In Detroit & Boston–Students Rise to the Challenge
As Aspen Challenge 2026 took place in Boston and Detroit, between the two cities 39 student teams took on issues affecting their communities. In Boston, teams explored community violence, [...]
From Challenge to Change: Students Choose Challenges and Step Into the Work
This season, Aspen Challenge expanded into its 14th city, welcoming Detroit to the Challenge alongside Boston, now in its second year. While each Challenge Forum follows a similar format [...]
Aspen Challenge: San Diego 2024’s Mission Bay Team Keeps Their Mental Health Mission Moving Forward
“We challenge you to design an innovative approach for helping youth effectively navigate their mental health journey by creating a roadmap that will connect them to resources to support [...]
From Vision to Action: The Journey of Aspen Challenge 2025
In the early months of 2025, a spark ignited in two cities—San Diego and Boston—as students stepped into a space rarely offered to them: one where their voices could [...]
Youth-Led Teams in Boston and San Diego Take the Aspen Challenge
Aspen Challenge welcomes youth voice into the conversation around critical community issues and invites young people to take a seat at the table as active change-makers. From historic Boston [...]
Alumni Spotlight: How Aspen Challenge Helped Student Annyah Cush Find Her Purpose
“I told them to use their hearts and minds instead of going into the challenge trying to win. Once it’s something that you are actually interested in, and you’re [...]
Experiencing the Magic of Aspen: A Journey with the Aspen Challenge Winners
The Aspen Ideas Festival, a vibrant gathering of thinkers and doers from around the globe, offers a unique platform for discussions on some of today’s most pressing issues. This [...]
Positive, Youth-Led Change in Brooklyn and San Diego
Coast to coast – from Brooklyn to San Diego – young people are hard at work developing their teams’ responses and creating innovative Solutions following the recent Aspen Challenge: [...]
Love, Interruption, Opportunity: The Heart of the Aspen Challenge Is Transformation Through Youth Empowerment
Marcus L. Strother, President and CEO of MENTOR California, issued a challenge at Aspen Challenge: San Diego 2024 urging students to find solutions to chronic absenteeism. Read his take [...]
Sitting Down with Our Newest City Partner, San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD)
The Aspen Challenge is thrilled to welcome San Diego as our newest partner city for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Known as a leader in sustainability and progress, San [...]
