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Aspen Institute Announces Inaugural Aspen Index Impact Fellows

Aspen Index Impact Fellows represent more than 90 professionals and youth working to increase access to and quality of youth leadership development.

September 29, 2022

Aspen Institute Announces CDFI Partners to Launch “Shared Success” Project Scaling Small Business Job Quality

This innovative pilot program, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will focus on advancing job quality among small- and medium-sized businesses.

September 28, 2022

Cargo Owners for Zero Emission Vessels (coZEV) Unites 19 Global Brands for 2040 Zero-Carbon Ocean Shipping Ambition

Electrolux, Philips, REI, Target, and others join Aspen Institute and climate-leading cargo owners to more than double the number of signatories to the 2040 Ambition Statement to accelerate maritime shipping decarbonization.

September 22, 2022

K12 Climate Action Announces Brand Relaunch with This Is Planet Ed and a Bold New Vision for the United States Education Sector

Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Secretary John B. King will co-Chair This is Planet Ed, an Aspen Institute initiative that brings climate action to the education sector–from early years to higher education–and beyond.

September 20, 2022

Aspen Institute Sets Forth Strategic Principles and Action Steps for a National Spectrum Strategy

Recommendations to enable American leadership for the networks, devices, and applications that will define our economy and society.

September 15, 2022

Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute Announce New Speakers and Programming at Bloomberg CityLab 2022 in Amsterdam

The conference will focus on the leadership role of cities on the global stage, bringing together mayors from around the world alongside prominent city innovators, business leaders, urban planners, and artists, to uncover, celebrate, and spread some of the boldest thinking and most actionable urban solutions addressing climate change, public health, refugees, and more.

September 12, 2022

Aspen Institute’s Dan Porterfield and Eric Liu Inducted Into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dan Porterfield and Eric Liu were inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass on Saturday, September 10.

September 9, 2022

Aspen Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Announce Partnership to Strengthen Job Quality for Workers and Businesses

This collaboration represents a unique opportunity to leverage the strengths and capabilities of both organizations to promote strategies and practices that strengthen job quality, improve outcomes for businesses and workers, and bolster America’s long-term competitiveness.

August 30, 2022

Aspen Institute Releases Youth Sports Report in Oakland

State of Play Oakland analyzes the state of youth sports in the city and offers recommendations to grow quality access to sports and physical activity for all children.

August 24, 2022

Aspen Institute Announces 2022 Cohort of the Aspen Forum on Women and Girls SOAR Fellowship

The second class of 18 barrier-breakers and society-shapers is committed to pursuing bold change on issues ranging from working to build a social change movement for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls to empowering girls with mothers in prison to break the cycle of incarceration to changing the philanthropic landscape on the African continent.

August 17, 2022