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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Video | April 16, 2013
The objective of this PNB-NAPEO event was to convene diaspora members from the Maghreb to discuss ways they can effectively contribute to building out a more sustainable eco-system that advances...
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ANDE is a member-driven organization housed within the Aspen Institute. Our members are leading intermediaries (firms providing capital and/or business development services), funders, and experts who...
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Aspen Strategy Group
The flagship of the Aspen Strategy Group is the annual Summer Workshop, conducted against the peaceful and solitary backdrop of the Aspen Mountains. Away from the chaotic scene of Washington, ASG...
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Blog Post | April 11, 2013 | Mary Cappabianca
On April 8, the Institute's Global Health and Development program hosted a panel to discuss the window of opportunity referred to as the demographic dividend: when fertility rates decline and policy...
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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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Event | April 10, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Justice and Society Program
Retired Supreme Court Justice and Aspen Institute Lifetime Trustee Sandra Day O’Connor visited the Institute’s DC office recently to celebrate the publication of her fifth book, Out of Order. The...
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Event | April 12, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Aspen Writers' Foundation
Winter Words is a series of readings and talks featuring some of the most prominent writers in contemporary literature. Scions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and memoir speak in intimate Aspen...
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