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Courtney Martin
Speaker; Columnist, On Being; Co-Founder, Solutions Journalism Network; Author, The New Better Off
Courtney E. Martin is an author, entrepreneur, and facilitator. She co-founded the Solutions Journalism Network and FRESH Speakers Bureau and has consulted with a wide variety of organizations — such as TED, the Aspen Institute, and The Sundance Institute — on how to make impactful, story-rich social change. Martin has written or edited five books, including The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream and Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, and she writes frequently for The New York Times and the On Being Project, among other publications. She has appeared on “The TODAY Show,” MSNBC, and “The O’Reilly Factor” and speaks widely at conferences and colleges.
Previously
![How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld745999b-d8d7-4fd6-ab6d-4b8ef54226d7/48109200906_3ee9bcd28b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C84%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
As medicine and public health make it possible for us to stay healthy well into our eighties, nineties, and beyond, we are challenged to find purpose in the gift of those extr...
![Undaunted: Stories from the Frontlines](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9296c810-bdae-41e2-9067-99e165785a08/undaunted.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=417%2C25%2C973%2C548&w=400)
As our planet warms and we face an acrimonious fight over resources of all kinds, how do the global health movement's most impassioned advocates take care of themselves and ot...
![Reimagining Elder Care in the United States](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/22ecfc3a-8bf9-45d4-9588-af553cb30585/42983890341_c6792577b0_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=474%2C934%2C5568%2C3136&w=400)
The US is aging – between 2012 and 2050, the number of adults over age 60 will jump from 43 to 84 million, representing about 20 percent of the population. Meanwhile, smaller...
![Undaunted: Stories from the Front Line](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e370cced-56ac-4183-bd8f-cc2b7eec9d0f/42969915581_d16b981318_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=2035%2C3226%2C4058%2C2278&w=400)
Sometimes, a single data point can arouse new insights, inspire a novel problem-solving approach, encourage a career shift, or even change a life. In an hour of fast-paced, se...
![Deep Dive: Breaking the Cycle: Health, Poverty, and the Social Determinants of Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullebad7d80-6a41-472f-a087-d13a449076a4/35485994506_e5fd6c5d26_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C90%2C1599%2C901&w=400)
The pathway to health sometimes travels through a physician’s office, but economic stability, the physical environment, access to nutritional foods, adequate schools, and soci...
![Undaunted: Defining Moments](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/204fad19-422a-4bb5-96b3-7bdc27e7217c/35338386262_7304e235d8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C300%2C4700%2C2648&w=400)
In every leader's journey, there is a moment, or a series of moments, that stand out — a miserable failure, a grand success, a total surprise. The magic in that experience is...
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World-renowned choreographer Alonzo King, and four artists from his international touring company, demonstrate “what the body is” and how ideas can be communicated through phy...