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Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention and boldly make their mark on the world.
To celebrate this groundbreaking legacy, we are opening our doors to the public for a weeklong festival of innovative performances, talks, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, and more.

On October 1–6, 2019, join us as we reflect on a century of world-changing ideas and together imagine a new kind of future.

The Festival of New is free and open to all.
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Diana Ayton-Shenker

Global Catalyst Senior Fellow
Diana is the Global Catalyst Senior Fellow at The New School, where she also advises the Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative. She has taught Social Entrepreneurship at The New School, the Bard MBA in Sustainability, The American University of Paris, Bard College, and Hunter College where she directed the first undergraduate Human Rights Program in the U.S. She has served as Sr. Fellow in Venture Philanthropy at Bard Globalization and International Affairs, and as Mentor with the Clinton Global Initiative University, Global Engagement Summit, Social Good Start-Ups, The Unreasonable Institute, and PresenTense. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Inspiring Capital, Earth Economics, and as Capstone Adviser for the Bard MBA. She served as the inaugural Nazarian Social Innovator in Residence at the Wharton school of Business, University of Pennsylvania.