Ongoing Projects
Ashley Adams: Descendant Survey and Genealogy Project
- The goal of this project is to increase descendant engagement in Nicodemus, Kansas. This is accomplished by gathering feedback on visitor experience and preservation work. This project collects data that will contribute to a Nicodemus genealogical database that will further serve as a model for other African American descendant studies that can contribute to reparative justice policymaking.
NNeka N. Allen-Harrison: Bay Area Black Voices: Employment Outcomes of the Black Labor Force in The San Francisco Bay Area
- This project investigates employment trends of Black labor force in San Francisco Bay Area and researches how empowerment learning can help improve economic outcomes for Black-identifying individuals.
Isabel Martinez: Assessing Massachusetts Immigration Legal Service Capacity
- The goal of this study is to create a report and a tool to support the Massachusetts Immigrant Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition’s work in funder engagement, funding coordination and alignment, member-led initiatives, and strategic messaging.
Sara Carr: Refuge: Community-Guided Design Guidelines for Extreme Heat and Green Space Inequity in Chelsea, MA
- Extreme heat widens spatial and health inequities as the brunt of heat islands, flooding, and air pollution fall on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. These places often lack the natural infrastructure that can mitigate these environmental effects. Partnering with GreenRoots, this project seeks to advance best practices for public space, shade, and cooling as a civic resource and means towards climate justice.
- Hitch Stories is an intergenerational storytelling and storylearning project focused on Clear Lake hitch, an endangered fish that is culturally significant to Clear Lake Tribes. Native youth will learn about cultural heritage through interviews with Tribal Elders and co-create a GIS StoryMap.
Patrice Williams: Climate Justice Ready
- The purpose of this study is to conduct an international comparative study of climate-related risks to gentrification for historically vulnerable populations in Boston, Chelsea, Everett, and Barcelona.