November: Boomers, Millennials and Youth: Mobilizing across generations

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Hosted by: Third Thursdays - MNLeg Coalition, MUUSJA - Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance, Women's March Minnesota, Indivisible North Metro, Indivisible Minnesota Legislative Action

Who hasn't heard dismissive comments in activist spaces like, “Youth don’t vote.” “If this was the 1960s….” “The older generation has left us this mess!” Or, simply, “Okay, Boomer, whatever.”

Tensions and misunderstandings between generations are as real as political polarization. And they are holding back political progress on vital issues like climate change, housing, or healthcare.

Join us at the fabulous Black Dog Cafe, grab some food and a drink and explore the following: Are you comfortable working across generations? What expectations or traumas do we carry into those relationships, based on our own family histories? What are some gifts and challenges that different generations bring to this political moment? How can we improve our inter-generational organizing?

This conversation will be structured and facilitated by Karen Wills and Zach Zimmerman. Karen is a clinical psychologist who worked with families for 40 years before taking a sabbatical to help win two 2018 DFL House campaigns as a 62-year-old Organizer with a 25-year-old boss. She recruited and coordinated 94 volunteers ranging in age from 16 to 82 — of whom the youngest and the oldest were the most active! Zach is a twenty-something political organizer and legislative aide working at the state legislature in St. Paul.

This event is hosted by Indivisible Minnesota Legislative Action and is free, but please register via the the EventBrite ticket link so that we know how many people to expect.