May 30, 2023

INTERVIEW

Festival Fellow Spotlight

Meet Jerren Chang, a 2023 Festival Fellow whose organization GenUnity creates issue-focused community leadership programs to drive civic engagement. “I experience my generational inheritance in America as an opportunity and obligation to tap into our compassion for each other,” he says. “To build systems that provide equal opportunity and, by extension, the agency and liberation that all deserve.” We caught up with him about the untapped expertise in everyday people, why civic well-being is a more empowering view of civics, and GenUnity’s recent success stories from its programs on health outcomes and social stability.
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EVENT

Business Leaders at the Aspen Ideas Festival 

Dozens of leaders from the private sector, including CEOs, investors, technologists, and business innovators, will join us on our Rocky Mountain campus next month. They’ll engage in conversations on an expansive range of topics, including questions about sustaining growth in a rapidly changing economy, how artificial intelligence will affect the future of jobs, the latest innovations driving sustainability, and more. Get to know these leaders, including Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Google DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim, Audible founder Don Katz, and many more.

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Don’t miss hearing from these trailblazers at the Aspen Ideas Festival — Festival 1 is almost sold out!

COLLECTION

Breaking the Silence and Opening Up About Mental Health

As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, it’s an opportunity to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions around an issue that affects so many of us — in America, nearly 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness each year, and teens are reporting record-high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide risk. Despite the ubiquity of these struggles, conversations around mental health are still rife with stigma and shame. We’ve put together a collection of conversations, articles, and podcasts with Aspen Ideas speakers — including NBA star Kevin Love, happiness guru Arthur Brooks, and psychologist and bestselling author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers Lisa Damour — who are candid about their own struggles with mental health while offering insight, empathy, and expert advice.

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