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An audit by the Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative seeks to present a clear and complete picture of realities that are too often horrific and nameless. |
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We Must Keep Their Names Alive
Criminal Justice Reform Initiative
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The name “George Floyd” is now attached to a movement, one centered on that man’s death at the hands of police. But there are other names—some you know well, some you may faintly remember, and some you may never have heard—that are violent, explosive points on a long continuum of repression and control by the American criminal justice system. Disproportionate policing and incarceration can be quantified. An audit by the Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative seeks to present a clear and complete picture of realities that are too often horrific and nameless. |
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Race and Injustice: Learning Through Literature
Aspen Words
When one is awakened to injustice, it is tempting to run to those who are suffering and ask to be educated. It’s better, certainly, to make your education your own responsibility. Aspen Words has assembled a reading list of five authors in five genres that can drive readers to shifts in consciousness, to action, and to change.
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Another Kind of Restaurant Guide
Food & Society Program
Restaurants looking to open safely have very little official guidance. Regulations on reopening lay over the US like a checkered tablecloth. The Food & Society Program pulled together restaurateurs, public health experts, philanthropists, and (importantly) epidemiologists to create Safety First: Serving Food and Protecting People During Covid-19. Designed for back-of-house operations, the guide will soon extend to delivery and dining rooms, helping an ailing industry open without jeopardizing the health of employees or guests.
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Coming Together Before a Disaster
Aspen Insight
East Harlem is an overlooked Manhattan neighborhood, made vulnerable by neglect, environmental degradation, and structural racism. But even before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, the neighborhood has its own preparedness organization run by women of color who work and live there. They knew how to leap into action. Listen as Ann-Gel Palermo—an East Harlem resident, an associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators fellow—discusses preparing for disaster.
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Not Only Lonely
Aspen Ideas: Health
On an Institute stage four years ago, then-Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy described an epidemic of loneliness that was affecting America. Today, an epidemic of a viral kind makes isolation even more problematic. In a new interview with Olga Khazan of The Atlantic, Murthy discusses his book Together—which deals with the impacts of loneliness and the importance of human connection—in the context of COVID-19.
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The Pandemic Science Summit
Science & Society Program
Wednesday June 17, 12:00 – 12:45 pm ET
Webinar
This summit will explore how science innovation is key to society’s future stability as we emerge from the pandemic. Join experts in science and medicine for these timely discussions. are uncertain, especially for those who deal directly with customers. Register
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The Future of Higher Education: How Universities Are Responding to COVID-19
Hurst Lecture Series
Thursday June 25, 3:00 – 4:00 pm MT
Webinar
Featuring college presidents and chancellors from across the country, this conversation will delve into what universities are doing to find solutions to COVID, the role university medical centers play in treating patients and developing vaccines, and the impact of this crisis on the future of higher education. Register
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Public Lands, We the People: Zero Net Emission
Energy and Environment Program
July 1, 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
Webinar
Hear and learn from experts in the realm of access to parks, open space and public lands as they come together to share recent efforts to increase access, that also move us closer to achieving equitable access to the outdoors. Register
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The Science of Well-Being
Hurst Lecture Series
Wednesday, July 15, 3:00 – 4:00 pm MT
Webinar
Laurie Santos, professor of psychology at Yale University, will explore what new results in psychological science teach us about how to be happier, how to feel less stressed, how to flourish more, and how to put these scientific findings into practice by building the sorts of habits that will allow us to live a happier and more fulfilling life. Register
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Oppression, inclusivity, and privilege are made visible in a new book authored by this year’s Aspen Challenge winners, students from Marion C. Moore High School. The Louisville Courier Journal profiles how they created an alphabet book to educate children on diversity and compassion. |
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Aspen Ideas Now
Each week we curate timely conversations from across the Aspen Institute. Our most recent exchange centered around the impact of systemic racism on criminal justice, healthcare, housing, employment, and education. We seek to elevate formidable leaders, inspiring thinkers, and remarkable stories. Subscribe here to receive emails from Aspen Ideas Now.
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Codebook
Aspen Digital recently announced its partnership with Axios to present the weekly Codebook newsletter. Zach Dorfman, a senior staff writer at the Institute, reports on the latest at the intersection of cybersecurity, national security, and technology. Learn more about this new collaboration and follow along every Wednesday. Subscribe here.
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