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Persistence Toward Justice

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered the below remarks at the Institute’s 36th Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in New York City.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

11.14.2019
Civic Action

Youth Insights for Building a Collective Civic Identity

What Every American Should Know (WEASK), an initiative of the Aspen Institute’s Program on Citizenship and American Identity (CAI) was sta

BY Citizenship and American Identity Program

Blog Post

11.13.2019
Civic Action

Taking Aim: Your Pledge to Act

Jordan Kassalow reflects on how his Action Pledge helped him achieve success, and in the pages ahead, we dive into the ways Fellows are making their Action Pledges reality.

BY Jordan Kassalow

07.23.2019
Civic Action

Q&A With Pallav Patankar

Pallav Patankar knew when he made his pledge that his commitment and work for the LGBT cause would extend beyond 2020. It was something he would take on for the rest of his life.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

07.23.2019
Civic Action

Civil Leadership for Uncivil Times

A partnership between the Aspen Institute and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and a new member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, the Civil Society Fellowship (CSF) contends this is the “now moment” for such a refresh and redirection of our country’s community and civil society traditions.

BY Nike Irvin

07.23.2019
Civic Action

The Power of Play

Jill Vialet believes in the power of play. In 1996 she launched Playworks, which is now the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

07.23.2019
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An Accelerator of Impact

In 2018, Henry Crown Fellow Mehrdad Baghai won the John P. McNulty Prize for his venture, High Resolves, a global organization that trains high school students to resist hate and prejudice.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

07.23.2019
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Five Lessons for Changemakers

Listen to your body, show up for your community, and more advice from weavers.

BY Sophia Rivera-Silverstein, & 1 more

Blog Post

05.17.2019
Civic Action

Darius Ballinger: Speaking the Story, Taking the Steps

How do we change? How do we honor the dead? The final time Darius Ballinger spoke to

BY Elizabeth Weissberg

Blog Post

04.03.2019
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