‘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 [...]

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 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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

July 30, 2018, Aspen, CO — It’s been almost six months since high school students from Dallas and Philadelphia heard challenges and began working to positively impact their communities. In [...]

PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 12, 2018 — Students from the School District of Philadelphia’s John Bartram High School are headed to this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival after claiming first place in [...]

By Jane Golden When you find yourself inside a Philadelphia school, as I often do, it’s easy to forget that you’re standing in a structure that was originally built [...]

DALLAS, TX, March 27, 2018 — High school students from Dallas Independent School District’s (Dallas ISD) Emmett J. Conrad, Moisés E. Molina, and Sunset High Schools are headed to [...]