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Giving youth a stake in their hometown

We expect young people to leave home after high school. Exploring life helps us grow. Yet we often don’t give youth a reason to come back, to invest in t ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

03.28.2024
Community Development

We all need belonging

When Sirena Smith came back to her neighborhood in Chicago, IL, after 23 years in prison, everything had changed. “I realized I didn't even know how to c ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

03.18.2024
Community Development

Is going nonprofit worth it?

A few years ago, a group of musicians came together and formed the South Berkeley Chamber Ensemble to give concerts for unhoused neighbors in a local encam ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

03.12.2024
Community Development

Why We Should Cook Big

If it’s Thursday night in Nelsonville, OH, and the weather is fine, you probably have dinner plans. Neighbors in the city of 5,000 people in the Appalach ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

02.21.2024
Community Development

Cultivating Powerful West Africa Voices for Change

Africa boasts the world's youngest and fastest-growing population, burgeoning cities, and innovative strides in diverse sectors ranging from fintech to cle ...

BY Aspen Global Innovators Group & 1 more

Blog Post

12.01.2023
Community Development

How Community Leaders Restore Social Trust

Social trust — our sense of dependability on other people — lies at the heart of a society; it ensures that our communities, our institutions, and our ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

11.06.2023
Community Development

Do you illuminate or diminish people?

In the first year of Weave: The Social Fabric Project, New York Times columnist and author David Brooks and his team embarked on a listening tour, talking ...

BY Weave: The Social Fabric Project

Blog Post

10.27.2023
Community Development

Why "Digital Equity" isn't Simply Inclusion

According to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), “Digital equity is a reality in which all individuals and communities have the information technology skills and access needed for full and meaningful inclusion in their societies and economies.” Whether or not people realize it, work toward digital equity is already being carried out in every country around the world - and for leaders doing this important work, its application takes different forms depending on the needs of their communities. It’s human-centered work with an applied digital infrastructure bend.

BY Elizabeth Vivirito, Communications Lead

Blog Post

09.19.2023
Community Development

Champions for Children and Families Unite at VisionXChange 2023

At the 2023 Aspen VisionXChange, 80 visionary Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows — a group of innovative leaders across the country who disrupt the status qu ...

BY Ascend at the Aspen Institute

Blog Post

08.22.2023
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