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  • Taking Aim: Your Pledge to Act
    Civic Action
    Taking Aim: Your Pledge to Act
    Jordan Kassalow reflects on how his Action Pledge helped him achieve success, and in the pages ahead, we dive into the ways Fellows are making their Action Pledges reality.

    BY Jordan Kassalow

    07.23.2019

  • The Power of Play
    Civic Action
    The Power of Play
    Jill Vialet believes in the power of play. In 1996 she launched Playworks, which is now the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health.

    BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

    07.23.2019

  • Q&A With Pallav Patankar
    Civic Action
    Q&A With Pallav Patankar
    Pallav Patankar knew when he made his pledge that his commitment and work for the LGBT cause would extend beyond 2020. It was something he would take on for the rest of his life.

    BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

    07.23.2019

    • The Leadership of Tomorrow
      Community Development
      The Leadership of Tomorrow
      Scott Bush launched a place-based, multi-site program that nurtures youth committed to addressing the most compelling challenges in their communities. Known now as the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship (AYLF), the team identifies, cultivates, and accelerates emerging leadership in a highly selective cohort by engaging them in the practices essential for transforming their lives and building better societies.

      BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

      07.23.2019

    • Civil Leadership for Uncivil Times
      Civic Action
      Civil Leadership for Uncivil Times
      A partnership between the Aspen Institute and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and a new member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, the Civil Society Fellowship (CSF) contends this is the “now moment” for such a refresh and redirection of our country’s community and civil society traditions.

      BY Nike Irvin

      07.23.2019

    • An Accelerator of Impact
      Civic Action
      An Accelerator of Impact
      In 2018, Henry Crown Fellow Mehrdad Baghai won the John P. McNulty Prize for his venture, High Resolves, a global organization that trains high school students to resist hate and prejudice.

      BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

      07.23.2019

      • Beyond Borders: Collective Action in Nicaragua
        World Affairs
        Beyond Borders: Collective Action in Nicaragua
        The crisis is disrupting the social fabric and stability of Nicaragua, with its effects rippling throughout Central America. Yet, Fellows are committed to stepping up, addressing the challenges, and working toward a better future.

        BY Kidd Duhe Solomon

        07.23.2019

      • Scaling Love Across Borders
        World Affairs
        Scaling Love Across Borders
        In March 2018, Central America Leadership Initiative (CALI) Class XIII Fellow Tanya Mroczek-Amador was leading Corner of Love, a 27-year-old organization in northern Nicaragua dedicated to serving rural families by providing access to education, health care, and clean water.

        BY Tanya Mroczek-Amador

        07.23.2019

      • Leading A Radical Solution: Dialogue
        World Affairs
        Leading A Radical Solution: Dialogue
        Juan Sebastian Chamorro, CALI Class IV, is the executive director of FUNIDES, the leading economic think tank in Nicaragua. As an expert on both the importance of rule of law and the long- term economic health of Nicaragua, he was approached to be a lead voice for peace after the crisis broke out.

        BY Juan Sebastian Chamorro

        07.23.2019

        • Speaking Truth in the Midst of Chaos
          Media
          Speaking Truth in the Midst of Chaos
          CALI Class V Fellow Eduardo Enriquez is the editor-in-chief of the oldest newspaper in Nicaragua, La Prensa. He knew that it was critical that he continue his work reporting on the government to keep the country informed.

          BY Eduardo Enriquez

          07.23.2019

        • Restoring the Next Generation of Nicaraguan Leaders
          World Affairs
          Restoring the Next Generation of Nicaraguan Leaders
          2005 Henry Crown Fellow Margarita Herdocia’s venture, Ticos y Nicas: Somos Hermanos (Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans, We Are Brothers), was designed to foster brotherhood between the two countries.

          BY Margarita Herdocia

          07.23.2019

        • Embracing
          Identity and Equity
          Embracing "The Other"
          Keith Berwick, founding executive director of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program and a senior moderator of the Aspen Institute, reflects on the boundaries people create through the idea of “the other" and how he has worked to move past them, starting with "the other” in himself.

          BY Keith Berwick

          07.23.2019

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