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It’s been five years since we first launched the Resnick Aspen Action Forum. The idea, from the start, was to provide an opportunity for high integrity, action-oriented leaders to come together and recommit to doing their part to build a better world. Each element of the Action Forum is meticulously planned to help exercise Fellows’ muscles for ...
Art has always been a central component of the Action Forum. Visual art allows us to reflect on complex ideas in ways that the written word cannot. This year, there will be three featured art installations: “Working in America” from Project& , explores the authentic stories of people's daily lives and interactions in the American workforce to ...
Art has always been a central component of the Action Forum. Visual art allows us to reflect on complex ideas in ways that the written word cannot. One of this year's featured art installations is the t ile mosaics and paintings capturing “The Great Re-Set.” The installation is produced by YellowWoods Art , a venture launched by Africa Leadership ...
“The future of everything is happening now,” and work – all work – is at the center. It is the thread that runs through us all and the social systems and contracts that we create, live by and guide us. What does a retired oil field worker in North Dakota have in common with a professional escort in Florida or a tough as nails Olympic boxer in Flint, Michigan? ...
The feature film for the 2017 Resick Aspen Action Forum is Unrest by Jennifer Brea. The film follows the story of Jennifer, who grapples with chronic fatigue syndrome, and her relationship with her husband, Henry Crown Fellow Omar Wasow . It is an exploration of the individual and familial Re-Sets that occur when we are faced with difficult challenges ...
