Boston civic innovation pilot

Silver Act

Women 55+ turning experience into civic action.

You have accumulated wisdom. Silver Act is a place to put it to work. Bring your experience, your questions, and a concern you care about. Together, we will turn shared knowledge into a practical next step.

Three meetings. That’s it. A small commitment with room for meaningful change.

Learn more How it works
Women working together around a neighborhood map in a public meeting room

Experience becomes shared civic work.

The premise

Experience is public value.

Women over 55 carry knowledge shaped by work, migration, caregiving, family life, and years of participation in their communities. Silver Act starts with the proposition that this knowledge should help shape what comes next. Too often, this experience goes unrecognized. Here, it becomes a shared civic asset: knowledge that can help your community.

A three-meeting process

Three meetings. Shared wisdom. A next step.

Start with three free sessions. You do not need a polished idea or a professional title—just experience and a willingness to explore together.

  1. 01

    Collect the problems

    Share the challenges you notice in everyday life. Together, choose the questions that matter to the group.

  2. 02

    Pool our wisdom

    Bring together what each person knows through work, caregiving, family, and community life. Explore the challenge from different perspectives.

  3. 03

    Choose a next step

    Identify a problem the group can help solve, connect with relevant partners, and decide on a practical action.

What makes it different

Participants define the problem.

Silver Act is not a town hall, complaint session, or classroom. It does not define challenges for participants. It creates the conditions for people to define the problem themselves, test their own ideas, and decide what is worth pursuing. Partners join after the challenge is better defined—not as gatekeepers of what counts as knowledge.

What we are looking for now

Women 55+ in Boston with ideas about how their communities could work better.

Your experience deserves to be heard and put to use. Whether you have spent years caring for others, working, or contributing to your neighborhood, you have something valuable to bring.

Explore the three meetings