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Photo/Reba Saldanha Boston College Rappaport Center Fellows May 18, 2017

Leah Igdalsky

Photo/Reba Saldanha Boston College Rappaport Center Fellows May 18, 2017

Leah Igdalsky

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2017

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 College School of Social Work

Undergraduate School
Brandeis University

Agency
Boston, Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities

Supervisor
Kristen McCosh, Commissioner

Mentor
Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University School of Journalism and Rappaport Institute Advisory Board Member

Description of Fellowship
Leah spent the summer in the Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities, designing and launching a survey on accessibility priorities for city residents with disabilities. Leah worked with the Chief of Staff and Commissioner to design and refine questions and then created an online survey and designed an outreach plan to reach underserved residents with disabilities. Leah launched the survey at the city’s Annual Americans with Disabilities Act Day. Leah also attended Disability Commission Board meetings and interfaced with constituents in need of commission services.