Maggie Kormann: My Summer at the Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity
By Maggie Kormann (CAS ’23). Maggie was the Initiative on Cities’ 2022 Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE) Summer Fellow. In our modern world riddled with climate disaster, pandemics, and war, local governments in progressive cities on the cutting edge of innovation and policy such as Boston need to ensure they are […]
Gloria Ampadu-Darko: Reflecting on My Experience as the 2021–2022 NLC Menino Fellow
By Gloria Ampadu-Darko The National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellowship was undoubtedly a very special experience for me. When I first came across the opportunity, I immediately jumped on it. I was ecstatic about everything the Fellowship offered. The chance to carry out a self-chosen, guided research project, the chance to intern at a […]
Gloria Ampadu-Darko: My Experience at the NLC Congressional City Conference
Gloria-Ampadu-Darko is a sophomore at BU and the 2021–22 NLC Menino Fellow. Applications for the 2022–23 Menino Fellowship are due on Sunday, April 24, 2022. On Monday March 14th, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Congressional City Conference (CCC), an annual event hosted by the National League of Cities (NLC) to provide an […]
Avi Nguyen: Reflecting on my 2021 Fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity
By Avi Nguyen (he/him) (Undergraduate, Political Science & Economics) This past summer I had the privilege of working for the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE) through a BU Initiative on Cities (IOC) and Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground (HTC) fellowship. Most of my responsibilities within the MORRE team revolved around my […]
An Pham: Reflecting on my 2021 Summer Fellowship with the City of Chelsea
By An Pham (Undergraduate, Economics & Mathematics, Kilachand Honors College) This summer, I worked with the City of Chelsea as an IOC undergraduate Open Data Intern. I worked with Cate Fox-Lent, my supervisor, on a project to start Chelsea’s new Open Data Hub, where I got to process and curate city data for the public […]
Deep Patel: Reflecting on my 2021 Fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Policy and Planning
By Deep Patel (Undergraduate, Economics and Political Science, Kilachand Honors College) This past summer, I was given the opportunity to work as an IOC undergraduate fellow and public policy intern at the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Planning. In this department at Boston City Hall, a dedicated team of diverse and bright minds from across […]
Kimberly Rhoten: Supporting Citizens Returning from Incarceration: Reflecting on my 2021 Fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
By Kimberly Rhoten, JD (they/them) (PhD Candidate, Sociology) Every year more than 3,000 people return to the City of Boston from prisons and jails, and over 6,000 people are released from the Boston-based South Bay Correctional Facility. Our City’s Office of Returning Citizens provides much needed resources, services, and referrals to get folks back on […]
An Inside Look into the Experience of our 2020–2021 NLC Menino Fellow, Daniel Daponte
By Claudia Chiappa Daniel Daponte, the Initiative on Cities’ (IOC) 2020–2021 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow, is part-way through his second semester of the fellowship, working with the NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education and Families this spring. A junior pursuing a BA in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a minor in Urban Studies, […]
Justice and Inclusion: Lessons for Boston from New York and Chicago
Daniel Daponte (CAS ’22) is IOC’s 2020-2021 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow. Daniel graduated with a BA in Environmental Analysis and Policy with a minor in Urban Studies. Daniel spent the fall semester with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson through this Fellowship in a Directed Study program. Daniel’s research project focused on restorative justice initiatives, analyzing […]
Reflecting on my 2020 Fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity
By Faith Rynda (Undergraduate, Political Science) This past summer, I was granted the opportunity to participate in the Initiative on Cities (IOC) and Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground undergraduate fellowship with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity (MORRE). With all the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, I was extremely grateful that […]