🔐 How can patients protect their privacy and opt out of medical data sharing? According to a recent @calmatters.org article by Alex Rosenblat, a 2019 Science and Technology Policy Fellow and data privacy researcher, it’s more difficult than you might think.

📣 Applications are OPEN for @congressfellows.bsky.social's 2027 Congressional Innovation Fellowship! Technologists: bring your technical expertise to the policymaking process in Congress. U.S. citizens & DACA recipients eligible. Apply by June 25 ➡️ techcongress.io/apply

Been fighting frauds and scams for over 25 years. I take it personally. I started Take9 to help people understand how to protect themselves online. To get the message out, I've decided to outsource my social skills to Sesame Street’s Count Von Count. (1/2)

🚀After 7 years, 105 Fellows, and dozens of policy projects, we’re launching our 2026 Science & Technology Policy Fellowship on Monday! 15 STEM leaders from across the country will join us for a month-long bootcamp to develop policy solutions. Stay tuned this June! #TechPolicy #PolicyImpact

🌟 Team Spotlight: Meet Roby Chatterji, our new Policy Advisor! 💡 Roby brings 10+ years of experience to the Academy. From working on Capitol Hill to guiding research at national think tanks to consulting for edtech companies, he has an expansive understanding of the avenues for policy impact.

🧩 How can California improve maternal health outcomes? Graduates of our 2026 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative, hosted in partnership with Tech Talent Project, say an answer could be in data integrations.

📣 Your voice belongs in government! That’s why we’re giving everyday people the skills to turn ideas into policy change. Ready to get started? Join our free June webinars: aspenpolicyacademy.org/webinars/ ✅Communicating for Policy | June 10 ✅Scam Fighters Workshop | June 18 #CivicEngagement

🏆 Congratulations to the team at @appvoices.org and their partners for winning a $1 million grant from the Alliance for Social Trust!

🎯 We have free 1-on-1 policy coaching available! Here’s how to access it: Join our Scam Fighters Workshops to learn how to protect your community from scams and cyber threats. Selected participants will receive 3 personalized mentoring sessions over 3 months with Academy staff.

⏰ Tonight at 11:59pm PT is the priority application deadline for our Environmental Policy Accelerator. Don’t miss your chance for early review!

🎬EVENT TODAY: "When the Classroom Gets Hacked" What do we know so far about the Canvas hack that exposed the data of millions of students, and what should "target rich, cyber poor" orgs be doing next? Join IST's Michael Klein & RSAC's Kacy Zurkus today at 3:30 ET: www.linkedin.com/events/whent...

💼 How are AI agents reshaping the modern boardroom? 📊 Academy Rising Civic AI Leaders alum @rohan-sharma.bsky.social explores this topic in a recent @weforum.org article, where he shares advice for boards establishing AI governance:

🦸 If you’re ready to take policy action in your community to prevent scams, join our upcoming Scam Fighters Workshop Train the Trainer session! 💻 This virtual training will provide you with the skills and materials to bring our scam fighting advocacy curriculum directly to your own community.

🌍 Our team was thrilled to join @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social and @aspeninstitute.bsky.social for Bloomberg #CityLabMadrid last week.

🗞️ You’ve probably heard that finding a policy job is becoming increasingly difficult. We’d like to offer a different perspective. What if your 2026 policy job hunt could be more rewarding than you expect?

#DefiningTechnologies of Our Time print editions ship THIS WEEKEND! This is the last chance for libraries, universities, and government offices to request a FREE copy before they go on sale: form.jotform.com/260566324386... This resource features expert analysis on how we define #AI in US #policy.

🏆 Congratulations to 2021 Science & Technology Fellow Hilary Braseth and the team at @opensecrets.org for winning best website at The Webby Awards in the Government & Associations category!

🍎 This National Teacher Appreciation Day, we’re spotlighting our collaboration with @teachforamerica.bsky.social's Rural School Leadership Academy (RSLA)!

📣There’s still time to apply to our Environmental Policy Accelerator, hosted with the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program! 🗓️ We’ve extended the application window to welcome more voices to the program. Apply by May 14 for priority consideration or our final deadline of May 21.

🌱 New month, new opportunities to sharpen your policy skills! If you’re looking to break into the policy space, don’t miss our webinar series over the first 2 weeks of May:

⌛Thousands of Californians are at risk of missing out on healthcare and nutrition benefits. 🤝 In partnership with Tech Talent Project, we coached our 2026 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative cohort through developing policy proposals to help mitigate this problem.

💬 "The program helped me immensely... I now have a much sharper strategy for framing policies. No single policy will save the world, but every enacted policy is a potential step in the right direction." - Weseq Billah, Graduate of 2025 Environmental Policy Accelerator

🌳 2024 Fellow Jonathan Gilmour is making waves! He's spoken at top climate convenings & his project helped shape Utah's new data center water transparency law. Follow his footsteps → apply to our Environmental Policy Accelerator!

🌍 This Earth Day, apply to our 2026 Environmental Policy Accelerator! Turn your environmental idea into real policy over 6 free virtual sessions. Apply by May 14 | Info session May 7, 9am PT 🔗 aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/envi... #EarthDay

🌎 In The Intelligence Report’s new episode, “How Anyone Can Shape Policy,” our Senior Climate Policy Advisor, Mai Sistla, breaks down what policy really is and why the most effective advocates are the people closest to the issues.

