Celebrating 10 Years of Aspen Challenge
Dear Aspen Challenge Supporter, Engage. Inspire. Lead. This is our motto. As we celebrate a significant milestone, heading into what will be our 10th “season," I can’t wait to [...]
A Dynamic Aspen Challenge Duo
During the Aspen Challenge: Miami 2022 Coach Orientation, we learned that one of our coaching pairs has a unique history: one of the coaches was the other’s high school [...]
Watch: Aspen Challenge: MIAMI 2021 Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23, 2021, twenty teams from Miami-Dade County Public Schools presented their inventive solutions to combat critical issues within their communities over Zoom [...]
A Message from the Aspen Challenge Team
The Aspen Challenge stands firmly against the repeated injustice, bigotry, racism, and murder committed against Black people in this country. Black Lives Matter. Ahmaud Arbery had a name. Breonna [...]
Look for the Helpers: How Aspen Challenge Participants are Continuing to Serve their Communities in a Time of Social Distancing
‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ This is something Fred Roger’s mother used to encourage him to do when he was young and [...]
Louisville Aspen Challenge Gives Us Hope
Creativity, tenacity, collaboration, perseverance, leadership – this is just a glimpse into the skills and attributes it took to create impactful, sustainable change and become a winning team at [...]
Dallas Winning Teams Inspire Movement for Change
Dallas Independent School District students have once again earned the opportunity to present at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Knights MPowering, the team from Justin F. Kimball High School, [...]
Should Your Gender, Zip Code, or the Color of Your Skin Determine Your Health?
By Jennifer Valenzuela and Tigee Hill How does one respond to a teenage audience when a girl asks why the neighborhood her friend lives in, just four miles away, [...]
Ready to Lead: Watch Louisville High School Students Take On the Aspen Challenge
February 28, 2019, Louisville, KY - A new city, a new opportunity to make change. This year, The Aspen Challenge partnered with the Jefferson County Public Schools to launch [...]
No Challenge, No Change: Watch Dallas High School Students Accept the Aspen Challenge
February 8, 2019, Dallas, TX - For the second year, Dallas Independent School District students are taking charge as leaders and changemakers. At Fair Park’s Briscoe Center, over 150 [...]
