Summer 2020 Task Forces Seventeen Occidental students worked on six task forces with joint faculty-city leadership on the following issues.
Disaggregating LGBTQIA+ Data: Draw on the best practices of other cities and new data sources to improve measures of impact, inclusion, and representation of LGBTQIA+ Angelenos in city services. John Hammer ’21 Alejo Maggini ’22 Intergenerational Poverty through the Lens of Student Homelessness: Conduct a macroanalysis of the determinants of intergenerational poverty with a focus on the relationship between homeless students’ environment and their educational outcomes.
Life on Land: Help enhance the LA City Biodiversity Index to determine current industry benchmarks, create key recommendations for the next report revision, and provide insights for further research. Jackson Caudle ’21, Hope Hendry ’21, McClaran Shirley ’22, Maggie SmartMcCabe ’20, and Snigdha Suvarna ’20 Healthy Indoor Environments to Live, Work, and Play: Analyze types of indoor air quality and energy efficiency solutions that can be supported by city programs with strong ROI and effective reduction of pollutants and emissions.
Wafa Abedin ’21, Caroline Diamond ’22, Jack Fernandes ’20, Micah Kirscher ’20, and Kyler Parris ’22
Julia Eubanks ’22, Oli Vorster ’22, and Nancy Zhou ’22
Community Development Block Grant: Map the past seven years’ worth of projects funded by the Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program.
SDG Community Index and Storytelling: Build up the current database of SDG activities by sourcing organizations, projects, and people that are advancing the SDGs in Los Angeles.
Stephanie Oyolu ’22
Zachary Goodwin ’21
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