<div dir="ltr">Writing to endorse David's endorsement of Third Act. I too have joined. <div><br></div><div>At Piedmont Gardens, the senior community in which we live, we have a local Climate Action Committee; we are promoting specific actions to retard if not eliminate the impact of fossil fuels on our lives and the lives or our descendants--in our homes, in our communities, and in our world. I have yet to join the educators' subgroup, but now that I know you are involved, David R., I will.<div><br></div><div>If you believe that preserving our environment and preserving our democracy are important goals, then Third Act could be your go to organization. </div></div><div><br></div><div>David P.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 8:36 AM David P. Reinking <<a href="mailto:David.Reinking@uga.edu">David.Reinking@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="color:black"> I’m an active member of a group—a movement actually—that might interest many of you. It’s called<span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://thirdact.org/why-third-act/" title="https://thirdact.org/why-third-act/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Third
Act</span></a>, a name that fits its purpose to engage concerned citizens over 60 in improving the world for future generations. Third Act originated and currently operates in the U.S., but there might be similar movements for those of you who live elsewhere.<span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The movement, thus far, hasn’t incorporated literacy specifically into its agenda, but there is an educators’ working group that I have joined, and there are educational/literacy dimensions of the causes it has taken on.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Third Act has mobilized nationally on two big issues: <span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span><u>climate change</u><span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span>(e.g., collective action to suspend business with big banks funding
projects that increase our dependence on fossil fuels) and<span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span><u>protecting and advancing voting</u><span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span>rights (e.g., a “senior-to-senior” program in which members contact high
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<span style="color:black">But, Third Act’s agenda is evolving in these and other areas as it listens to its members. For example, when I joined the working group, a team leader interviewed me to learn what causes and issues I was most committed to and how
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<span style="color:black">Third Act is a good fit for me as a parent, grandparent, and educator. It has mitigated my sense of frustration, helplessness, and sadness about trends that threaten democracy and livability on the planet for future generations. It
also allows me to reclaim the idealistic activism of my “First Act” as an undergraduate in Chicago during the late 1960s. Likewise, it allows me to counter the now disturbing erosion of the progressive gains from that era. And, it has been encouraging and
interesting to meet and work with like-minded seniors who will not accept the inevitability of a dark future nor a legacy of complacency.<span class="gmail-m_1972621583843647239apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">If any of this resonates with you, you might consider joining Third Act, or similar movements.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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