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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.

Launching Year One

The inaugural Bezos Scholars Alum Council entered this year’s retreat ready to build a strong foundation for its first year. We deepened connections, clarified vision, and aligned on how we want to support and activate the wider Alum Network.
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Bezos Scholar Application Tips

If you’re preparing your application for the Bezos Scholars Program, these tips will guide you through building a thoughtful, authentic submission. Read how to clearly articulating your “why,” choose the right educator nominee, and submit before the deadline. Use it to show how you are ready to lead — and to launch a meaningful Community Change Project in your community.
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Meet the 2025 Bezos Scholars!

The Bezos Scholars Program welcomes its 2025 cohort—13 dynamic teams of students and educators from public schools across the U.S. and the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg. Each team will design and launch a Community Change Project addressing local needs from climate action to equity in education. Building on 20 years of Scholar impact, the 2025 class continues the BSP tradition of empowering young leaders to turn purpose into action.
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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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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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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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Greetings from Aspen! On the Ground at the Second Ever BSP Alumni Reunion

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Just Doing It

Turning bold ideas into action: how a week in Aspen sparked a lifetime of leadership.

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Scholar Alumni Experience Interning with TED Fellows!

How a 2015 Scholar turned internship into an international leadership-moment with TED Fellows.

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