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Active living and social justice: Planning for physical activity in low income and black and Latino communitiesAbstract The U.S. faces rising rates of overweight and obesity. Active living-urban planning and design to promote physical activity?has emerged as a strategy to combat growing obesity. The active living movement initially targeted mostly middle-class, …
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Data Science and Data ManagementCourses in the Data Science and Data Management Focus Area will strengthen your analytical skills and give you more tools to help you manage increasingly complex data environments across public policy and public service sectors. Explore …
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Evaluating the Impact of a Financial Literacy InterventionEsusu Financial is a financial technology company that provides digital tools and services designed to help people become financially literate and resilient. Esusu engaged a Capstone team to evaluate the effectiveness of its pilot financial literacy …
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Promoting Free Tax Preparation Services to Low- and Mid-Income Filers The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) is a local government initiative aimed at helping low-income individuals build assets and maximize their financial resources. Through OFE’s NYC Free Tax Prep program, …
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Survey and Analysis of Community-Based Supportive Housing NonprofitsNazareth Housing is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting housing stability, helping families out of poverty, and preventing homelessness in the communities it serves. Nazareth manages several programs, including supportive housing, emergency …
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DONOR CULTIVATION AND STEWARDSHIPChanging the Present is a nonprofit organization that connects those interested in buying meaningful gifts with more than 1,500 charitable nonprofits that help make the world a better place. All donations made through Changing the Present's website go …
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Toward Sustainable TransportationThe Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) works to promote sustainable and equitable transportation around the world. The ITDP enlisted the help of a Capstone team to assist in its effort to creatively advocate for sustainable …
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Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Wakiso, UgandaPublic-Private Partnerships (PPP) are a relatively new means of service delivery in Uganda and have mostly occurred in the form of large, national-level projects. Recently, local governments have explored the potential of partnerships in order to provide …
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A Social Justice Agenda for the Incoming NYC Administration – Dec. 8 NYU Wagner joins with Union Theological Seminary in presenting a Zoom webinar titled “Sacred Priorities, Faithful Action: A Social Justice Agenda for the Incoming NYC Administration” on Wednesday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. RSVP now and make a note …
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Into the fray: Adaptive approaches to studying novel teamwork formsNovel forms of teamwork—created by rapid change and growing diversity among collaborators—are increasingly common, and they present substantial methodological challenges for research. We highlight two aspects of new team forms that challenge conventional …
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UNDERSTANDING RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTING The Racial Equity Investing Collaborative (Collaborative) is a group of six organizations—Toniic, Confluence Philanthropy, The ImPact, Intentional Endowments Network, Impact Capital Managers, and American Sustainable Business Network—that aim to …
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RELIGIOUS SPACE RENTAL IN NYC: UNCOVERING A NEW MARKETBricks and Mortals is a membership-driven nonprofit organization that helps faith-based organizations (FBOs) maximize the use of their buildings and properties to serve their communities. In support of the launch of its new space-sharing platform, …
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Sean MillerSean (he/him) is a former teacher and swim coach. His work in teaching, coaching, and education policy spans over a decade from New York and New Jersey to the Middle East to teaching middle school in Baltimore. He worked for four years in administration …
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StakeholdersThe key player in the federal government, OHRP is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services. OHRP makes policy, provides guidance, regulates, enforces, and provides educational outreach with respect to human subjects research and IRB …
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DEFINING AND MEASURING JUST OUTCOMES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTUrbane Development is a certified minority-owned business enterprise that develops and deploys customized wealth building and equitable community development interventions in underserved communities by cultivating “anchor” institutions and investing in …
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SHAPING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN NEW YORK CITY’S FOOD SYSTEMThink Food is a social enterprise that aims to create a circular economy in the food system of NYC by providing an affordable and convenient waste collection service for small and mid-sized Chinese restaurant owners. The Capstone team identified three …
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STRATEGIES FOR CANNABIS INDUSTRY INVESTMENT The Office of the Mayor of Trenton enlisted a team to help the city take advantage of New Jersey’s legalization of recreational cannabis in November 2020. The city’s goal was to understand the cannabis industry’s impacts on a majority-minority city facing …
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Scholasticism in Political ScienceCriticism of trends in political science centers on specific methodologies—quantitative methods or rational choice. However, the more worrisome development is scholasticism—a tendency for research to become overspecialized and ingrown. I define that trend …
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NYU Wagner Voices: Lisibeth Payano US Air Force Veteran and Women’s Rights ActivistBy: Sakura Miyazaki What did you do three days after your high school graduation? You maybe took some time to take your mind off of school or started working a job to save up for college. However, Lisibeth Payano (MPA-HPAM 2021) decided to immediately …
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ASSESSING PATIENT ADVOCACY WITHIN THE BLOOD AND BLEEDING DISORDER COMMUNITYThe National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) is an advocacy group supporting individuals with hereditary blood and bleeding disorders. NBDF has worked on a rebranding initiative to extend its reach within the blood and bleeding disorder community. …
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Alumni Spotlight: Arden Levine (MPA-PNP 2006)Arden Levine (MPA-PNP 2006), chief strategy officer, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development We'd love to learn more about your journey in affordable housing and what drew you to this field. So, there I was, a teenager in Washington, D.C., in …
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Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Evolving Approach in AccraThe Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an arm of the World Bank that evaluates the organization’s project portfolio. The IEG is currently evaluating the World Bank’s Urban Resilience Operations, focusing on how the World Bank is helping its clients …
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Financial Modeling of the Cost of Poor Credit in MassachusettsThe United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley (United Way), a social services organization providing community programming, is launching a credit building initiative called Boston Builds Credit (BBC). BBC aims to help 25,000 residents achieve …
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Race and the Inheritance of Low Birth WeightThis paper uses intergenerational data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to address the black-white difference in propensities toward low birth weight (LBW). We determine that socioeconomic conditions account for some variation in low birth …