Aspen Challenge

FILTER EVENTS

News, Ideas, & Events

K-12 Education

How Play Can Solve Problems

The fewer people who feel confident trying to address the world’s problems in unique ways, the less likely we will be able to solve them.

BY Jessica Matthews

Blog Post

06.07.2016
Racial Equity

For Women of Color, the Glass Ceiling is Actually Concrete

Peace First Fellow Jasmine Babers explains why women of color face even tougher barriers in the workplace than their white female peers, and how the Aspen Challenge can help give voice to young women seeking to be heard.

BY Jasmine Babers

Blog Post

04.19.2016
Identity and Equity

Why Young People Are Crucial to LGBTQ Advocacy

Peace First Fellow Brennan Lewis describes how LGBT youth in North Carolina are working against discrimination.

BY Brennan Lewis

Blog Post

04.18.2016
Around the Institute

What Does it Mean to ‘Empower’ Youth?

When youth are “empowered,” they have the skills, critical awareness, and opportunities to positively impact their own lives and the lives of other individuals, organizations, and communities.

BY Andrea Boakye, & 1 more

Blog Post

04.13.2016
Finance and Assets

Teaching Financial Literacy Early On

Why are financial literacy skills so important for children to learn? Daniel Rogers of Moneythink weighs in and explains how the Aspen Challenge is promoting the cause.

BY Daniel Rogers

Blog Post

04.11.2016
K-12 Education

A Platform for Young Leaders

The Aspen Challenge is launching in Chicago this week, bringing a platform, tools, and dose of inspiration to young people in urban high schools so that they can design their own solutions to some of the most critical problems in their communities.

BY Natalie Travers, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

03.03.2016