Senior Citizen Integration Team

Diagnosis: Against the example of every noble civilization in human history, in which the elderly are sought for guidance and assist in raising their grandchildren, most Americans pretend death doesn’t exist and hide the elderly in ‘care homes’ staffed by strangers. America has transformed the stage of life historically associated with wisdom and honor into a humiliating second childhood.

Team mandate: Re-enlist retirees into as many aspects of home and civic life as possible. Prioritize the construction of multi-generational housing and flexible options for in-home care. In collaboration with the other Launch Teams, bake into city life the physical and intellectual nourishment that sustains healthy aging. In particular, prioritize the mass enlistment of retirees into the school system as 1:1 tutors in reading, writing, and math.

Retiree Action League. Integrate retirees into as many aspects of civic life as possible, with primary mission assisting in elementary and middle schools: 1:1 tutoring in reading, writing, and math; preparing healthy meals with food from local farm partners; supervise before and after school care. Active, engaged.