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
Blog Post | May 10, 2013 | Nayna Sasidharan
As we celebrate the Mother's Day, the Institute's Economic Opportunities Program brings in to focus working mothers. A recent program tackles the importance of a childcare system that makes it...
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Event | July 15, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
A recent renaissance in documentary filmmaking is having a major impact on public discourse. The Aspen Institute and Aspen Film bring to the Roaring Fork Valley NEW VIEWS Documentaries & Dialogue...
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Blog Post | May 15, 2013 | Jeff Harris
Recently The New York Times profiled Kenneth Feinberg as he prepares to administer payments from One Fund Boston for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. As the profile notes, this has...
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Event | May 10, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Middle East Programs
The Emirates-Aspen Partnership presents an off-the-record event with: H.E. Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of twofour54 and Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute This roundtable discussion...
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Event | June 17, 2013 |
New York, NY
Aspen Institute Arts Program
The Aspen Institute Arts Program and the Public Theater co-hosts a special free Public Forum program, WHAT ARE WE WORTH? SHAKESPEARE, MONEY, AND MORALS, taking place at the Delacorte Theater in...
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The Sports & Society program will convene leaders, foster dialogue, and inspire solutions that help sport serve the public interest.
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Event | June 10, 2013 - June 11, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Communications and Society Program
Learning now happens online and offline. Children and adults create, remix, make and collaborate in a free-flow give and take of ideas and information wherever they learn. These educational exchanges...
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Event | October 1, 2012 |
Washington, DC, United States
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program will release a report of the Forum on the Freedom to Communicate, Freedom and Connectivity: Advancing the Freedom to Communicate in the Americas...
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Blog Post | May 3, 2013 | Mary Cappabianca
The Institute's Washington Ideas Roundtable Series hosted Diller Scofidio + Renfro Founding Partner Elizabeth Diller for a conversation with Aspen Institute Arts Program Director Damian Woetzel...
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Event | July 26, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Featuring Alec Ross, former State Department Senior Innovation Advisor. In conjunction with the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program. This event is exclusively offered to Society of...
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