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Jan 17, 2025 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
Martial law declared in South Korea, government collapses in European countries, a complicated presidential transition in the U.S., and much more—this chaotic global landscape was the backdrop for the 2024 Aspen Security Forum: DC Edition, where decision-makers and thought leaders from Washington, DC and beyond came together on December 4, 2024, to discuss solutions to the most pressing national security and foreign policy challenges of our time.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
In our In Focus: Igniting Leadership series, we’re looking closely at the “why” and “how” of effective leadership. We’ll explore the work and impact of the Aspen Institute’s many leadership programs, examine the Institute’s founding ideals of, and aspirations for, leadership, and feature the leaders who are building new possibilities for a better world. At the Aspen Institute, we believe that leaders can come from anywhere.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
Simon Godwin has been a theatre director for over 20 years, and in that time he realized that being a leader doesn’t always mean being the most serious person in the room. Sometimes, it’s about creating the space to be silly. Godwin is the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the 2023-’24 Harman/Eisner Artist in Residence for the Aspen Institute Arts Program.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
Every year, millions of Americans sit down to feast on the fourth Thursday of November. Decorative cornucopias, pumpkin pie and turkeys dressed as pilgrims are familiar symbols of the beloved Thanksgiving tradition. The mythical tale of a peaceful harvest celebration between Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts is as embedded in Thanksgiving lore as gravy and stuffing.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie |Katy Stewart |Cheyenne Brady-Runsabove
The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute is proud to release Center Us: A Native Youth Survey Report, published in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Throughout 2023, CNAY gathered data from approximately 1,000 Native youth participants to better understand their needs and priorities in areas including culture, resource access, mental health and civic engagement.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
The challenges that we face as a society have changed quite a bit in the 75 years since the Aspen Institute was founded, but one thing that has remained the same is the need for authentic, effective, and purpose-driven leadership. Today, we launch a new video series we’re calling In Session. To produce this series, we asked leaders from across the Aspen Institute to reflect on their own leadership journeys and offer practical wisdom gained from their experiences.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
It is with immense sorrow that the Aspen Institute mourns the passing of Lola Adedokun. Lola was the Executive Director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group and co-chair of the Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls, a well-respected colleague, a teacher, a daughter, a sister, a proud auntie, and a dear friend. Lola’s career with the Aspen Institute emphasized the importance of global health and development through innovative, community-led solutions.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
“For three quarters of a century, the Aspen Institute has helped leaders throughout industry, academia, and government identify not just the greatest challenges we face, but the opportunities we have to join forces to overcome them,” said Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray at this year’s Aspen Cyber Summit.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
At the beginning of August, This is Planet Ed released the Higher Ed Climate Action Plan, a roadmap to support comprehensive climate action across higher education with recommendations for different stakeholders to catalyze and scale these efforts around the country. The Higher Ed Task Force, consisting of leaders from all aspects of higher education, identified recommendations, bright spots, and insights towards building a sustainable future through collaboration and innovation.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
aspeninstitute.org | Grace Bowie
“The difficulty of our time is a difficulty of the human spirit.”These were the words that opened the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation in 1949, organized by Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke in an old silver mining town nestled in the mountains of Colorado. Now 75 years later, the seeds that were planted at this first gathering have blossomed into the Aspen Institute and its over 60 programs that drive change through dialogue, leadership, and action.
