  For k >= 1, let Torelli_g^1(k) be the k-th term in the Johnson filtration of
the mapping class group of a genus g surface with one boundary component. We
prove that for all k, there exists some G_k >= 0 such that Torelli_g^1(k) is
generated by elements which are supported on subsurfaces whose genus is at most
G_k. We also prove similar theorems for the Johnson filtration of Aut(F_n) and
for certain mod-p analogues of the Johnson filtrations of both the mapping
class group and of Aut(F_n). The main tools used in the proofs are the related
theories of FI-modules (due to the first author together with Ellenberg and
Farb) and central stability (due to the second author), both of which concern
the representation theory of the symmetric groups over Z.
