"Building Bridges Across Generations: Cultivating Community and Solidarity for a Thriving Future” Derenda Schubert, Executive Director of Bridge Meadows
Join us as we explore the power of cherishing all generations and fostering generational solidarity. In this talk, we will reflect on the importance of building a strong, supportive community where neighbors help neighbors, and every generation finds purpose and meaning in connecting with one another. By embracing an intergenerational perspective, we can address the challenges of social isolation, promote health and well-being, and create thriving, resilient communities. A discussion of Bridge Meadows, intentional intergenerational communities will illuminate how these principles of intergenerational living are applied to build a beloved community. Together, we will discover how we can weave a safety net that strengthens our families, cities, and country, ensuring a vibrant future for all.
Bridge Meadows, Executive Director, Dr. Derenda Schubert, a licensed psychologist, leads Bridge Meadows, advocates nationally for intergenerational housing solutions to complex social challenges, spearheads strategic planning shaping Bridge Meadows’ expansive vision for the future. She builds coalitions, works with Boards of Directors, manages $60M in assets and to date, raised over $50M to create affordable housing.
Bridge Meadows’ innovative community design intersects housing, child welfare, senior housing, and health in one model. The Bridge Meadows intergenerational housing developments include supportive housing wraparound services designed to address the needs of vulnerable children, families and seniors.
Under Dr. Schubert’s leadership, Bridge Meadows has received national and international recognition for the innovative, intergenerational housing model. Bridge Meadows has been featured in the New York Times. Washington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review and the World Health Organization as a housing model for addressing the social determinants of health across the age span. Dr. Schubert speaks locally and nationally on these topics. She has spoken nationally, internationally and at TEDxMtHood about the power of intergenerational solutions.
Dr. Schubert was been honored for her contributions to housing, community development and leadership locally and nationally. She is an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow, an Encore Public Voices Fellow and a former Board Co-Chair for OregonServes.
Special Collection: Bridge Meadows
Multi-Platform Worship (both in-person & online)
Sunday at 10:30 AM
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Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833