SINGA Deutschland challenges traditional integration models by centering dignity, agency, and mutual benefit. Their work shifts the narrative from "helping refugees" to building a shared future, offering a scalable model of civic inclusion that bridges divides and expands the circle of human concern.

Ghana ThinkTank addresses the imbalance of who defines expertise and innovation. By inverting the typical flow of international aid and development, it highlights the value of local knowledge in non-Western contexts. Its process encourages cross-cultural empathy, reframes power structures, and challenges assumptions rooted in colonial and technocratic mindsets.

Perfect City repositions young people—especially from marginalized communities—as architects of the future. It shifts the narrative of who holds expertise in city planning, and opens civic design to those most affected by inequitable systems. The project also models what sustained, creative, power-sharing engagement can look like in practice.

UpSkill Houston addresses systemic workforce challenges by focusing on equity, access, and alignment. Their cross-sector approach makes them a vital regional convener and innovator in economic mobility, especially for historically underserved populations.

Narrative Initiative strengthens the connective tissue between story, power, and systemic change. Their work supports movements in building shared narratives that counter disinformation, deepen civic belonging, and make progress toward equity and justice possible.

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit think tank and leadership organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute convenes leaders across sectors to tackle the world’s most complex challenges through dialogue, research, and action. With a strong belief in values-based leadership, the Aspen Institute creates space for bold ideas, civil discourse, and meaningful impact.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with locations across the U.S. and abroad, Aspen serves as a neutral ground where changemakers collaborate on solutions across lines of difference.