WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!

By ilana landsberg-lewis

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Hi, I’m Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, your host of WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!, the podcast that kicks old stereotypes to the curb! Come meet these creative, outrageous, authentic, adventurous, irreverent and powerful Disrupters and Influencers. Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers – from the living room to the courtroom – making powerful contributions in every walk of life. We know them most intimately as loving caregivers, the older women in our lives with a thousand stories about their grandchildren and pictures in their purses…. In this podcast, you’ll come to know even more about our Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers - they are galvanized, determined and are guaranteed to get you thinking! What drives them? What are they up to? What is the potential of Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmother power, and how is it changing the world?! WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers are on the move...you don’t want to be left behind!

Episode Date
Stitch by Stitch, Word by Word: Grandmother Power in Action
Jul 07, 2025
Radical imagination, joy, healing, and nurturing Organizations with a Soul: Wisdom with Hope
May 09, 2025
Grandmothers for Gun Responsibility - Join the National Movement!
Mar 17, 2025
Kira Gawenus: “Together this intergenerational partnership between the youth and elders has the power to turn the Convention [for the Rights of Older Persons] into a reality – to create a legacy of rights and respect for many generations to come”
Dec 14, 2024
Faith Young: “Any lack of protection of the human rights of older persons affects everyone else, so I hope more people will see that - and how interconnected everything is.”
Dec 14, 2024
Catherine Elise Dumont: It is very important that older people of the world have the opportunity to speak about their lives and the necessity and obligation of having an International Convention.
Dec 10, 2024
Moira Allan: It has been talked about for so long now - it really is high time that [a UN Convention] comes into being.
Dec 10, 2024
Frances Zainoeddin: "Do not go backward on the rights we gained as younger women! As we age we have to keep an eye on the future, and the continuum of rights from cradle to grave."
Dec 05, 2024
Margaret Young, Founder, Age Knowble: "The power is in the people, you and me... join the movement for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons!"
Dec 05, 2024
Theresa Flavin: "Turning 65 and diagnosed with dimentia, you are ostrasized, dehumanized, institutionalized, homogenized, collateralized. None of those are compatible with human rights."
Dec 04, 2024
Vijay Naraidoo: "With a UN Convention for the rights of Older Persons comes dignity and respect, attacking ageism at its roots; and human rights will be a culture well embedded"
Dec 04, 2024
Ferdoushi Begum: “A UN Convention will be a pledge with the legal force to ensure the dignity and entity of all older people"
Dec 04, 2024
Nena Georgantzi: "Where change happens, is really on the ground... governments get involved in the Convention when they hear national actors, citizens...requesting it"
Dec 04, 2024
Jane Nyawira Miano: "I envisage a UN Convention that gives us a voice in decision making and human rights - a unique instrument for unique problems"
Dec 04, 2024
A Leader amongst 23,000 Grandmothers!
Oct 06, 2024
“Wherever you are on this journey… you are welcome!"
Aug 22, 2024
A Love Affair with CEDAW and Gender Equality: In Conversation with Alda Facio
Jun 03, 2024
Louise Lamothe - Reflections and resonance: from healing, to the dancing lens and bringing colour to colour-less spaces
May 28, 2024
Hendrica Okondo: Reflections on history, power and generations of feminist resilience
May 05, 2024
Aundra Willis Carrasco: Writing the Untold Story of Her Brother's Place in History
Mar 24, 2024
