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wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/\"><span class=\"pc-site-logo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-wordmark-2026.png\" alt=\"Prime Citizens\" width=\"1774\" height=\"887\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-group pa-nav is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-current wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/?page_id=50\" aria-current=\"page\">About<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/header>\n\n\n<section id=\"our-purpose\" class=\"wp-block-group pa-section is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-shell is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-story is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-story-title is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bringing generations back <em>one careful match at a time.<\/em><\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-body is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Citizens is an organization built around a movement, to bring generations back together, to connect, communicate, share, and be in real conversation. To return to the natural state that human connection was designed for.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Citizens is a resource designed to bring people aged 65 to 80 back into meaningful conversations with adults aged 18 or older who could benefit from their accumulated experience, one careful match at a time.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"why-this-matters\" class=\"wp-block-group pa-section pa-why pa-white is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-shell is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-why-heading is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Why this matters<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A need for connection.<br><em>A lifetime of experience.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loneliness affects people at every age. At the same time, a growing older generation carries decades of experience. Prime Citizens brings these two realities together through thoughtful introductions and honest conversation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-stat-grid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-stat-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-number wp-block-paragraph\">1 in 6<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-copy wp-block-paragraph\">people worldwide experience loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-source wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/30-06-2025-social-connection-linked-to-improved-heath-and-reduced-risk-of-early-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO Commission on Social Connection, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-stat-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-number wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"pa-stat-qualifier\">Up to<\/span>1 in 3<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-copy wp-block-paragraph\">older adults are estimated to be affected by social isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-source wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/30-06-2025-social-connection-linked-to-improved-heath-and-reduced-risk-of-early-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO Commission on Social Connection, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-stat-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-number wp-block-paragraph\">1.4B<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-copy wp-block-paragraph\">people worldwide are projected to be aged 60 or older by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-stat-source wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/ageing-and-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO, Ageing and health, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"our-founder\" class=\"wp-block-group pa-section is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-shell is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-story pa-founder is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-founder-title is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">The person behind the idea<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin Arazy.<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-founder-caption wp-block-paragraph\">Vancouver-based executive. Father of four. Grandpa of two.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full pa-founder-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/benjamin-arazy-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Arazy by the ocean at sunset\" class=\"wp-image-84\" width=\"866\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/benjamin-arazy-portrait.jpg 866w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/benjamin-arazy-portrait-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/benjamin-arazy-portrait-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/benjamin-arazy-portrait-768x1362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-body is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Benjamin Arazy. I am a Vancouver-based executive with a background across medical technology, global business operations, and long-term strategic work. Most of my career has been spent building regulated businesses in complicated jurisdictions, the kind of work that teaches you patience, and teaches you that people are the same everywhere: the questions, the fears, the hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am 64 years old. I am the father of four grown children, each working through the questions of their own moment in life, the same kind of questions Knowledge Seekers come to us with. I am the grandpa of two young and curious granddaughters.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am moving into what this movement calls the prime years, and I am facing the same questions I imagine most people my age are asking themselves quietly: how do I stay relevant, how do I keep contributing, how do I make what I have learned useful to someone who is still in the middle of the questions I have already lived through.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most of my life I have been doing a version of this informally. With my children. With my employees. With colleagues. With interns who came through my businesses and are now running their own. With clients who became friends, who called about one thing and stayed on the phone about another. Not as advice from a podium, as conversations, on real questions, without a clock.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Citizens is what happens when I stop doing this informally and start doing it deliberately, with structure, and open the same door for other people my age who have been doing the same thing without a name for it.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-statement wp-block-paragraph\">That is what motivates me.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"our-symbol\" class=\"wp-block-group pa-section pa-white is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-shell is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-centered is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Our symbol<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A lifetime of learning.<br><em>The wisdom knot.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our symbol is inspired by the <strong>Nyansapo<\/strong>, the <em>wisdom knot<\/em>, one of the oldest of the Akan Adinkra symbols of Ghana. It stands for the kind of wisdom that comes from having lived, from patience, and from the willingness to sit with something difficult until it is understood.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-symbol-grid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-symbol-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full pa-symbol-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adinkra-nyansapo-original.png\" alt=\"The classical Adinkra Nyansapo symbol, the wisdom knot.\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adinkra-nyansapo-original.png 200w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adinkra-nyansapo-original-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Adinkra <em>Nyansapo<\/em>, the wisdom knot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-proverb wp-block-paragraph\">Nyansapo wosane no badwemma<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-translation wp-block-paragraph\">Only the wise can untie the wisdom knot.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-symbol-card is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full pa-symbol-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1774\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026.png\" alt=\"The Prime Citizens symbol, our interpretation of the wisdom knot.\" class=\"wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026.png 1774w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/primecitizens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/prime-citizens-symbol-2026-1536x768.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1774px) 100vw, 1774px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our interpretation, the Prime Citizens symbol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We drew ours as a single figure carrying the knot at the centre, a person shaped by a lifetime of untying things, with the small gold sun of what they have learned held above them. That is who we are looking for. That is what a Prime Citizen is.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group pa-section pa-invitation is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pa-shell is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"pa-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Help build the movement<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the movement resonates,<br><em>there is a place for you.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"pa-invitation-copy wp-block-paragraph\">If any of this is you, if the movement resonates and you would like to be part of building it, please write to me at <a href=\"mailto:founding@primecitizens.org\">founding@primecitizens.org<\/a>. 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