Youth

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

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

The solutions to climate change that we learn about as young people have been inadequate or nonexistent.

True decolonization means genuinely listening to Indigenous community members and creating shifts in the power dynamics.

Fellows at the 2020 Resnick Aspen Action Forum shared a vision for the world that they would like to leave behind.

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.

Former U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, discusses how youth can stay engaged with community action and foster hope in the face of adversity. Moderated by Kriste Dragon and Jasmine Adams, the conversation explores why youth are essential for community-driven leadership and how they can play a pivotal role as leaders during the current COVID-19 crisis.

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.