We, the over 50, are waking up to the fact that our social networks are shrinking and our consequent need for supportive, intentional community is rapidly growing. We are grappling with existential questions of loss, limitation, and ultimately death, because we know in our heart of hearts that what served and satisfied us before, if it did, no longer does and won't. Many mid-lifers and later-lifers are consequently yearning for and seeking meaning, relevancy, belonging and contribution through community involvement, activism, and altruism. By helping the middle-class​ over-fifty return to their roots through the development of compassionate community for change, perhaps, just maybe, we can sway the rest of America back to the right path so that it could be a beacon to the rest of the world. Whitney Gray Vosberg talks with Mark Alyn about the challenges of growing older.