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: Community & Family Prosperity
Publication | February 28, 2013 | Matt Helmer
Economic Opportunities Program
This issue of Update looks at the challenges adult learners face as they attempt to enter community college, persist to completing a certificate or degree, and successfully transition to employment....
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Contact: Cristal LoganDirector, Aspen Community ProgramsThe Aspen InstituteCristal.Logan@aspeninstitute.orgTel. 970-544-7929 Colorado, National Leaders to Hold Forum on ImmigrationRepresentatives...
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Leaning in with Child Care: A Discussion on Childcare Jobs and the Need for Quality, Affordable Care
Video | May 9, 2013
In May, we will celebrate Mother's Day, a holiday created by Americans to honor our moms and their influence in society. With the presence of women with children in the workforce increasing, mothers...
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Event | July 12, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Featuring Malika Saada Saar, executive director, Rights4Girls, and The Hon. Ruth McGregor, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, in conversation with Meryl Chertoff, director, Aspen...
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Event | July 11, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
This Society of Fellows symposium will address an overview of historical and contemporary religious diversity in the United States, the intersection of religious tolerance and an open democracy, and...
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Publication | September 30, 2012 | Luz Gomez & Joyce Klein
Economic Opportunities Program
This guide illustrates a step-by-step process that organizations engaged in microlending can use to generate benchmarking data related to lending on the microTracker site.
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Publication | February 1, 2013 | Elaine Edgcomb and Tamra Thetford, with Ilgar Alisultanov
Economic Opportunities Program
This report, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation as part of the “Big Ideas for Jobs” project, details the role that microbusinesses – firms that employ five of fewer workers – play in supporting...
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Publication | September 30, 2012 | Elaine Edgcomb & Tamra Thetford
Economic Opportunities Program
This guide illustrates a step-by-step process that organizations providing business development services can use to generate benchmarking data related to these services on the microTracker site, and...
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Publication | January 30, 2013 | Tamra Thetford
Economic Opportunities Program
How are microentrepreneurs combining self- and wage employment in today’s economic context? This issue of our Trendlines series uses data from FIELD’s microTracker client outcomes survey to analyze...
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Event | May 28, 2013 - May 31, 2013 |
Miami, FL
Ascend
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...
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