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| June 20, 2023 | | FESTIVAL | New Speakers | We are thrilled to announce that Douglas Emhoff will speak at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The Second Gentleman will discuss the rise of antisemitic incidents in the United States and the White House's development of the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Joining him on stage will be Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall and Executive Vice President of Race Forward Eric Ward for a conversation moderated by journalist Katie Couric. See the full agenda for the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival here. |
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| | INTERVIEW | Good Anxiety | Is it possible to “worry well”? Absolutely, says neuroscientist and NYU professor Wendy Suzuki. “The first step is taking time to understand what that anxiety/stress/anger/worry is telling us about what we value in life,” she says. Ahead of her joining us at the Festival, we caught up with Dr. Suzuki to talk about how exercise helps our brains, get tips for overcoming burnout, and discuss how anxiety can actually give us superpowers. Read | | INTERVIEW | Festival Fellow Spotlight | Meet Bri Franklin, the co-founder, president, and CEO of The Prosp(a)rity Project. She is on a quest to resolve the $2 trillion student debt crisis while closing the racial wealth gap for Black women. “Our initiatives are not just designed to remedy the circumstances after they've already taken effect, but prevent them altogether,” says Franklin. “We’re reimagining education about finance — and more specifically, debt — from the ground up.” Learn more on our blog.
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