Lessons learned from a multi-year series of virtual exchanges showcasing the work of on-the-ground tribal and rural practitioners in their own voices and focused on practical rural development strategies.

Aspen CSG Fellow, Stacy Caldwell, reflects on five community-centered takeaways from Aspen Ideas Festival 2022.

To help families cope with loss, trauma, and isolation, community leaders have been using the two-generation approach.

Organizational capacity and technical assistance need to be carefully and intentionally strengthened in rural and Native nation communities to grow economies, health, and livelihoods for each and every person in their regions. So, how are rural organizations growing capacity? 

Rural communities must start planning for disaster before a community is forced to grapple with response and recovery. 

Our future as a country is inextricably tied to how well we do by our families.

Hyper-local grants in Baltimore awarded by the Weave Project go to those creating connection and belonging.

If infrastructure investment is distributed without deep community input, it will fail. The Navajo Nation is a case in point.

This year has had no shortage of critical challenges and has laid bare the entrenched inequities and structural barriers that communities across the world face. The McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Global Leadership Network are excited to announce the 2020 recipients of the McNulty Prize Catalyst Fund - all leaders who are fearlessly and uniquely tackling these barriers.