Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship: St. Louis Session II
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
The second session of AYLF St. Louis will convene Fellows at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch the weekend of April 28. Here Fellows will unpack materials to explore a handful of themes that are directly relevant to the development of the leadership skills necessary to effectively engage their communities.
Session Themes:
Challenge of Leadership: justice, courage, vulnerability, and integrity
Know Yourself: core values, purpose, responsibility and conviction, living a good life based on virtue
Community and Society: social good, community values, and social change
Power, Privilege, and Class: freedom, democracy, suppression, and oppression
Readings:
Atul Gawande, “Desperate Measures,” The New Yorker, May 5, 2003
Andy Weir, “The Egg”
Andrew Buncombe, “Alang: The Place Where Ships Go to Die,” The Independent, Aug 30, 2009
Film:
Chimamanda Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story,” TED, 2009
“American Experience: Rachel Carson,” PBS, 2017
“Citizenfour,” 2014
The second session of AYLF St. Louis will convene Fellows at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch the weekend of April 28. Here Fellows will unpack materials to explore a handful of themes that are directly relevant to the development of the leadership skills necessary to effectively engage their communities.
Session Themes:
Challenge of Leadership: justice, courage, vulnerability, and integrity
Know Yourself: core values, purpose, responsibility and conviction, living a good life based on virtue
Community and Society: social good, community values, and social change
Power, Privilege, and Class: freedom, democracy, suppression, and oppression
Readings:
Atul Gawande, “Desperate Measures,” The New Yorker, May 5, 2003
Andy Weir, “The Egg”
Andrew Buncombe, “Alang: The Place Where Ships Go to Die,” The Independent, Aug 30, 2009
Film:
Chimamanda Adichie, “The Danger of a Single Story,” TED, 2009
