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Empowering Communities: New Orleans Builds Resilience Through Community-Based Power Supplies

The City of New Orleans and FUSE partnered in 2022 to bring Ruda Pollard on as an Executive Fellow, where he supported the implementation of a pilot of microgrids and community resilience nodes in areas of the city with many...

New Orleans Looks to Solar for a More Resilient Future

By Ashley Silver. Originally published in Government Technology.

Atlanta Has an Affordable Housing Problem. Can John Legend Help?

Story originally published in Capital B Atlanta. In the pews of Atlanta First United Methodist Church in Downtown, John Legend is listening to a story from the Rev....

Resource Guide: How To Create A Successful Digital Equity Strategy

Digital Equity is necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.

UG partners with FUSE to host our first-ever Housing Exec Fellow

“Addressing housing is critical to our economic success,” said Interim County Administrator Cheryl Harrison-Lee. “Mr. Bright will be joining our team as we kick-off our UG Forward economic...

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Increasing Economic Opportunities Through a Human-Centered Lens

As a FUSE Executive Fellow, Autumn McDonald (2015-16) worked with the San Francisco Office of the Mayor to help lead a women's economic empowerment agenda, which included shaping policies and public-private initiatives, as well as designing the Bay Area Women’s...

From Founder to Accelerator

As a FUSE Executive Fellow, Hua Wang (2018-19) worked with the District of Columbia Office of the City Administrator to help implement an integrated approach to customer service.

FUSE Best Practices for Advancing Racial Equity: Community Engagement and Data

Data alone won’t reveal the context and causes of racial disparities in transportation, policing and many other municipal services.