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Greer Hamilton

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Greer Hamilton

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2020

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Boston University School of Social Work

Undergraduate School
University of Buffalo

Mentor
Ben Forman, Director of Research, MassINC, Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member and former Rappaport Policy Fellow

Agency
MassDevelopment

Supervisor
Andrew Levine, TDI Operations Officer

Description of Fellowship
Greer had the opportunity to work on two projects during her time as a Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) intern. The first project she completed was the development of an equity toolkit for the new Mass Housing Neighborhood Stabilization Hub. The second project was the development an inclusive leadership framework to support the ongoing work of TDI to make their partnerships more representative of the Gateway Cities the TDI districts are located in. The framework resulted the development of a final report that includes the equity tool. In addition to these projects, TDI allowed her to facilitate a lunch and learn series on racial equity and the built environment and follow-up conversation on the same topic during the annual retreat.