Co-imagining a day space for folks navigating substance use issues and housing insecurity — Editors Note: Foreword written by Sabrina Dorsainvil presenting a research reflection by Felice Ling and Cecilia Ackerman. This piece is centered on the research, design and implementation of the Engagement Center (EC), a low barrier space for people navigating substance use issues and housing insecurity in Boston, MA. This space…

Reflections on City Hall, Time, and Civic Design — Ava Nordling is the inaugural 2022 Civic Design Fellow working to support the Summer 2022 Youth Civic Design Fellows as a part of the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Civic Design Cohort. This cohort explores city government and the practice of civic design while supporting ongoing MONUM projects. …

Melissa DePina is a 2022 Youth Civic Design Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Civic Design Cohort. This cohort explores city government and the practice of civic design while supporting ongoing MONUM projects. …

Ellis Seul is a 2022 Youth Civic Design Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Civic Design Cohort. This cohort explores city government and the practice of civic design while supporting ongoing MONUM projects. …

Sara Lopez is a 2022 Youth Civic Design Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics Civic Design Cohort. This cohort explores city government and the practice of civic design while supporting ongoing MONUM projects. …

Bailey Siber (she/her) wasa 2022 Summer Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, working with the Boston Public Library and the MBTA to imagine new partnerships at the intersection of transit and library resources. During the height of this summer’s wave of heat emergencies, several of MONUM’s Youth…

Henry Tonks (he/him) was a 2022 Summer Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, who worked with the Streets Cabinet and the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion to imagine more vibrant and equitably opportunities for vending on city streets. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Boston…

Gideon Emmanuel is a 2022 Summer Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, exploring existing and future supports for employee mental health and wellbeing across the municipal workforce. ​​The public sector workforce is having a tough moment. According to research conducted by the MissionSquare research institute, “more than…

Sol Tangvik (she/her) is a 2022 Summer Fellow with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, working with the Office of Budget Management and the Office of Language and Communications Access to build the second iteration of Moving Through the Budget, a prototype to use movement therapy to engage residents…