The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.
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Displaying What We Do: Field Building
Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program
Newsletter:"So What?" - Your Weekly Guide to Advocacy with Impact - is a short, and (we hope) catchy update on what’s new, savvy, shocking, or inspiring in the worlds of policy advocacy and advocacy...
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Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program
Click to buy some plane tickets...and do some "Massive" goodDuring the critical days following the earthquake in Haiti, many aid organizations found that people who would normally be unwilling to...
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Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program
A Report that Might Actually Launch Last Thursday saw the launch of the Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy - accurately portrayed as the "culmination" of a 9-month process....
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Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program
Reflections on the NYTimes article "The Jihadist Next Door" Advocates working on counter-terrorism issues - and indeed on many other issues - are tempted to trigger the public's fears in order...
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Community Strategies Group
Janet Topolsky directs the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group (CSG). She helps design, lead and deliver CSG’s work focused on strengthening family economic success, community...
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Community Strategies Group
Our areas of knowledge include:Family Economic SuccessFamily Economic Success (FES) means that families can meet their immediate needs and are working to achieve a secure financial future for...
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