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Our partners at Transcend are currently recruiting for their Rural School Design Community cohort which will launch in January 2025. The RSDC is an opportunity for rural superintendents and one of their school communities to partner with Transcend in a six-month cohort program to reimagine their school models together with a national group of innovative rural leaders.    There will be dedicated cohort experiences for both superintendents and the school community and it will take place through in-person convenings, virtual sessions, and coaching from a Transcend partner from January - May of this 2025 academic year. This opportunity will be free of cost to all participants. The application deadline is Tuesday, November 5th. To learn more, head to the link: https://bit.ly/3zY93wt

📣 Calling all youth, young professionals, parents, and youth-focused professionals! Let's co-create a Center for Rising Generations at the Aspen Institute that's on the cutting edge of problem-solving, collaboration, civic engagement, innovation, and more. Share your ideas by filling out this survey today! https://lnkd.in/dCk5ZcAb

Congratulations to Hopelab’s inaugural cohort of the HBCU Translational Science Fellowship! These outstanding researchers will lead initiatives to improve Black youth wellness by focusing on the effective translation of science into practice, ultimately enhancing mental health for Black youth. Learn more about the researchers and read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/gAk9TM-B

Are you passionate about young learners in your community? Are you looking for ways you can get involved in a national initiative that supports community-based solutions for issues facing young learners and their families? Join the Early Learning Nation (ELN) Collective on September 19 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time to learn more about the Collective, its mission, and its upcoming work building up local community support for early childhood. Register now: https://ow.ly/hMjN50Tmxao

“We don’t know of any other organization in the country that has explicitly anchored around five developmental areas—purpose, identity, social-emotional learning, social capital, and career exploration—that are often introduced to young people in discreet ways, if at all.”   Our continuing series ONE BRIGHT IDEA lets partners shine a light on an idea from the field that's fueling them forward. Up next: Yutaka Tamura from nXu Education on why purpose matters: https://lnkd.in/gYqPDGJJ

"The Center will support young people in co-creating the future they want to live in.” We’re deepening our investment in the future of young people through The Aspen Institute’s Center for Rising Generations. Here, Bezos Family Foundation President John Deasy shares how we're moving the work together further, faster. Read on our website: https://lnkd.in/gW4GPcB4

We are proud to announce a new partnership with The Aspen Institute to establish the Center for Rising Generations.   Directed by national education leader Kaya Henderson, it will be the first endowed Center of its kind with a vision of making civil dialogue, civic engagement, and leadership development an integral part of the journey to adulthood for young people in the United States and around the world.   Read details in the press release: https://lnkd.in/dbYdut5S

The pandemic’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers are now school-age, and the impact on them is becoming increasingly clear: Many are showing signs of being academically and developmentally behind.   But researchers like our partner Dr. Catherine Monk at Columbia University and Rahil D. Briggs at ZERO TO THREE say there are reasons to be optimistic.   Read more from The New York Times: https://lnkd.in/gravaap8

“Normally, young people sit on a panel to share their lived experiences, and then their role ends. But we kept youth at the center of the Summit, engaging and contributing in a variety of ways.” Find out how a youth-led dialogue and partnership paved the way for the first interagency White House Youth Policy Summit, where 90 young people and seven federal agencies discussed policy solutions to empower young individuals: https://lnkd.in/dwVXZy6f Supported by the Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Ford Foundation, Hemera Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Hopelab, Pivotal Ventures, Raikes Foundation, Spring Point Partners, and Stuart Foundation. #WHYouthSummit24

With the Aspen Ideas Festival in full swing, Anne Mosle, Vice President of The Aspen Institute and Executive Director for Ascend at the Aspen Institute, asked the question: “How do we create a society where children and families have deep connections, do not have an overwhelming sense that they must 'go it alone,' and feel that their community is rooting for them?”   Her answer: social capital   Check out some photos from her talk with Leseliey Welch, MBA, MPH, Co-Founder of Birth Detroit and Grace Bastidas, Editor-In-Chief of Parents, along with her thoughts on the importance of financial, intellectual, human, and social capital in transforming systems to support children and families: https://lnkd.in/gS3gZA_w #AspenIdeasFestival #AspenIdeasFestival2024