🌎 Applications are officially open for the second cohort of our Environmental Policy Accelerator program! Have an idea for solving an environmental problem but need help sharpening it into a real policy solution? This program is for you.

@congressfellows.bsky.social is working to build a critical mass of technology expertise on Capitol Hill. Check out their feature in @inc.com to learn how their work helps Congress navigate complex technology policy questions: www.inc.com/nancy-scola/...

⏰ Today is the last day to apply for our free training: Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity! If your organization is ready to take its work into the policy space, don’t miss your chance. Applications close tonight at 11:59pm PT.

🔐 Want to fight scams in your community? Join our free Scam Fighters Workshops! Learn concrete skills to advocate for stronger cyber protections. 📅 Apr. 16 & May 21, 9–10am PT | Free & virtual 🖥️ Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-... #Cybersecurity #DigitalSafety

💡 In just 1 hour, for free, you can learn to communicate with government leaders. 💻 Join our How To Tell Governments What You Think webinar on April 22 at 11am PT / 2pm ET for a beginner-friendly introduction to voicing your opinions to policymakers.

👀 Did you know that more than two-thirds of our alumni report working in or planning to work in policy? In our 2025 Annual Report, we highlight some of the Academy alumni who have taken on policy-related roles in the past year. After graduating from the Academy:

✨ This #ThrowBackThursday, we are thinking back to last summer with our incredible 2025 Science and Technology Policy Fellows! After a month of intense policy training, these Fellows have applied their learnings and gone on to make a real impact in their communities.

💡 Check out our upcoming April webinars! 📌 Policy 101 🗓️ April 8, 9-10am PT 📌 Scam Fighters Workshop 🗓️ April 16, 9–10am PT 📌 How to Tell Governments What You Think 🗓️ April 22, 11am–12pm PT

🤓 Happy National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy Day! 👇 Celebrate this day by checking out some of our alumni’s upcoming conference talks below:

🌟 We are thrilled to release our 2025 Annual Report! Check out what we’ve been up to in our 7th year of operation and our goals for 2026. Highlights below 👇 📈 A record-breaking 10,500 people registered for our programming.

📣 Our 2025 Annual Report is coming soon! 📈 2025 marked another year of immense growth for us: more programs, more participants, and more policy impact across tech, the environment, and civic engagement.

📚 Our free, 1-hour webinars are an accessible starting point for those looking to engage in policy! Upcoming sessions: 📌 Policy 101: 4/8, 9–10am PT 🗓️ Scam Fighters Workshop: 4/16, 9–10am PT 🏢How to Tell Governments What You Think: 4/22, 11–12pm PT

💬 “Even with my White House experience, I feel like the way I talk about policy and how it's made is more informed and more approachable now based on what I learned in the Train the Trainer program,” said Ross Gillfillan, tech consultant and former Senior Policy Advisor in the White House OSTP.

⏳ The early review deadline for our Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course is coming up soon!

💭 What can we do when generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) makes mistakes? 📣 2025 Science & Technology Policy Fellow Michelle Sipics tackles this question in her new policy project, “Informed Innovation: Establishing a Generative AI Incident Investigation Framework in Utah.”

💸 @consumerfed.bsky.social recently found that American consumers are losing an estimated $119 billion every year to online scams.

🌱 “This program equipped me to move from policy ideas to practical execution,” said Evelyne Keomian-Wood of the Karat School Project. After our 2025 #BuildingNonprofitAdvocacyCapacity course, she left with clear policy priorities and pathways into advocacy coalitions.

🫵 #NonprofitJob: We’re breaking down the barriers to policy education, and we want you to join us! We're hiring for 3 teaching roles: 1 full-time Policy Advisor and 2 contract Policy Instructors. 🔗 Learn more and apply here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/new-job...

🎯Free 1-on-1 policy coaching is now available through our Scam Fighters Workshops, and applications are open! 💻These workshops will train you on how to protect your community from scams and cyber threats. Selected attendees will then receive 3 personalized mentoring sessions over 3 months.

Scammers work overtime during tax season. Stay one step ahead with these tips. ✅

💜 This #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate women driving change. TELI Fellow Ivy Teng Lei turned a gap in CA disability coverage after maternity leave into policy reform. By July 2025 the code changed, and now countless mothers have coverage she was denied. #WomensHistoryMonth #TELI

🙌 We are thrilled to announce Ayzit Doydum as the Savilla Pitt Memorial Fellow from our Winter 2026 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative (TELI).

🌱 Those closest to social challenges are often farthest from policy conversations. We hope to change that! Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity is a free, week-long virtual program (May 11–15, 2026) helping public interest orgs build advocacy & policy strategy in 5 sessions.

🌟 We're thrilled to announce the 37 graduates of our Tech Executive Leadership Initiative, co-hosted with Tech Talent Project. These Leaders have developed the policy skills to tackle Medicaid service delivery challenges. Check out the cohort here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/introdu...

📣 Last chance! Join us for our free webinar #WritingaPublicComment TOMORROW 12–1pm PT, and learn one of the most accessible and powerful ways to influence the policies that affect your community: public comments.