Post Reunion Next Chapters Programming
Our 4.5 reunion programming was built around the topic of Next Chapters. It included two tracks to its programming.
-- In our lives, as we become eligible for Social Security, many of us are trying to imagine our own potential next chapters.
-- Simultaneously, for our society, many of us see a world that needs positive next chapters and wonder how we might help with critical world issues.
The good news is that you can continue to stay connected have great conversations with HR77 classmates on these and other topics as part of “Next Chapters” discussion groups, as we moved to our 50th Reunion in 2027.
Here are updates on ways to be involved now:
- Participate in the third wave of “Next Chapters” Personal Reflections to be offered February through April 2024 (see below).
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View the results of the first of what we hope will be two climate change sessions each year - “Learning From and Being Inspired By Our Classmates” where three of our classmates – Philip Warburg, Molly Fisk, and Bill Chapman – shared inspiring and important work to help address climate change. Click HERE to see this session’s video, presentation and Q&As. And contact Peter Dunn at peterdunn@pdunn.com if you want to be involved in future programming!
Upcoming Personal Reflections Opportunities, February - April 2024
Join classmates to discuss topics of potential interest to all of us—we who came of age in the late 60s and 70s, and who are now in our own late sixties and heading fast toward our seventies. We are offering a third wave of such gatherings, following discussion groups held during Reunion 2022 and then a second wave in Winter and Spring 2023. In fact, the “Coming to Terms with Aging and Mortality” group which began meeting February 2023 continues to meet.
During the next few months, we are offering five Personal Reflection groups, most of which will meet once, all of which will meet on Zoom, and some of which may look familiar:
- Let’s Have the God Talk - Wednesday, February 21, 7:30-9:00pm ET, 21Feb2024GodTalk
- Changing Priorities and Commitments Around Work and Life - Monday, March 4, 7:30-9:00pm ET, 4Mar2024ChangingPriorities
- Better Late Than Never: Aging and How to Feel Good About It -Tuesday, March 12, 7:00-8:30pm ET, 12Mar2024BetterLate
- Mentorship — Building a Legacy by Sharing What You’ve Learned in Life - Wednesday, March 20, 7:00-8:15pm ET, 20Mar2024Mentorship
- Living Well—But Where? - Sunday, April 28, 8:00-9:30pm ET, 28Apr2024LivingWhere
To sign up for one of these discussions:
- Please send an email to me at joanssoble.ed@gmail.com with the discussion number (for example, 28Apr24LivingWhere) as the subject line. That number is all you need to write.
- I will send you an email confirming that you’re on the list for that discussion.
- If you want to participate in more than one discussion, please list your further choices in the body of the email in order of preference.
- For those in “more distant” time zones, contact me with your interest to see if and how we can accommodate your participation.
- For additional descriptions and for a list of past Personal Reflections offerings, click HERE.
Many thanks to those of you who have volunteered to convene these groups, and I hope that those of you who participate will enjoy being and learning together. And again, read below if you want to learn more about the Spring 2024 offerings.
Be well, everybody,
Joan Soble
Background: Next Chapters Programming at the 45th Reunion in June 2022
In Cambridge, Next Chapters reunion programming offerred in-person sessions to continue and deepen these conversations. They reflected topics identified through both the Longitudinal Survey and our January Reunion Interest Survey. Other reunion activities provided a wealth of opportunities, formal and informal, to connect with classmates – to understand and appreciate what classmates are doing, thinking, creating, and feeling. Also, look for other Next Chapters programming — like Stories 4.5, with other programs to be announced.
Saturday, June 4th Programming
9:00–10:30 a.m.
2:30–5:30 p.m.
2:30 - 3:50pm Strengthening Democracy
Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
4:10 - 5:30pm Addressing Climate Change
We look forward to connecting with you.
The Next Chapters team
