Longtime friends Jane Brooks and Joyce Burd decided to combine their skills, Jane as a writer and Joyce as an arts administrator, to bring ballroom dancing to 5th grade classrooms in Philadelphia.
The bipartisan Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, signed by President Obama on April 21st, makes national service accessible and inviting for millions who have finished their midlife careers. It recognizes the difficulty of midlife career transition and creates an innovative policy -- "encore fellowships" -- that will provide people 55 and older access to one-year management or leadership positions in preparation for jobs in the public and nonprofit sectors. A great encore opportunity...
http://www.encore.org/news/quiet-revolut...
