Justice & Civic Identity

In the face of COVID-19, global inequities are being laid bare and further exacerbated, devastating some of the most vulnerable and low-income communities. Immediately, nonprofit and social impact leaders who serve those disproportionately at risk stepped up in unprecedented ways, working on the frontlines often with a lack of resources to do so.

Across the United States, from rural areas to cities and suburbs, people have been hitting the streets to protest racism and police brutality.

We cannot 'move on’ from the past without acknowledging the harm that has been done.

A piece about building a stronger nation in USA Today by Fred Riley, executive director of Weave: The Social Fabric Project.

This SOF Digital Discussion features Harrington Spear Paine Professor at Princeton University and Aspen Institute Trustee Elaine Pagels in conversation with the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core Eboo Patel about the integral role that faith and spirituality play in the face of social uncertainty and transformation.

As recent events have made all too clear, Americans have centralized the needs of communities, specifically Black neighborhoods, through a lens of the police and law enforcement for far too long.  How do we model the future prioritizing community without that lens?

To be literate in American identity and ideals you must understand the various forms of racial injustice in this country.

  The Criminal Justice Reform Initiative at The Aspen Institute invites you to join an interac

In CJRI's 2019 founding report, Ending This Place of Torment: A Framework for Transforming the Criminal Justice Continuum, we take a look at