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Around the Institute

  • Editor’s Letter Winter 2020/21
    Around the Institute
    Editor’s Letter Winter 2020/21
    After the pandemic struck, none of the Institute's sudden ability to adapt and find new ways to engage would have been possible without the true hero of the Aspen Institute: Ben Eyler, the managing associate in the audio visual department.

    BY Corby Kummer

    12.01.2020

  • By the Numbers Winter 2020/21
    Criminal Law and Justice
    By the Numbers Winter 2020/21
    Criminal justice by the numbers.

    BY Institute Staff

    12.01.2020

  • American Politics: the Next Generation
    US Government
    American Politics: the Next Generation
    How healthy is democracy today? The winner of this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize Documentary, Boys State, asks that question.

    BY Institute Staff

    12.01.2020

    • A Call to Mind
      A Call to Mind
      When face-to-face meetings became untenable last March, we launched Resources for Living and Leading.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

    • Opportunity Road
      Opportunity Road
      The Institute’s Community Strategies Group launched a virtual-exchange series focused on rural health and equity: the Rural Opportunity and Development, or “ROAD” sessions.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

    • America's Place in a Changing World Order
      America's Place in a Changing World Order
      The Aspen Strategy Group virtually assembled its bipartisan group of US and international leaders to discuss foreign policy priorities for 2021 and to explore new themes like racial equality and polarization in America.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

      • Twice as Much Work. Not Enough Resources.
        Twice as Much Work. Not Enough Resources.
        There is a population of students who have twice as much work and not enough resources: students who are parents.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

      • A World of Good
        A World of Good
        “Virtual exchange helped me promote tolerance and the eradication of stereotypes within my local community”

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

      • Face Time
        Face Time
        In March, the Congressional Program scrambled to temporarily redefine a Capitol Hill institution that has served members of Congress for more than 600 breakfasts over 30 years.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

        • Justice League
          Criminal Law and Justice
          Justice League
          It’s hard to overstate how much the ground has shifted in the effort to transform the criminal justice system.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

        • More Alike than Different
          Society
          More Alike than Different
          Weave and the Listen First Project, creator of the National Week of Conversation, launched a social media and publicengagement campaign called #WeavingCommunity During Crisis.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

        • Black Girls use their Voices
          Black Girls use their Voices
          The Institute’s latest podcast, Shades of Freedom, amplifies promising efforts to reduce mass incarceration and explores the inequalities that perpetuate incarceration.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

          • Joint Venture: Profit and Purpose in Latin America
            Joint Venture: Profit and Purpose in Latin America
            Investors are concerned about the macroeconomic and political implications of Covid-19—and hopeful that impact investments will become a potent solution for recovery.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.01.2020

          • Hometown Heroes
            Hometown Heroes
            The new Hurst Community Initiative is dedicated to promoting dialogue and increasing understanding. The initiative collaborates with government officials, nonprofits, community organizers, the private sector, immigrants, and philanthropists.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.01.2020

          • School of Life
            School of Life
            Event with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller explains “How Governors and Mayors Can Support Schools so Schools Can Support Students.”

            BY Institute Staff

            12.01.2020

            • Beyond Belief
              Beyond Belief
              The American idea is rooted in a vision of people from all religious and ethnic backgrounds uniting in a single nation.

              BY Institute Staff

              12.01.2020

            • “The Fierce Urgency of Now
              “The Fierce Urgency of Now"
              The Resnick Aspen Action Forum is a platform for Aspen Global Leadership Network fellows—a community of values-driven entrepreneurial lead

              BY Institute Staff

              12.01.2020

            • Fair Share
              Fair Share
              Structural inequity has created stark wealth divides along racial and gender lines—divides that have only worsened during the pandemic. Wh

              BY Institute Staff

              12.01.2020

              • Count Us In
                Count Us In
                Mandated by the US Constitution, the Census counts all people living in America every 10 years. The data collected determines funding for cr

                BY Institute Staff

                12.01.2020

                • Impact: Aspen Tech Policy Hub
                  Tech Support
                  Tech Support
                  Three Aspen Tech Policy Hub fellows put their digital skills to use for the greater good.

                  BY Institute Staff

                  12.01.2020

                • Impact: Health Innovators Fellowship
                  Rapid Response
                  Rapid Response
                  The Institute’s Health Innovators fellows have been at the forefront of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic—from exploring precision medicine to securing PPE.

                  BY Victoria Scheffel

                  12.01.2020

                  • As Heard at: Aspen Ideas Health
                    Bill of Health
                    Bill of Health
                    As part of the digital Aspen Ideas: Health webinar series, Dr. Uché Blackstock spoke to Dr. Lipi Roy about a more diverse health care workforce, disparities in health outcomes, and why hospitals shouldn’t rely on diversity officers.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.01.2020

                  • As Heard at: Art
                    Radical Scene Change
                    Radical Scene Change
                    Anna Deavere Smith and Oskar Eustis explore the future of live theater in a turbulent time.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.01.2020

                    Features

                    • Poised to Respond
                      Poised to Respond
                      The Covid-19 pandemic threw communities the world over into tumult—but Aspen Global Leadership Network fellows, with the help of the McNulty Foundation, were ready with food programs, mental health services, microgrants, and more for communities in need.

                      BY Johnny McNulty Samantha Cherry

                      12.01.2020

                    • Enlightened Enterprise
                      Enlightened Enterprise
                      The Institute’s Business and Society Program has always strived to make business education more ethical and sustainable. Its Undergraduate Consortium is injecting a dose of liberal arts into that model as well—a practice that has never been more relevant.

                      BY Ashley Fetters

                      12.01.2020

                      • An Unfinished Beginning
                        An Unfinished Beginning
                        A new Institute partner is connecting people and institutions through art, creative media, and new technology to spark civil discourse, brainstorm solutions, and ultimately, create a more perfect union.

                        BY Institute Staff

                        12.01.2020

                      • Virtually Possible
                        Virtually Possible
                        When the world suddenly had to rely on screens to connect, the Stevens Initiative was ready.

                        BY Institute Staff

                        12.01.2020

                        The Aspen Journal of Ideas

                        • America's Next Chapter
                          America's Next Chapter
                          Can the Institute create a more inclusive world? Jane Wales explores how Institute programs are joining forces to do just that. Introducing the Pillars of Society.

                          BY Jane Wales

                          12.01.2020

                        • Make Justice Local
                          Make Justice Local
                          The Institute’s newest initiative takes a community-driven approach to criminal justice by reducing incarceration and reinvesting in neighborhoods.

                          BY Douglas Wood

                          12.01.2020

                        • Money Matters
                          Money Matters
                          Why capital markets must address economic and racial inequality.

                          BY Mark G. Popovich Maureen Conway

                          12.01.2020

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