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Leadership

Dialogue Guide: Host a Town Hall Across Difference

The presidential election results are in and after a polarizing season, and whether celebrating or lamenting, Americans are bracing themselves for a new fu ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Publication

11.12.2024
Leadership

Host Your Own Civil Society Fellowship Town Hall

This Civil Society Fellowship Town Hall initiative offers communities a pathway to move beyond political division by fostering spaces where critical issues ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Video

11.11.2024
K-12 Education

Developing Civil Discourse and Critical Thinking in High School

Peter Tragos, Asst. Superintendent at New Trier High School, keeps respectful inquiry at the center of his school’s curriculum.

Blog Post

06.13.2023
Civic Action

Transforming Conflict on College Campuses

College campuses are an environment in which this fracturing is especially acute. Higher education institutions have traditionally served as the forum where ideas are formed, discussed, contested, and refined.

BY Citizenship and American Identity Program

Publication

02.22.2023
Civic Action

Building Bridges in the Context of Inequality

In this report, we grapple with the critiques of bridge-building, with the hope that it will spur sustained discussion within and across the bridge-building and social justice communities.

BY Citizenship and American Identity Program

Publication

01.11.2023
Civic Action

Civil Society Town Hall 2.0

Event

11.02.2022
Society

Healing in the United States: Wonder and Grace? | Two-Part Episode

The Presidential election in the U.S. revealed deep divisions across political and ideological lines. Many are now asking: what will it take to bring the c ...

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Podcast

11.28.2020
US Government

Why Earmarks Shouldn't Be A Dirty Word

The self-imposed earmark ban instituted in Congress has removed the most important tool available to lawmakers in passing bills. The ban was implemented by ...

BY Douglas Farrar

Blog Post

09.28.2017
Around the Institute

On Charlottesville

The events in Charlottesville once again should remind us of the importance of the work we do and the values we hold.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

08.21.2017
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