2023 Resnick Aspen Action Forum

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

2023 Action Forum

Date

Jul 25 – 28 2023
12:00am

Location

Aspen, CO

The Action Forum invites Fellows who are part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network to reflect, imagine, transform, and act. The week is an opportunity for the Aspen Global Leadership Network community to refresh, restore and recommit to leading courageously, together. Accompanied by the splendor of Colorado in July, we will spend a week together in dialogue to play in possibility, trustfully challenge assumptions and strengthen our transnational community of leaders.The Youth Action Forum will be back in 2023! This is a program for youth ages 10-18 consisting of classic, text-based seminar sessions, action-oriented workshops, and intergenerational dialogues. This will take place concurrently with the adult program. You can also share the Aspen experience with your spouse or partner by purchasing a spouse pass when you register yourself for the Action Forum.Save the Date: New this year, the Action Forum will go from Tuesday, July 25 – Friday, July 28 in Aspen, Colorado instead of a Wednesday – Saturday. Event registration will open on March 1, 2023.  The Action Forum invites Fellows who are part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network to reflect, imagine, transform, and act. The week is an opportunity for the Aspen Global Leadership Network community to refresh, restore and recommit to leading courageously, together. Accompanied by the splendor of Colorado in July, we will spend a week together in dialogue to play in possibility, trustfully challenge assumptions and strengthen our transnational community of leaders.The Youth Action Forum will be back in 2023! This is a program for youth ages 10-18 consisting of classic, text-based seminar sessions, action-oriented workshops, and intergenerational dialogues. This will take place concurrently with the adult program. You can also share the Aspen experience with your spouse or partner by purchasing a spouse pass when you register yourself for the Action Forum.Save the Date: New this year, the Action Forum will go from Tuesday, July 25 – Friday, July 28 in Aspen, Colorado instead of a Wednesday – Saturday. Event registration will open on March 1, 2023.  

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