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The Kids are Alright (No Thanks to Us)
![Youth Rise to the Challenge: Restorative Justice through Art](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e667d028-f4e9-42a2-9e42-4f966e40d11e/43045134122_75aeec1fb8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=2167%2C0%2C2980%2C4480&w=400)
The Aspen Challenge presents three high school teams from Dallas and one team from Philadelphia who developed innovative solutions to issues that have chronically impacted the...
![Deep Dive: Raising the Roof—Poetry Jam Session](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a9a4b684-44cd-4032-a577-1e54cd4e05ee/42305598314_bb56d0c868_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C502%2C6016%2C3389&w=400)
The Poetry Jam Session brings together some of the nation’s leading young poets for a spirited 80-minutes of cross-disciplinary performance, collaboration, and discussion. Lyr...
![Why Young People Need Global Education](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/0e1bfaf7-a384-41ee-85ff-95d7d0868001/35481313222_e351156e8b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C126%2C7360%2C4135&w=400)
The 21st century brings with it unprecedented global uncertainty, interconnectedness, and unimaginable opportunity. Yet many students in the United States and around the world...
![Deep Dive: Get a Job — Youth, Employment, and the 21st Century Economy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/c9917e47-f8c3-40d3-b8f6-4a73b00d5094/19147097559_e2f710c23c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C66%2C3500%2C1969&w=400)
More than 6 million youth are out of school and out of work, a situation that will have dire consequences for the nation’s economy and the fate of a generation. Meanwhile, the...
![Please Stop Telling Young People They are the Future](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3894d2b4-b166-4b71-ad44-37313ee918cd/iStock_000025336923_Small.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=210%2C0%2C532%2C532&w=400)
![What the Arts Can Do: Engaging At-Risk Youth and the Justice System](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/b5ce9fc5-d186-4dfc-a032-be64f2bad174/7472289932_d61532cdbd_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C21%2C1000%2C563&w=400)
How are the arts effective in correctional institutions and rehabilitation? And how can they act as a positive interceptor for at-risk youth before and after they may have ent...