60 years1967@60
Sixty years later, a lifetime of experience can still open a new door.
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WhatNext AfricaRaising a Worthy Successor GenerationGlobal Reach-Back Legacy Initiative
Every generation can reach back.
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Milestones can become more than anniversaries. They can become moments when experience, relationships, opportunity and responsibility flow back to the generation coming behind.
Six Reach-Back Generations. One Successor Generation. One intergenerational movement.
Reach-Back Generations
Six milestone generations. Six pathways to reach back.
The Reach-Back Generations are milestone classes marking decades after school around 2027. Each brings a different kind of experience, perspective, network and opportunity. Together, they show how anniversaries can become meaningful pathways of support for those coming behind.
From Reunion to Responsibility
60 years
50 years1977@50
Fifty years later, a golden milestone can become a living legacy.
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40 years1987@40
Forty years later, experience and relationships can become access for someone else.
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30 years1997@30
Thirty years later, experience can become a head start for the Class of 2027.
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20 years2007@20
Twenty years later, relevant experience can help younger people navigate important choices.
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10 years2017@10
Ten years later, near-peer experience can still make a meaningful difference.
Explore 2017@10 →The Successor Generation
2027@00 is the generation being supported.
The Successor Generation represents students preparing to leave secondary school and move into what comes next. Reach-Back exists to help bring support, perspective and opportunity closer to them.
Because many in this group may be under 18, participation begins through parents, guardians, schools, alumni groups and other responsible adults.
See how to support 2027@00 →Where do you fit?
You may belong to one of the Reach-Back Generations — or you may help in another way.
Some people will find their place through one of the six Reach-Back Generations. Others may participate by opening doors through schools, alumni associations, organisations, networks, expertise or support. Either way, there is a place for you in the movement.
What door can you open?
You do not have to belong to one of the six Reach-Back Generations to help.
Reach-Back is open to anyone who can make a useful connection possible. Alumni, school leaders, parents, educators, associations, professionals, organisations and friends of the initiative can all help when they can open a useful door.
Start with your former school
One school connection can begin the journey.
Think of the school that helped shape your own transition. Who can reconnect with it? What would be useful to the students preparing to move into their own bigger world? Reach-Back begins with that connection and grows from there.
Already exploring the established pathway? Visit 1997@30 →
From Reunion to Responsibility
Wherever you fit, there is a way to reach back.
Every generation has something it can pass forward. Every supporter can help open a useful door. The movement can grow generation by generation without closing the door to anyone else who can help.