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 [...]
Climate Change Requires Youth Action, By Leisha John
Climate change is impacting our lives now, and it will only get worse. However, we already have many solutions to tackle this issue. If our youth are educated [...]
The Power of Community in Protest and Imprisonment, by Ari Tulay
For Ariana Tulay, a participant of the Aspen Challenge in 2019, her journey with activism started long before she marched in protest of the killing of Breonna Taylor in [...]
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 [...]
Aspen Challenge: Louisville Participants Triumph Amidst COVID-19
Overcoming the unique issues posed by COVID-19, Jefferson County Public High School students demonstrated creativity, tenacity, collaboration, perseverance, and leadership during the Aspen Challenge: Louisville Virtual Competition which took [...]
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, [...]
