Ed Powers and Milano alum Rachel Dawn Fudim-Davis
This spring, Ed Powers will complete his 32nd year, and last semester, on the Milano faculty. The Milano Management programs invite members of the university community to save the date of June 4th for an evening reception honoring Ed.
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, David Howell spoke about his draft paper for the Center for American Progress in a recent New York Times article, “Looking for Capitalism’s Tipping Point“. In the article Professor Howell speaks about the perceived correlation between economic grown and income inequality.
Professor Howell directs the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy at The New School. He is an affiliated member of the New School’s economics department, a Faculty Research Fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (The New School), and a Research Scholar at the Political Economy Research Institute (U-Mass Amherst). His research focuses on institutions and labor market outcomes.
Associate Professor of Management Nidhi Srinivas has recently been awarded a fellowship by the BRICS Policy Center to study social innovation in Rio de Janeiro. The BRICS Policy center seeks to improve knowledge sharing and research initiatives between the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The fellowship has been awarded for him to conduct research on social innovation among Rio social movements and NGOs, in the context of the upcoming Olympics.
Nonprofit Management student, Daniela Talero, was kind enough to take a break from the end of semester rush and share with MilanoManagement her experience in the New Challenge.
Hi Daniela, congratulations on your big win! Junt@s sounds like an amazing project and we are very excited to hear all about it. To start, tell us a little about Junt@s, where you are in its development, and your next steps.
Junt@s is a soon-to-be organization that aims to bring economic opportunity through sewing for women who are heads of households, victims of domestic violence, or casualties of the political conflict in La Merced, Caldas, Colombia. This is an agriculturally based town that 7 years ago had been occupied by the paramilitaries for a decade. That horrifying experience, combined with a lack of economic opportunities, caused the population to diminish from 13,000 to 5,000 people. We are establishing a holistic approach using therapy, workshops, and creating a community-based system that will provide a supportive, stable, and trusting work environment.
The women will start their sewing certification course next week and we are currently lining up clients for when the certification process is done. I’m moving to Colombia on June 3rd to make Junt@s an official organization. I will continue looking for funding, utilizing the New Challenge award, and making Junt@s a reality.
How did everything come together to create the insight or Aha! moment leading to your award-winning idea?
For three summers in college I worked in Brazil on a grass roots level with sex workers. I always wanted to create a place where we could all work together, combining a support system with an economic opportunity. I had been dreaming of Junt@s for a long time, I just didn’t have all the pieces yet. It is finally coming together.
The Empowerhouse is a collaborative project between Parsons, Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management program, the Stevens Institute of Technology and community partners that was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathalon project. Not only did Empowerhouse take first place in the most affordable category, but the team also partnered with Habitat for Humanity so that families are actually living in these sustainable houses. Recently Empowerhouse was featured in an article in the Planning for Higher Education journal distributed through the Society for College and University Planning.
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