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October 08, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

Taking the word “senior” out of senior centers might seem a rather superficial and transparent change. But it isn’t. 

Today, Ashley Milne-Tyte shows that senior centers across the United States aren’t just being rebranded; they’re being transformed, because our sense of age is being transformed. Today’s seniors are active and curious. Why shouldn’t the ecosystems around them be, too?  

It’s not really about taking one word out. It’s about pouring more life in.


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A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (left) argues about abortion rights with supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, protesting alongside an event kicking off a national "Reproductive Freedom Bus Tour" by the Harris-Walz campaign, Sept. 3, 2024, in Boynton Beach, Florida.
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Gisèle Pelicot, who was allegedly raped by men solicited by her husband, leaves the courthouse during the trial of her husband and 50 co-defendants.
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With Hurricane Milton moving toward the Tampa Bay region, sea turtle biologists and veterinarians scrambled to move this sea turtle, Calintina, to safety. The turtle was washed ashore during Hurricane Helene.
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Thai Thoi Linh leads a tai chi class at the Open Door Senior Center in New York’s Chinatown. With increasing longevity – and all baby boomers now over the age of 60 – the center effectively serves two generations between the ages of 60 and 100.

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Susana Ortiz fills sandbags on the beach at Davis Islands’ Yacht Basin as she prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Milton, Oct. 8 in Tampa, Florida.
( The illustrations in today’s Monitor Daily are by Karen Norris. )

A look ahead

We’re so glad you spent time with us today. We have one more story for you – a bonus read from Air Force Two. Linda Feldmann traveled with Kamala Harris as she barnstormed two must-win states and began a media blitz. How did it go? Please read the story here.

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