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
Video | March 20, 2013
A conversation with Aaron Dworkin (Founder/President, Sphinx Organization) on diversity in the arts. The issue of diversity has been part of the arts conversation for decades, but what do diversity...
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Video | March 15, 2013
In 2011, 3.8 million American workers earned a wage equivalent or less than the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. For a full-time worker, this wage equates to an annual income of just over $15,...
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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...
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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...
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Blog Post | March 8, 2013 | Jeff Harris
Today's jobs report, looking at February employment numbers, exceeded expectations in regards to total jobs added, 236,000, and the overall unemployment rate, which fell to 7.7% from 7.9% last month...
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Blog Post | March 8, 2013 | Mary Cappabianca
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...
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Blog Post | March 4, 2013 | Erin Bailey
The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) will honor five Native American youth as “Champions for Change” in a series of events March 4-6, 2013. This program, inspired by a White...
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Event | July 5, 2013 - July 8, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
The Aspen Institute Socrates Program invites you to join us in Aspen, CO for an exciting weekend of learning and winter activities over 4th of July weekend, July 5-8. 2013. Registration and...
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Center for Native American Youth
Media Advisory Tel. 202-736-2521Fax 202-293-0525ASPEN INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH & SENATOR BYRON DORGAN HONOR FIVE INSPIRATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH (WASHINGTON, DC)What...
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