Our Senior New Voices Fellow, Dr. Cedric Habiyaremye, a globally recognized food security strategist, crop scientist, entrepreneur, and author whose life and work bridge science, policy, and human resilience, shares a line he couldn’t shake…
Mariama Jobarteh, our 2025 Impact West Africa Fellow, examines the highly contested debate over female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia — a practice deeply rooted in culture and religion. Although The Gambia criminalized FGM…
In the wake of the abrupt closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and global retrenchment of foreign assistance, we find ourselves at a moment of both crisis and opportunity. We are experiencing…
In 2025, Aspen Global Innovators Group (AGI) reflected deeply on what it means to build a future rooted in well-being, kindness, and innovation. AGI reaffirmed its core belief that innovation is not only about new…
Imagine a world where leaders closest to the challenges shape the solutions. Imagine a world where every community has the care it needs—when it needs it. Imagine a world where mental health is covered like any other…
Today is World Kindness Day! In honor of World Kindness Day, which is created in 1998, our incredible senior fellows are featured by NPR’s Goats and Soda! The newspaper asked them a simple yet profound…
Brandi Coleman, our 2025 Healthy Communities fellow, published her first op-ed on the concerning drop of reading intentions among students. According to her experience and work, the current generation of students prefers to listen rather…
Job Tiguem Poudiougo, 2024-2025 Impact West Africa Fellow, emphasized in his piece the alarming phenomenon of child begging in the Sahel region, characterizing it as a potent symbol of the social fragility and poverty exacerbated…
Our 2025 Healthy Communities Fellow Jorge Rodriguez published his first op-ed about the power of fatherhood and community. He challenges fathers to think deeply with three simple yet powerful questions: What is your favorite memory…
Congratulations!! Our Impact West Africa Fellows and Advanced Advocacy Program Fellows have successfully completed their fellowship year and are now part of our wider Senior Fellow Community! Over the past year, each cohort has…
