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Empower a Girl, Change the World

Young black girls do not always get to see representations of role models who look like them.

BY Beverly Bond

Blog Post

06.16.2016
Racial Equity

Discussions on Race

At the recent State of Race in America Symposium, Mayor of Baltimore Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and others talk serious race issues.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Blog Post

04.11.2016
Around the Institute

Race in 21st Century America

This year's Symposium takes an in-depth look at race within the university setting and shifting demographics in urban communities.

Blog Post

03.29.2016
Racial Equity

The Black Presidency

In his book "The Black Presidency," Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama’s identity and groundbreaking presidency. How has President Obama dealt publicly with race, and what can we learn from his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes?

BY Marci Krivonen, Guest Blogger

Podcast

03.03.2016
Racial Equity

Reporting on Race in the 21st Century

This report is packed with recommendations on how newsrooms and journalists can dig deeper -- and report more responsibly -- when covering racial disparities in America.

BY Roundtable on Community Change

Publication

12.14.2014
Around the Institute

Action Forum Participants Connect to Message in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a seminal text used as an integral part of the Aspen Seminar, and many Aspen ...

Video

07.30.2013
Racial Equity

Unpacking Race: Ottiwell Simmons and Jeff Conyers

A conversation about racial equity in Bermuda featuring Ottiwell Simmons and Jeff Conyers. Produced by the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change a ...

BY

Video

06.08.2011
Racial Equity

Post Racial America?

Has America's racial destiny been fulfilled with the election of the nation's first black president?

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Video

07.08.2010