Dreams come true. Every dream is possible at every age.
In 2010 I had a dream. A dream for a generation where people of all ages will celebrate age pride and interact with each other. I founded Age March. In 2010 I organized the first Age March in San Francisco. Along with three hundred people of all ages, joined my first march. Holding an age march banner along with my two daughters, Suzy, Bonny, their husbands, my now deceased friend Kelly Eder, we marched in the front. I produced four more marches. The last one was in 2018. On March 20, 2021, was the first virtual global Age March in history.
Special gratitude to Tara Cortez Hayden, who over the years tirelessly helped promote Age March and developed the 2014 Age March website. Not only did she believe in this movement and continue to help — we became friends. A friendship I shall cherish forever.
When the Covid came, in 2020, Karen Moss Hale, my podcast producer, said why not have a virtual march? I thought yes, a global virtual march! Also, special thanks to Bonnie Marcus, a podcaster, author, and age activist who got RevitaLash to sponsor Age March. Endless gratitude to Suzy Unger, my beloved daughter who arranged for this fabulous production team who made the virtual age march movement possible.
Special thanks and admiration for the fabulous, brilliant and creative Jules Stern, an awarded TV producer who gave her expertise and time to make this production of the highest caliber. So much gratitude to Curnal Aulisio, an expert producer of many shows who tirelessly organized our team and worked at shaping the meaning and look of this virtual event.
Special gratitude to the glamorous and fabulous Matt Jackson — not only for his ideas and for pursuing sponsors and celebrity hosts, but for designing the AgeMarch logo. And thank you, Bill Bowker, who tied the website together and committed to managing it for the global masses joining Age March.
Everyone on this team is Age Magnificent.
Love, Barbara Rose
