September 20, 2018 by Janet Siroto · Personal Development

Fighting Ageism: Get Ready to Get Radical With The Radical Age Movement

There’s a lot to stress about as we age, but The Radical Age Movement is showing the world how to fight ageism. Finally, right?

There’s a lot to stress about as we age—whether there will be enough Social Security and if healthcare will be affordable—but take a cleansing breath and exhale: The Radical Age Movement (RAM) is engineered to deal with those worries and more. Fighting Ageism is their specialty. A national non-profit headquartered in New York, its mission is to end “misperceptions and skewed attitudes toward aging so that people of all ages, races, classes, genders and sexualities can participate productively in areas of cultural, professional and community life.”

Part of the mission of the Radical Age Movement protesting cuts to health programs to pushing back against the exclusion of older adults from the workforce.

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