Celebrating 100 Years of Adult Education:
Shaping Our Global Future with Purpose, Well-Being, Joy, and Resilience

This centennial theme honors a century of transformative impact in adult education—celebrating the educators, learners, and communities whose commitment has strengthened the field through wars, crises, and social change. It recognizes the joy of lifelong learning, the resilience that sustains progress, and the purpose that drives adults to create better lives and stronger communities.