Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
Aspen Institute
2025 Aspen Words Book Ball
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
We invite you to join us on Friday, June 13, 2025, forBook Ball at The Hotel Jerome. We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speaker will beHampton Sides.
Your support helps raise critical funds for Aspen Words programs, including Writers in the Schools, scholarships for aspiring writers, and community talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning authors.
We invite you to join us on Friday, June 13, 2025, forBook Ball at The Hotel Jerome. We are thrilled to announce that our keynote speaker will beHampton Sides.
Your support helps raise critical funds for Aspen Words programs, including Writers in the Schools, scholarships for aspiring writers, and community talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning authors.
Featuring Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor in Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Featuring Dr. Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.”
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