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Ascend at the Aspen Institute
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Ascend @AspenInstitute creates pathways to prosperity and well-being for both children and the adults in their lives together. #2Gen
Feb 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
1/ For our first #FellowsFriday of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Dr. @wendyruns, 2018 Ascend Fellow!

With @childmuseums, she leads place-based work in her hometown of Cincinnati to foster #racialequity w/ families through #TruthandReconciliation: ascend.aspeninstitute.org/four-outstandi… 2/ As Director of @gwpublichealth’s @resilnation, Dr. @wendyruns is a champion of the national movement to address the root causes of childhood trauma, foster equity, and build community resilience. Read more about @ResilNation here: ccr.publichealth.gwu.edu
Oct 22, 2021 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
#FellowsFriday! Meet Rev. @Vivian_D_Nixon, Writer in Residence, @square1justice,@CUJusticeLab
She brings her authentic self, as a formerly incarcerated woman, to her leadership in racial justice & ensuring that justice-involved women & families have a better future. Read her🧵⬇️. Image .@Vivian_D_Nixon shares how racism was infused in her childhood classrooms in glaring but also subtle ways, particularly in her teacher punishing her for using #AAVE language.

She spoke abt this and how we each can play a part in dismantling racism.⏯️
Oct 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
#FellowsFriday!
Meet @anthony_barrows,#AscendFellow & managing director, @ideas42, an org using #behavioralscience to help ppl& systems be centered in equity. Anthony asks big Qs abt implicit & explicit bias to drive econ.& social justice.
Read🧵abt his values driving his work.⬇️ What would happen if we designed society to make resources easy for everyone to get?

@anthony_barrows tells his own story & talks abt the uncontrollable life lotteries (birth, looks, etc.) & untapped potential of a world founded on universal deservedness.
Oct 15, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
#FellowsFriday!
Meet @anthony_barrows,#AscendFellow & managing director,@ideas42, an org using #behavioralscience to help ppl & systems be centered in equity. Anthony asks big Qs abt implicit & explicit bias to drive econ.& social justice.
Read🧵abt his values driving his work.⬇️ Image What would happen if we designed society to make resources easy for everyone to get?

@anthony_barrows tells his own story & talks abt the uncontrollable life lotteries (birth, looks, etc.) & untapped potential of a world founded on universal deservedness.
Oct 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Dr. @Joe_Hobot, descendant of the Hunkpapa Band, Lakota Nation, Standing Rock, and President & CEO of American Indian OIC. @AIOIC empowers American Indians w/ workforce training & community advocacy in culturally rich environments. Read more in thread.⬇️ Image Joe brings great depth to his #leadership using indigenous wisdom, culture, and heritage to inform decisions for a brighter tomorrow.

Hear him provide a #LandAcknowledgement at #AFCF21 to honor the original inhabitants of territories upon which we stand.
Sep 24, 2021 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Ascend Fellow Georgia Mjartan, Exec. Director of @SCFirstSteps, a state agency & nonprofit committed to #2Gen #earlyedu programming that sets SC’s children & families up for success. Read about her leadership & values that drive her work in the thread.⬇️ Image +1 million SC children & parents, that’s how far @SCFirstSteps reaches.
Georgia explains how this state agency & 501(c)3 works at the community level - centering the voices of families and seeing each child w/ limitless potential - and also at scale. vimeo.com/373203874
Sep 17, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
It’s #FellowsFriday! Meet Ascend Fellow @kwameyaoanku, CEO & Chairman, Black Star Fund, an early-stage innovation fund that invests in Black #TechEntrepreneurs.
Read more about his vision, big ideas, and values that drive his work in the thread. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Image By intentionally investing in diverse tech companies (over 50% led by Black women), @kwameyaoanku sees the potential to shift where & how wealth is created and managed to drive equity, economic transformation, and community change. #BLKFounder aspenideas.org/sessions/why-l… @aspenideas
Sep 10, 2021 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
It’s #FellowsFriday! Spotlight's on Ascend Fellow @ShereceWest, Pres.& CEO of @wrfound. She's a pivotal leader in #philanthropy stewarding investments in AR to produce measurable results & meaningful impact for communities, children, & families. Read abt her work in the thread.⬇️ Image Sherece is guided by stories of families, small businesses, her lived experiences, and the hard data exposing systemic inequities that erode paths to prosperity for Arkansans. Hear how she equitably approaches her work from Ascend’s ThinkXChange. #equity
Sep 3, 2021 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
To kick off #FellowsFriday, meet Ascend Fellow Dr. Wendy Ellis (@wendyruns), Director of Center for Community Resilience (@ResilNation) at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University (@GWpublichealth)! Dr. Ellis is growing a resilience movement to address inequities that propel social & health disparities often experienced by low-income families & communities of color, which are often passed from one generation to the next.
Read about @ResilNation here:
ccr.publichealth.gwu.edu/news-and-publi…