How can we fix childhood inactivity? Are student loan middlemen making the college debt crisis even worse? And why is the Ebola virus not just an African problem? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute this week about what’s important right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
Foundation funding directed to girls & women is less than 7.5% of all foundation funding. Letters via @nytimes: http://t.co/P8ae0HfFXU
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) August 6, 2014
Poverty, stress & unhealthy eating; cutting out college loan middlemen. Today's best ideas.http://t.co/MgLhPCHX4Z pic.twitter.com/IlYlyTmEm1
— Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) August 6, 2014
"94% of millennials want to use their skills for social good." http://t.co/R4wlK1m0H4 via @MActionProject
— The Franklin Project (@FranklinProj) August 6, 2014
"There are multiple things to blame [for children's inactivity & obesity]. But we could also say: How can we fix it?" http://t.co/CNOJNV8v6A
— Aspen Inst Sports (@AspenInstSports) August 5, 2014
Can Bibi leverage his mil. success to both bring sec. for Israelis & reduce Palestinian suffering? From @IgnatiusPost http://t.co/UbEXfUc2UO
— Aspen Strategy Group (@AspenStrategy) August 5, 2014
#Ebola: Not Just and African Problem–by @UtibeEffiongMD http://t.co/YZQ3aUma1X
— Aspen New Voices (@AspenNewVoices) August 4, 2014
Why CEOs Should Follow the #MarketBasket Protests: http://t.co/KxcNRFvaS0 @zeynepton @HarvardBiz
— Aspen BSP (@AspenBizSociety) August 4, 2014