Aspen Challenge

For this year’s Aspen Challenge event, 160 teens were challenged by five business and community leaders.

The Aspen Challenge asks students to design solutions to the problems within their own communities. Below, three participants from MoneyLYFE, one of the 2016 winning teams, and the man who issued their challenge, share their stories of how they improved financial literacy in their community—and took a trip to Aspen along the way.

The fewer people who feel confident trying to address the world’s problems in unique ways, the less likely we will be able to solve them.

Peace First Fellow Jasmine Babers explains why women of color face even tougher barriers in the workplace than their white female peers, and how the Aspen Challenge can help give voice to young women seeking to be heard.

Peace First Fellow Brennan Lewis describes how LGBT youth in North Carolina are working against discrimination.

When youth are “empowered,” they have the skills, critical awareness, and opportunities to positively impact their own lives and the lives of other individuals, organizations, and communities.

Why are financial literacy skills so important for children to learn? Daniel Rogers of Moneythink weighs in and explains how the Aspen Challenge is promoting the cause.

The Aspen Challenge is launching in Chicago this week, bringing a platform, tools, and dose of inspiration to young people in urban high schools so that they can design their own solutions to some of the most critical problems in their communities.