Guest blog by Shanequa E. Moore, IPP ’22 When I applied to the IPP program, I envisioned a traditional academic experience; yet, what I received has helped me to embrace both my passions and frustrations with public policy and uncover the possibilities of what we can accomplish when we work together. I recall the words…Continue Reading Providing Mental Health Access to Vulnerable Youth in New York City
Guest blog by Sue Oh, IPP’ 22 I had been in my role as the Homeless Outreach Coordinator for six months before I was presented with the opportunity to be a part of the Implementing Public Policy Program. There was an increasing number of people experiencing homelessness in the City and I had been tasked…Continue Reading Tackling Homelessness in Scottsdale, Arizona
Guest blog by Chelsea Hayman, IPP 2021 Initially, I signed up for the Implementing Public Policy (IPP) Online course with the hopes to help my department secure more sustainable funding for our regular operations. Several other Directors within our agency have been under the constraints of a rapidly depleting federal grant from over a decade…Continue Reading Implementing Public Policy in Maryland: The Journey is the Final Destination
Guest blog by Michelle Stone, IPP 2021 My expectations for the Public Policy Implementation course were to gain a broader perspective and strategies on how to implement sound public policy, with creative and innovative solutions. I wanted to learn how to engage and develop conversations even when various industry members’ perspectives are divergent while being…Continue Reading Minimizing impaired driving in Colorado using insights from IPP course
Guest blog by Maurya West Meiers, IPP 2021 I began the 2021 Implementing Public Policy (IPP) online course thinking that I would come away with tools and approaches to solve problems. I knew that the IPP course is organized around the Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach. Working in international development, I’m confronted every day with problems….Continue Reading Implementing Public Policy (IPP) and the Art of Sticking with Problems
Guest blog by Delery Rice, IPP 2021 The COVID pandemic offered many challenges and horrible outcomes for so many people across the world. If I find myself searching for anything that resembles a positive result produced over the last two years, I would undoubtedly pick my experience with Harvard Kennedy School’s Implementing Public Policy (IPP)…Continue Reading My IPP Journey in Louisiana: The World Got Smaller as the Process Deepened
Guest blog by Derek Chisholm, IPP 2021 The Implementing Public Policy (IPP) course attracted my attention as it seemed to focus on providing direct, hands-on means of implementing public policy. Successful public policy, in my experience, is much more dependent on implementation than on the passage of initial policy legislation, especially when that legislation is…Continue Reading Using PDIA to tackle Claiborne Expressway challenges in New Orleans
Guest blog written by Jake Lestock After a little over a year working from home during the pandemic, I quickly realized that returning to ‘normal’ was still far from sight in a professional sense. Virtual work has become the new norm even in public policy settings. Many of the benefits of living in a political…Continue Reading The Importance of Entry Points in Long Term Policy Problems
Guest blog written by Judy Farvolden I am passionate about vibrant, equitable, sustainable urban life. My journey began in Paris when, as a 17-year-old living for a year in the City of Light, I wondered at the difference between living in a place where every day-to-day thing I needed was on my own block and…Continue Reading Building sustainable and equitable transportation systems in Toronto
Guest blog written by Rholyn Barnhart I was born in a very small town in the Philippines. Majority of the source of income in our town relates to fishing and trading goods. My family is one of the many families who wanted to go out of our current state of life – working just to…Continue Reading Developing deeper learning competencies in the United States
