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Society

Power and Race with the Groundwater Institute

The Groundwater Institute helps people make sense of our society is organized by race - and how that organization causes racial inequity. Dar Vanderbeck is in conversation with the Groundwater team on their analysis and how they work with leaders to propel their anti-racism journeys.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

03.06.2023
Sports

Future of Sports: Coaching Civic Engagement

What if coaches taught civic engagement to their athletes? What might that look like? What challenges exist to implement such an approach and how can they be overcome? And as eroding trust impacts the very foundation that American democratic institutions rely on to function, how might more civic-minded athletes benefit our polarized and politicized country?

Event

09.16.2022
Society

Preventing Gun Violence: Inclusion?

How do we go beyond the binary of gun control versus gun rights and get to the crux of this issue to save lives? Arne Duncan and Megan Ranney talk their unique approaches to gun violence prevention.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

12.03.2021
Society

Why are we so polarized?

We are living through a time of intense conflict in what seems like every part of society - online, on TV, and in our communities. You’re not imagining it. So, on this episode of the Value of Leadership, we ask: Why are we so polarized?

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

08.26.2021
Civic Action

You're Never Too Young to be Civically Engaged

Reflections on what it means for Indigenous youth to participate in civic life at the end of Native American Heritage month

BY Cordelia Falls Down

Blog Post

11.30.2020
Urban Innovation

We Failed, What's Next?

Imagine if, with the coronavirus tearing through our country and demands for racial justice ringing in our ears, we could not use the word “failure.” How could we ever begin to fix what is broken if we couldn’t be honest about the brokenness in the first place?

BY Center for Urban Innovation & 1 more

Blog Post

08.04.2020
Society

Young People Can Lead as “We Meet the Moment.” But, They Need Our Country to Invest in Them

Young people of color from places of long-time disinvestment, a history of racist systems, and concentrated poverty are starting from even further back than most.

BY Stephen A. Patrick

Blog Post

06.24.2020
Civic Action

Resources to Combat Structural Racism in America

This critical moment calls on each and every one of us to reflect, step up, and do more.

BY Azalea Millan & 1 more

Blog Post

06.11.2020
Free Speech and Religion

The Splendor in Waiting

Comparable to Ramadan and Lent, Jews find meaning in waiting through Sefirat Omer.

BY Lindsay Bressman

Blog Post

06.02.2020
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