Mission
On July 27, 2008, the Aspen Institute Board of Directors approved a new mission:
- To foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.
The Aspen Institute does this in four ways:
- Seminars, which help participants reflect on what they think makes a good society, thereby deepening knowledge, broadening perspectives and enhancing their capacity to solve the problems leaders face.
- Young-leader fellowships around the globe, which bring leaders together for an intense multi-year program and commitment. The fellows become better leaders and apply their skills to major challenges.
- Policy programs, which serve as nonpartisan forums for analysis, consensus building, and problem solving on a variety of issues.
- Public conferences and events, which provide a commons for people to share ideas.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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