Jenny Lau – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Law and Public Policy Fellow

Year

2023

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
Tufts University

Undergraduate School
Tufts University

Fellowship
Boston Mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion

Supervisor
Elijah Miller, Director of Policy

Mentors
Segun Idowu, Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, City of Boston and Rappaport Advisory Board Member and Jessica Tang, Harvard Graduate School of Design and 2021 Rappaport Policy Fellow and Jessica Vonashek, Chief of Community and Economic Development, Norwalk, CT and 2012 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Biography
Jenny will work on projects such as expanding worker cooperative development through deep canvassing with and outreach to workers and local community groups that have trusted relationships with working-age adults, with a particular focus on the Chinatown community; exploring non-regulatory tools and best practices to support anti-displacement and affordability of small businesses; and developing a socially-conscious framework to be used for Justice40 Initiative projects based on the City’s existing DEI plan for public/private partnerships.