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: Culture & Communication
The overall goal of the Communications and Society Program is to promote integrated, thoughtful, values-based decision making in the fields of communications, media, and information policy.
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Video | May 15, 2012
Panelists:Annise Parker, Mayor, City of HoustonKasim Reed, Mayor, City of AtlantaRobert K. Steel, Deptuty Mayor for Economic Development, City of New YorkModerator:Linda Douglas, Vice President,...
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Event | August 3, 2013 - August 6, 2013 |
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Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries seeks to address the need to rethink, realign and transform libraries for the digital society. The Dialogue engages a range of stakeholders from...
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Communications and Society Program
Video | April 17, 2013
On a quest to restore balance to her life, Cheryl Strayed set off into the wilderness with minimal backcountry experience and braved an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail....
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