Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
We are cultivating the next generation of locally-rooted and globally networked leaders who champion equity and justice in health and development worldwide. Through fellowship, strategic partnership, and advocacy tools, we’re catalyzing transformative change through values-based leadership.
At the Aspen Global Innovators Group, we are building a world that centers equity, justice and values based leadership in all sectors that are advancing health and equitable development.
That’s why, we’re on the ground, across the globe, cultivating the local and regional leaders who are driving global movements. We’re working to decolonize global health and dismantle the wrongs of the past through values-based leadership, infused with the optimism of the Aspen Institute.
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AGI fellows and Management Partners
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Individuals aided through fellow-led direct service care and policy initiatives
In her compelling op-ed, “Transforming Menstrual Health into Economic Power,”Fenny Louise Taylor, 2024-2025 Impact West Africa Fellow, highlights how period poverty in Liberia affects women’s health, education, and income—citing stories of girls like Kema and Bendu who miss school due to lack of access to affordable menstrual products. She urges stakeholders to recognize menstrual health not as a side issue, but as a national economic and dignity imperative. “Let’s meet this moment with the urgency it deserves and the belief that Liberian women and girls deserve more than makeshift solutions. They deserve momentum. They deserve investment. And they deserve dignity.” Read her full piece.
