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Leadership and Learning in Action

Browse our stories to get to know what the Bezos Scholars Program is all about. Meet alum and partners, read dispatches from Aspen, and find out the latest program news.

Celebrating 2025 Scholar Community Change Projects!

Introducing 13 bold, student-led Community Change Projects from the 2025 Bezos Scholar cohort. This year’s projects tackle everything from equitable food access and STEM inclusion to animal welfare, school transition support, family engagement, walkability, and more, across communities nationwide and in South Africa. Rooted in real needs, they reflect a year of learning and leadership, driven by young changemakers ready to make lasting impact.
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Reflections from Aspen Challenge Boston  

Two Bezos Scholars alums reflect on volunteering at Aspen Challenge Boston, where students from 15 high schools designed community solutions rooted in lived experience. Their takeaway: when young people are genuinely listened to and trusted to lead, powerful ideas emerge – and real change follows.
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A Decade of Ideas at STXi, Rooted in Home

By creating space for young people to connect, lead, and share their perspectives, STXi is helping reshape how students see themselves and their role in shaping the future of their communities.
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A Decade of Ideas at STXi, Rooted in Home

STXi is helping reshape how students see themselves and their role in shaping the future of their communities.

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Reflections from Aspen Challenge Boston  

Two Bezos Scholars alums reflect on volunteering at Aspen Challenge Boston, where students from 15 high schools designed community solutions rooted in lived experience.

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Announcing the First Changemaker Cohort

New student leaders sustaining Community Change Projects founded by previous Bezos Scholars.

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Announcing 2025 Continuing Community Change Projects

Celebrating Student-Led Impact: sustaining 26 Community Change Projects founded by Bezos Scholars.

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Celebrating 2025 Scholar Community Change Projects!

Introducing the 13 projects launched by the 2025 Bezos Scholar Cohort.

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Launching Year One

Momentum, Vision and Community

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A New Chapter: Launching the first Bezos Scholars Alum Council

Introducing the 2025-2027 BSP Alum Council

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Bezos Scholar Application Tips

Practical advice to craft a strong application for the Bezos Scholars Program.

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Abundance in Aspen

Six Scholars and Educators reflect on a transformative week in Aspen—where courage, connection, and curiosity shaped their perspectives and inspired lasting change.

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Fourteen Years of Harmony

14 years after its launch, Noteworthy continues to unite students, educators, and the Roanoke community through music—proving how a single Community Change Project can inspire lasting impact.

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Meet the 2025 Bezos Scholars!

Introducing 13 student/educator teams from across the U.S. and Africa, united by creativity, courage, and purpose to launch new Community Change Projects in 2025.

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Becoming an Architect of Change

2019 alum Victor Ye reflects on his internship with the TED Fellows Program—where imagination, ethics, and optimism shaped a vision for humanity reimagined.

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