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The Next Generation of Leaders

"My beliefs and my hunger for change have great potential to ultimately ignite change in society."

BY Taylor Trimble

Blog Post

12.28.2018
Racial Equity

State of Race 2018 Year in Review

The Aspen Institute Symposium on the State of Race in America explores individual, cultural, institutional and structural causes of racial problems, looking towards new and viable solutions.

BY Communications and Society Program

Blog Post

12.18.2018
Racial Equity

AspenX Sparks Allyship and Action-Taking

AspenX brought together students from every corner of Chicago, breaking down siloes across age, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and more. Together, these students learned about and discussed race through an intersectional lens and began to develop their ideas on how to create a more equitable future.

BY Samantha Garzillo

Blog Post

12.05.2018
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A Conversation on Race

Michele Norris talks all things diversity and inclusion – and the danger of colorblindness – at the 2018 Atlantic Festival in Washington, DC.

BY The Bridge

Video

11.30.2018
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Still Healing: Charlottesville, One Year Later

Jamelle Bouie, Michael Signer, Melody Barnes, and Leslie Greene Bowman share thoughts on how Charlottesville is working to recover one year after hate rallies were held there.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

08.08.2018
Racial Equity

Living Under Pressure, but Above Average

Hearing students from all walks of life give their perspectives on the world opened my mind to look beyond surface explanations to the more dynamic, gray areas of issues.

BY Zion Lee

Blog Post

07.24.2018
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Room to Make Mistakes

We don't provide black and brown kids the opportunities to mess up like their white peers.

BY Karol V. Mason

Blog Post

06.27.2018
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Charlottesville’s Divides Are America’s Divides

The city still has not healed from the events of last August.

BY Alia Wong, The Atlantic

Blog Post

06.27.2018
Racial Equity

Using Our Voice at AspenX

It’s important for young people to step forward and discuss these issues no matter how controversial it seems.

BY Kimani Coye

Blog Post

06.11.2018
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