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WhatNext AfricaRaising a Worthy Successor GenerationGlobal Reach-Back Legacy Initiative · 1987@40
Forty years later, experience can open opportunity for someone coming after you.
1987@40 connects four decades of work, learning, relationships and growth with young people who are just beginning to make important life and career choices.
40 years in 2027
From Reunion to Responsibility
Four decades of perspective
Turn what you know—and who you know—into access.
The Class of 1987 sits at a point where long experience and active networks can meet real transition needs. Reach-Back can mean sharing hard-earned lessons, creating exposure, making introductions or helping a former school connect students to people and possibilities they may not otherwise encounter.
Part of one intergenerational movement
Where do you fit? What door can you open?
The six Reach-Back Generations make the movement easy to see, while the 2027@00 Successor Generation shows who the movement is reaching. Participation is open far beyond those years. Alumni from other classes, associations, schools, professionals, organisations and supporters can all help create a useful connection.
Take the first step
Use your network as a bridge.
Reconnect your former school, bring in your alumni association or open a professional, institutional or community door that can widen what younger people can see and pursue.
My alumni association
Mobilise or introduce an alumni body that can help carry Reach-Back forward.
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Open a useful relationship with a school leader, teacher or educator.
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Bring expertise, networks, partnership, sponsorship or another practical connection.
Start this conversation →The conversation can begin with a school connection, an introduction or another practical door you can open.