Without Grandmothers, what would our world look like today?!
Mar 24, 2024
Dr. Paula Rochon: Women's Age Lab, A Global First!
Apr 18, 2023
Grandmothers for Refugees, Australia!
Jan 10, 2022
Introducing: Tap Elderly Women's Wisdom for Youth!
Dec 19, 2021
Strengthening Communities to Speak for Themselves!
Nov 30, 2021
Neglected No More-The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic
Mar 30, 2021
A Revolutionary Borne of Necessity - Norita of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Feb 22, 2021
World Read Aloud Day: The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for Transformation Part 2
Feb 01, 2021
World Read Aloud Day: The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for Transformation Part 1
Feb 01, 2021
A Powerful Two Spirit Journey
Dec 23, 2020
I Will Do My Part And I Ask Everyone To Do Theirs
Oct 24, 2020
We Feminists Dared to Step Into the State!
Sep 20, 2020
I'm Retired but Not Tired!
Aug 17, 2020
A Life of Community Commitments and Connections
Jul 23, 2020
People Must Not Tire!
Jul 08, 2020
Badass Grandmas for Democracy!
Apr 13, 2020
In a Time of Crisis: Women we need to Hear
Apr 05, 2020
March 2020 Series "Reprieve and Refuelling": Natalie K. Levant
Mar 23, 2020
Reprieve and Refuelling: Ana Falú
Mar 21, 2020
Joy in Connection! I Can Still Up and At'Em!
Feb 27, 2020
Dreaming Kept Us Awake
Jan 31, 2020
These Kinds of Jobs Should be Done by Older People!
Dec 05, 2019
The Grandmas Project: Sharing the World's most Delicious Heritage!
Nov 06, 2019
Senior Ladies Living Together - It Just Makes Sense!
Aug 05, 2019
We Will Not Back Down - The Angry Tias and Abuelas!
Jun 28, 2019
BRINGING SPIDERWOMAN TO LIFE!
May 26, 2019
Grandma, Did You Save Any Dolphins Today?
May 19, 2019
The Pasta Grannies - A Delicious Living History!
May 13, 2019
What If All Women Who Were Survivors Had This?
May 06, 2019
Women Rowing North - A Book for the Ages!
Apr 29, 2019
The Graffiti Grannies of Lata 65!
Apr 12, 2019
Lustre.net! An Illustrious Life after Retirement!
Mar 26, 2019
Stand in Your Truth
Mar 15, 2019
The Grandmother Hypothesis: Grandmothers as the Longevity Lifeboat of the Human Race - extended version
Mar 03, 2019
The Grandmother Hypothesis- Grandmothers as the Longevity Lifeboat of the Human Race - excerpt
Mar 03, 2019
As I get older I get more Brave-It's my time to Rebel!
Dec 12, 2018
Aging and Strength: Grandmothers, Engagement and Social Change
Dec 02, 2018
"Grandmothers, We must gather our strength and help!"
Nov 11, 2018
Without the Grandmothers, What would our world look like today?
Nov 08, 2018
Don't Wait to be Great - Do it Now!
Oct 21, 2018
A Powerful Testament - The Personal IS Political
Oct 14, 2018
NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
Oct 07, 2018
Introducing The Society of Fearless Grandmothers!
Oct 01, 2018
If I am not myself, who am I? If not now, when?
Sep 16, 2018
The Living Legacy of a Wonder Woman
Sep 09, 2018
Redefining Aging and being Chronologically Gifted!
Sep 02, 2018
A Lifetime Devoted to Equality
Aug 26, 2018
Grandmothers Rocking Solidarity Not Charity Part 2!
Aug 19, 2018
Grandmother Solar Engineers, the Legacy of Light!
Aug 12, 2018
Grandmother Power
Aug 04, 2018
Been There, Done That, What Else Can I Do?!
Jul 30, 2018
We Won't Stand for This
Jul 22, 2018
The Secret Ingredient - A Grandmother's Love
Jul 15, 2018
Amplifying the Voices of African Women
Jul 07, 2018
U.S. Grandmothers Forging A Path to Sanity and Safety Part 1
Jul 01, 2018
U.S. Grandmothers Forging A Path to Sanity and Safety Part 2
Jul 01, 2018
Revolutionary Reflections on Power in Nicaragua
Jun 24, 2018
Grandmothers Rocking Solidarity Not Charity!
Jun 17, 2018
We are willing to put our feet on the ground!
Jun 10, 2018
How Voting YES Ended an Era
Jun 02, 2018
GRANDMOTHERS' ACTIVISM: STRENGTH BEYOND MEASURE
May 27, 2018
Fracking Turned Me Into An Activist
May 20, 2018
Turning Pain into Power-for-Change One Chessboard at a Time
May 12, 2018
There Is An Optimism In Survival
May 06, 2018
What No One's Talking About
Mar 05, 2018