Sixteen aspiring young leaders from Arkansas & Mississippi graduated from the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship Program on July 14, 2019 in Clarksdale, MS.

The Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship program graduated its second cohort of young leaders in the Greater Newark Area on July 21, 2019.

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was presented with the Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership.

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker was presented with the Aspen Institute 2015 Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership.

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis is this year’s recipient of the Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership. During the awards ceremony, Lewis talked with NPR’s Michel Martin about why racism still exists within American society, saying there is “a deliberate, almost systematic attempt to sweep the issue of race under the American rug.” However, Lewis expressed confidence in today’s youth to keep pushing for a post-racial society.