into their senior years, researchers report today. Only 2% of 1,177 respondents to a survey…

Nine Others Win $10,000 Each, as Experienced Adults Prove to be an Unexpected Source of Social Innovation SAN FRANCISCO - One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo,…

It is time for Americans to bring together two powerful forces that are often disconnected - the desire to serve and the necessity to take social action to change systems that often give rise to the need for these services, said Gara LaMarche, President and…