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
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Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship: St. Louis Session VI

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Apr 27 – 29, 2018
St. Louis, MO

Date

Apr 27 – 29, 2018
12:00am EDT

Location

St. Louis, MO
Barry-Wehmiller Leadership Institute

Contact

    [email protected]

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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:
  • “Art of Conflict: Portraying American Indians, 1850-1900” by Hana Layson & Patricia Marroquin Norby
  • “Father’s Memory of a Mexican Mining Camp” by Cindy Williams Gutierrez
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
  • The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
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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:
  • “Art of Conflict: Portraying American Indians, 1850-1900” by Hana Layson & Patricia Marroquin Norby
  • “Father’s Memory of a Mexican Mining Camp” by Cindy Williams Gutierrez
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
  • The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
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Video: