Brendan Creamer

State 2Gen Leaders Come Together in Minnesota
On September 14, 2017, Ascend joined The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, State of Minnesota, City of Saint Paul, the Saint Paul Foundation, and Future S...
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BlogSeptember 18, 2017
New Census Bureau Poverty Data
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on income and poverty in the United States. The nation’s poverty rate fell to 12.7 percent in 20...
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BlogSeptember 13, 2017
The ROI that Matters: Investing in Kids and Families to Build a New Economy
  Photos by Dan Bayer, The Aspen Institute This year at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Ascend hosted a session with Jackie Bezos, president and CEO of...
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BlogAugust 8, 2017
The New Mental Health Models: Stress-Reduction and Beyond
On Friday, July 14, a group of 18 thought leaders and experts came together for a strategic conversation at the Aspen Institute’s Washington office ...
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BlogJuly 19, 2017
Announcing Roxane White as New Morgridge Innovator in Residence
Washington, DC, July 18, 2017 – The Aspen Institute announced Roxane White as its first Morgridge Family Economic Security Innovator in Residen...
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PressJuly 18, 2017
You’re the Mom: Empowering Moms to Make Healthy Eating Fun & Easy
At ChildObesity180, we believe that effective intergenerational programming calls for a commitment to helping parents and kids build healthy habits. S...
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BlogJuly 12, 2017