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Meet the Borderplex and be amazed

"MESILLA, New Mexico — You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard the term “North American Borderplex.” It’s a relatively new thing. Borderplex is ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program OLD

Of Interest

06.17.2015
Community Development

Positive signs in Ciudad Juarez

"My mother freaked when I told her I was going on a reporting tour to the border’s Mexican side. She actually worried for my life. But after hearing for ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program OLD

Of Interest

06.13.2015
Community Development

Forging Partnerships For Impact

As the world becomes increasingly connected — and complicated — it is critical that we harness the power of multi-stakeholder collaborations where they are needed. Unfortunately, even in the areas where we know we need to work together, the process of building effective partnerships is riddled with challenges.

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

10.21.2014
Community Development

Complexity and Community Change: Managing Adaptively to Improve Effectiveness

This new publication from the Roundtable applies a complexity lens to place-based community change efforts and offers complexity-sensitive practices to increase effectiveness.

BY Patricia Auspos, & 2 more

Publication

09.24.2014
Community Development

Building an Impact Economy in America

"Building an Impact Economy in America" provides a condensed summary of a June 2011 Summit on the impact economy convened by the White House and the Aspen ...

BY Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

Publication

12.02.2011
Community Development

The Importance of Area Expertise in Impact Investing

(Editor's note: This is the first in a series of guest blogs we will have from various experts in the Impact Economy space. All opinions expressed below ar ...

BY Jean-Luc Park

Blog Post

08.02.2011
Community Development

Community Change: Theories, Practice, and Evidence

Literature on urban community dynamics is replete with examinations of the process of decline. This focus on decline is evident in early and contemporary e ...

BY

Publication

09.05.2006