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How Can We Harness the Power of Tech?
This blog is the first in a series exploring our evolving thinking on the relationships between technology and society. We look forward to learning more about this emerging topic, and to sharing what we learn along ...
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Susan Crown Exchange Announces 2019 Catalyst Grants
Through our Catalyst program, we select a small group of organizations from across the country who pursue innovative solutions to some of our most pressing challenges. We send each of these organizations an unexpected gift to ...
Letter from the Chairman: Reflecting on 10 Years of the Susan Crown Exchange
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance.” - Albert Einstein When the Susan Crown Exchange was founded ten years ago, the world ...
Nonprofit Leaders in Digital Learning Share Their Insights
What roles can data play in building effective digital learning programs for youth? How can those programs ensure that their most ambitious projects succeed? And how can your organization leverage professional development to maximize impact? In ...
#DearSocialMedia: Teens Tell Tech Industry What Needs to Change
It’s no surprise that a generation that grew up on the internet has plenty of insights on how to make it better. In partnership with ATTN: Media and Chicago Ideas, we launched a campaign to encourage our ...
Don’t retire, kid: Our four biggest takeaways from the Project Play Summit
Young athletes share their stories at the Project Play Summit. Don’t retire, kid. That message anchored the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Project Play Summit, which brought more than 500 leaders in sport and youth development to Detroit ...
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REFUNITE: Reconnecting Refugee Families
When conflict escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2013, 16-year-old Tino fled the country—leaving his entire family behind. Sadly, Tino’s story is a common one. The DRC has suffered ethnic, political, and economic conflicts ...
We asked teens how to exercise better judgement online. Their responses blew us away.
“How might we improve people’s judgement in digital spaces?” This was the question that guided the Untagle the Web hackathon, a two-day event we hosted this summer in collaboration with DoSomething.org. We gathered 15 exceptional young ...