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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2013 Aspen Prize Finalists

College Excellence Program
 Selected by a jury of former elected officials and other prominent national business, labor, education and civil rights leaders, the Co-Winners and two finalists with distinction were... Read More

2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

College Excellence Program
 On March 19, 2013 the Aspen Institute announced the Co-Winners of the 2013 Aspen Prize, Santa Barbara City College (CA) and Walla Walla Community College (WA), and two finalists-... Read More

Our Policy Work

Justice and Society Program
For close to forty years, the Justice and Society Program has convened individuals from diverse backgrounds to discuss the meaning of justice and how a just society ought to balance fundamental... Read More

FOCAS 2012: Towards Open and Innovative Governance

Communications and Society Program
The 2012 Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) convened August 5-8 in Aspen, Colorado to discuss the movement towards open and innovative governance and develop tangible proposals and... Read More

Communications Policy

Communications and Society Program
Communications Policy Conference on Communications Policy Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS) Project on Public Service Media International Digital Economy Accords (IDEA) Project Aspen Institute... Read More

Summary Report from the Aspen Consultation on Health, Food Security and Population in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Publication | February 1, 2013 | Aspen Global Health and Development
Aspen Global Health and Development
In January 2013, the Summary Report from the Aspen Consultation on Health, Food Security and Population in the Post-2015 Development Agenda was submitted to each of the UN task teams charged with... Read More

Aspen Institute Arts Program

Recent Event:Aspen Arts Strategy Group: Los AngelesMarch 6, 2013Aspen Arts Strategy Group Los Angeles Participants: Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Alfre Woodard and Homeboy Industries... Read More

Staff

Aspen Institute Arts Program
Damian Woetzel is director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program and Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Program. In addition to his role at the Institute, Woetzel is producer and director of dance... Read More

Multimedia Resources

Economic Opportunities Program
WGN’s Bill Moller interviews Bowen Hopper, Vice –President of Skills for Chicagoland’s Future, about the first local adaptation of the Skills for America’s Future initiative. There are helpful hints... Read More

The Alliance for Artisan Enterprise

Aspen Global Health and Development
Why We Care About Artisan Enterprise   Hundreds of thousands of people around the world participate in the artisan sector.  Goldsmiths in Benin, silk weavers in Thailand, embroiderers in... Read More

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