45: Anti-Ageist Birthday Card Activist Janine Vanderburg
Untrained Wisdom
English - September 14, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBSociety & Culture Education Self-Improvement senior citizens seniors older adults 55+ 50+ retirement retired retiring wisdom old age Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A longtime community activist in Colorado, Janine Vanderburg leads Changing the Narrative, a campaign started in 2018 to change the way people think, talk and act about aging and ageism. This year Janine created and launched an anti-ageist birthday card campaign to help change the cultural narrative about aging,
In this interview, Janine shares how she got involved in Changing the Narrative, how the birthday card activism began, and the selection process of the artists involved in the campaign. Furthermore, Janine talks about the message she's articulated to the major greeting card companies about designing birthday cards.
Janine's Recommendations:
- The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
- Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
Shuva's Recommendation:
- Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
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