The Empowered Elder Journey brings together Elders from around the country to connect deeply and find their role in a world that so needs Empowered Elders.  To foster a movement of vital elders, dedicated to growing in consciousness / awareness while actively addressing the demanding challenges facing our country, our society, and Earth. The Course will create an environment in which elders engage in their own transformation in service of the transformation of our humanity, our earth, and our future. The course invites a shift in participants from individual self to global self, (ego system thinking to eco-system thinking) from inaction to action, from disempowered senior to empowered elder. 

Empowered Elder Journey

Elders Action Network's Foundation Online Course.
Dates May - June 2024
The Elders Action Network (EAN) is a movement of vital elders, dedicated to growing in consciousness while actively addressing the demanding challenges facing our country and Earth. 

What past participants of Empowered Elder Webinar have said:

" I became more aware of my ability to make a difference , as an elder, in my community and the world!"

" This Elderhood work is crucial work, actually astonishingly deep and meaningful work, both for us as individuals and also for our culture. This course is answering a profound need, and all the resources and practices are rich and powerful. "

The workshop uses the practices of the Work That Reconnects, Ageing to Sageing, Sacred Activism and more to help us explore together what it means to be an Elder alive on Earth at this time.
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A Seven Week Journey of Exploration and Connection

Together we will grow a community of interconnected Elders during our seven interactive webinars. The Empowered Elder Workshop provides a safe space for Elders to explore and share deeply what is on their hearts about the world, the future and their roles as elders. We investigate what it means to be an elder, why the world today especially calls us to step up as elders to address the social and environmental challenges humanity faces.

The Empowered Elder Workshop provides:

a deeply connected learning community of awesome Elders;
seven weekly live interactive webinars;
resources, readings, videos, poetry and books to educate and inspire;
guidance to discover our roles as elders and how we can take action for positive change on personal, community and global levels;
experiences that allow us to move from our individual self to a sense of self that is one with the whole living Earth;
a deeper understanding of the core environmental, social/economic, political and spiritual crises facing our world today;
practice in the use of the transformational tools of mindfulness, deep listening, journaling, nature connection and dialogue.


What participants have said about the workshop…

“I went from worrying about how I would fill my time in retirement, to wondering how I would manage to get all of the important things done! I’m so energized now and stay busy everyday.”

“Becoming more aware of my ability to make a difference , as an elder, in my community and the world!”
“If you are an elder and want to give back to your community and the world, EAN Empowered Elder webinar is for you!“

Overview of the Workshop

Session 1 – Being an Elder 
Introduction to EAN and to the values, roles, and tasks of elderhood
What it means to be an Elder today. What roles are calling you?
Session 2 – Growing in Consciousness
Introduction to the science of mindfulness and the Story of Oneness
How growing in mindfulness/consciousness/awareness supports our understanding of ourselves as part of the larger living system of Earth
Session 3 – State of the World
Introduction and exploration of environmental, socio-economic, and spiritual crises and divides in our world today
How squarely facing our grief at the state of the world empowers us to act on behalf of Earth
Session 4 – The Great Turning: The Sustainability Revolution
Introduction to the Ecological/ Social Revolutions of our time and some of the new sustainable models of environmental, social and economic systems
How shifting from “there’s little-or-nothing I can do” to understanding what I CAN do and changing my behavior is part of the solution
Session 5 – Sacred Activism
Exploring and connecting to what is “sacred” and important to you, as well as how to take action from love not hate, from unity not division
Finding your calling – what is being asked of you now as an Elder?
Session 6 – Taking Action Together for the Earth
Sharing our visions for engagement; Forming Elder Circles, Climate Action Chapters, self care, spiritual practice or other community groups;
Shifting from “not knowing what I can do” to commitment with others to take action on behalf of Life
Session 7 – Closing Circles and Celebration of our Journey Together
Hearing from the Elder Circles, Action Groups, and individual projects that have formed about their plans and next steps
Celebrating our time together and reflecting on what we have learned.

Foundational Resource Books: The following books have provided key source material for this workshop. We highly recommend them but they are not required reading.

1. From Age-ing to Sage-ing (2nd ed.) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
2. The Great Work — Thomas Berry
3. Active Hope – How to Face the Mess we are in without Going Crazy -- Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
4. The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism — Andrew Harvey
5. The Sage’s Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for a Modern Revolution -- William Martin

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