Job Posting: CAIR Coalition: Supervising Attorney - Detained Children's Program

Job Description:

The Detained Children’s Program Supervising Attorney oversees the program, ensuring effective implementation of the program and compliance with CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children Services (DCS) federal contract. The Supervising Attorney provides direct supervision to two staff attorneys and one legal assistant. Job responsibilities include the provision of direct legal services to detained youth, recruitment and mentoring of pro bono attorneys representing youth referred by CAIR Coalition, and training and outreach efforts. This position reports to the Legal Director.

You can find more information here.

Harvard Kennedy School Rappaport Institute Boston 101 Spring 2014 Events

Opening the Gates of Opportunity: Realizing the Potential of Gateway Cities

Friday, April 18, 2014 from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Agenda available on-line

Gateway Cities are midsize urban centers in Massachusetts facing stubborn social and economic challenges, but with many assets that have unrealized potential. This event will bring together community leaders, public officials, policymakers, faculty and students to exchange ideas and information about workable solutions for cities and local economies. The agenda will feature speakers who represent a cross-section of new ideas for revitalizing our cities and neighborhoods. Out of these discussions we hope to capture innovative, cross-sector, collaborative ideas and models that will feed into the work that is being done by students and faculty in urban planning.

Ending the Zero-Sum Game: Regionalizing Economic Development

Monday, April 28, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

Omni Parker House, 60 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts

Joe Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville
John Barros, Chief, City of Boston Economic Development Cabinet

The economy of Greater Boston has tremendous strengths and attracts businesses from around the world. Yet there is very little coordination of resources and activities around economic development among the municipalities that make up Greater Boston. In fact, many times they compete against each other for relocating firms. What would regional economic development look like and what structure would make it viable and durable?

Co-sponsored by Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, The Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Collins Center for Public Management at UMass Boston.

Technology's Promise: Can It Create Social Mobility?

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

Location TBD

Mayor Martin Walsh, Keynote Address

The Rappaport Institute’s spring conference will bring together political, industry, and academic leaders to explore the potential for greater Boston’s technology leadership to address social inequality and improve social mobility. It will explore technology’s promise in the spheres of school, life, and work.

Has CitiStat Worked in Greater Boston

Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 8:30 a.m.

UMass Campus Ballroom, UMass Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Building on a 2003 Rappaport Institute policy brief that asked the above question, this forum will examine how Citistat has been implemented in both small and large communities in Greater Boston. The discussion will seek to draw lessons from the experience of different communities and provide a framework for deepening and broadening the use of performance management in municipalities.

Co-sponsored by Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, The Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Collins Center for Public Management at UMass Boston.

Learning From Lawrence: Strategies for Turnaround Schools

Tuesday,June 10, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.

Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer Buiding, at the Corner of JFK and Eliot Streets, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Josh Goodman, Harvard Kennedy School
Beth Scheuler, Harvard Graduate School of Education

In 2011, Massachusetts took over the Lawrence Public Schools. The state instituted a variety of reforms, including Acceleration Academies, reassignment of teachers, and new district leadership. As the state examines the possibility of school and district turnarounds, what lessons can be learned from the Lawrence experience. Have the reforms worked? Which reforms appear to be more effective?

Co-sponsored by Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, The Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and the Collins Center for Public Management at UMass Boston.

A full listing of spring events can be found on our website at www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/rappaport/events-and-news/upcoming-boston-101-and-other-events

Job Posting: 2014-2015 Reproductive Justice - HIV Fellowship

LSRJ seeks applications from current 3Ls and recent law school graduates to work as a Reproductive Justice - HIV Fellow at a placement organization in either Atlanta, GA or Oakland, CA starting in late August 2014 through August 2015.

You can find more information here.