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"Trust the People" Civic Engagement and Collaborative Imagination in Bologna, Italy

Publication Date: September 17, 2024

In the 2010s, Bologna, Italy, faced a crisis of civic trust and participation that seemed at odds with the city’s long tradition of progressive politics and cooperative enterprise. Moreover, those who wanted to work with the city...

Through a New Lens: Physicians for Human Rights’ Photovoice Research with Kenyan Survivors of Sexual Violence

Publication Date: June 12, 2024

 In 2022, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a US- and Kenya-based non-governmental organization, was eager to evaluate the impact of a multi-year project to improve mental health services for survivors of sexual violence in Kenya. In doing...

Winning Abortion Rights in Argentina: Building Blocks of a Long, Hard Fight

Publication Date: May 31, 2024

After an uphill battle of many decades, abortion rights activists in Argentina won a stunning victory in 2020, when the National Congress approved a law that set out the legal right to free, safe, elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of...

Tackling Homelessness and Addiction: Coalition-Building in Manchester, New Hampshire Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: May 28, 2024

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2285.0. Elected at the height of the opioid epidemic, Mayor Joyce Craig came to represent the city of Manchester, New Hampshire as it grappled with the dual tragedies of substance use disorders and...

Tackling Homelessness and Addiction: Coalition-Building in Manchester, New Hampshire

Publication Date: May 28, 2024

Elected at the height of the opioid epidemic, Mayor Joyce Craig came to represent the city of Manchester, New Hampshire as it grappled with the dual tragedies of substance use disorders and chronic homelessness. An idealist in a state that...

A Fork in the Road: Simulating Lyndon Johnson's Choices in Vietnam in Early 1965

Publication Date: April 11, 2024

This historical role-play simulation is set on March 28, 1965. The scenario places students within the context of that time, a point at which, after months of increasing tensions and contentious debate, President Lyndon Johnson appears to be...

The Mosquito Network: Global Governance in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria Deaths

Publication Date: April 5, 2024

Malaria, a deadly disease transmitted by the bites of infected mosquitoes, had been effectively eliminated from the developed world since the end of the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Eradication Campaign in 1969. In Africa,...

"The Toughest Beat": Investing in Employee Well-Being at the Denver Sheriff Department

Publication Date: March 5, 2024

Facing staffing shortages, safety concerns, and widespread burnout at the Denver Sheriff Department, Chief of Administration Sonya Gillespie was overseeing a novel experiment in boosting staff morale through peer-to-peer support. Over an...

Charting a Course for Boston: Organizing for Change

Publication Date: March 5, 2024

Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu was elected on the promise of systemic change. Four days after her November 2021 victory—and just eleven days before taking office—she considered how to get started delivering on her sweeping agenda. Wu...

More than a Contract: Black Self-Determination and People’s Assemblies in Jackson, Mississippi

Publication Date: September 23, 2024

The Jackson People’s Assembly (JPA), a vehicle of “Black self-determination and autonomous political authority of the oppressed peoples and communities in Jackson,” launched the political career of Chokwe Lumumba, a veteran...

Mayor Curtatone’s Culture of Curiosity: Building Data Capabilities at Somerville City Hall Epilogue

Publication Date: February 21, 2024

This epilogue accompanies HKS Case 2255.0. A practitioner guide, HKS Case 2255.4, accompanies this case. For sixteen years, longer than any mayor in the city’s history, Mayor Joseph Curtatone has led his hometown of Somerville,...

Mayor Curtatone’s Culture of Curiosity: Building Data Capabilities at Somerville City Hall Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: February 21, 2024

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2255.0. An epilogue, HKS Case 2255.1, follows this case. For sixteen years, longer than any mayor in the city’s history, Mayor Joseph Curtatone has led his hometown of Somerville,...