For Many, a Sense of Purpose Makes Job Stress Worthwhile
01/16/2013 - 12:58:00pm
A recent study with a catchy headline about the most stressful jobs of 2013 found its way to the soft hour of news last week.
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A Policy Victory for Working Learners
01/08/2013 - 10:17:29am
The following blog is written by Amy Sherman, associate vice president for policy and strategic alliances at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). CAEL shares many of the goals of Encore.org, including making it easier for adults to get targeted education and training when transitioning to their encore careers.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Encore.org announced today the five winners of the 2012 Purpose Prize, an investment in people 60 and older who are creating fresh solutions to old problems.
This year’s winners, who each receive $100,000, include:
- A pro bono lawyer who exposed massive foreclosure fraud and is now teaching other lawyers how to protect homeowners from unfair lending practices.
Meet the 2012 Purpose Prize Winners
12/05/2012 - 06:29:18am
If you’re looking for inspiration, here are five stories that reveal the power of social innovation – and the capacity of individuals in their encore careers.
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| Ronne Froman , National Veterans Transition Services Inc. |
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National Veterans Transition Services Inc.
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Ronne Froman’s transition from military to civilian life was relatively easy. The first woman to command the six-state southwest region of the U.S. Navy, she retired as a rear admiral in 2001 after a 31-year naval career. Then she quickly took on a series of executive positions with the city of San Diego, Calif., the San Diego public schools, the Red Cross and elsewhere.
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| Maggie Shannon , Maine Congress of Lake Associations |
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Maine Congress of Lake Associations
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Writer and former English teacher Maggie Shannon knew she wanted to spend her golden years on Maine’s “Golden Pond.” In childhood she had spent every summer on Great Pond, which inspired the play and movie, and her heart drew her back.
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| Gloria White-Hammond , My Sister’s Keeper |
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My Sister’s Keeper
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
A Boston-area pediatrician for nearly 30 years and a pastor for 15, Gloria White-Hammond traveled to Sudan in 2001 as part of a faith-motivated “slave redemption” mission, in which the missionaries purchased the freedom of 6,700 slaves. Though this liberation tactic is highly controversial, when she heard the captives’ horrific stories, White-Hammond had no doubt she was on the right side of history.
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| Clark "Corky" Graham , LET'S GO Boys & Girls |
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LET'S GO Boys & Girls
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
The United States lags behind other industrialized countries in science, technology, engineering and math college graduates. The problem is especially severe among low-income black and Hispanic students.
For Clark “Corky” Graham, that situation threatens American prosperity and national security.
He speaks from experience. A retired commanding officer for the U.S. Navy and a mechanical engineer, Graham spent 30 years overseeing research and development projects for the Navy and another 14 as an executive in the maritime private sector.
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| Robert Hildreth , Families United in Educational Leadership |
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Families United in Educational Leadership
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Growing up, Robert J. Hildreth knew the value of education. Raised by public school teachers, he earned degrees from three universities, including Harvard, and rose to prominence in Latin American finance with his own brokerage company.
Hildreth also had a strong philanthropic streak – and his own foundation – that brought him in contact with low-income families, often immigrants. The parents often worked such long hours they had little time to help their kids navigate college prep, or much knowledge about the process themselves. They saved money, but not enough.
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| Barbara Gardner and Ed Moscovitch , Bay State Reading Institute |
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Bay State Reading Institute
Purpose Prize Fellow 2012
Barbara Gardner and Ed Moscovitch hoped for big changes when they helped write Massachusetts’ 1993 sweeping education reform law. But years later, Gardner, then a state education official, and Moscovitch, a former state budget director, were disappointed by the limited results.
On classroom visits, Gardner saw children who were “disengaged or barely listening as the teacher droned on,” she recalls. “That experience and the image of bored faces and stale environments was my moment of revelation. I kept thinking, ‘There has to be a better way.’”
