Content tagged with “Ascend”
Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. As the world's attention turns to women's issues—from the Google doodle to the United Nation's song "One Woman"—we celebrate the Aspen...
Tags: Ascend, Global Health and Development, Madeleine Albright “What Does Obama Really Believe In?” by Paul Tough. New York Times magazine, August 15, 2012 This past summer, six weeks after he joined Ascend as a speaker on childhood poverty at the Aspen Ideas...
Tags: Ascend, Top Reads 2012 The following blog is excerpted and condensed from remarks given by Tameka Henry, a parent of children enrolled in Acelero Learning, at the 2012 Aspen ThinkXChange in Aspen, Colorado. Tameka...
Tags: Ascend, ThinkXChange, two-generation The 2012-2013 Ascend Fellows are twenty dynamic leaders from across the country and across sectors working to elevate two-generation strategies. This event will be a celebration of their...
Tags: Ascend, fellowship, solutions Ascend at the Aspen Institute is a policy program that is a hub for breakthrough ideas and proven strategies that move children and their parents beyond poverty toward educational success and...
Tags: Ascend, fellowships Around the world, the United States is still seen by many as the land of opportunity. Does that notion still ring true at home? Leaders gathered at Ascend's Aspen ThinkXChange considered values and...
Tags: Ascend, Celinda Lake, Michael Gerson, opportunity, middle class Watch this clip from tonight's episode of The Aspen Institute Presents. Here speakers from the Aspen Ideas Festival discuss what the US economy needs to kickstart growth. One speaker, Miami Dade...
Tags: Election 2012, Ascend A major focus of the campaigns and last night's debate has been on strengthening the middle-class in America. One issue of equal importance, but that is often not given as much attention, is how to...
Tags: Election 2012, Ascend, two-generation strategy "It just seemed to me that it was totally unfair that someone born into different circumstances than me didn't have the same opportunities.” Philanthropist and businessman George Kaiser offered this...
Tags: Ascend, two-generation strategy 
