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“I can best use my talents to help engage people in the processes now,” he says. Nocera’s approach to activism, he says, allows him to create change through teaching and inspiring other people and organizations who want to be activists.
CBS affiliate Ted Nesi Comments on Expedition Consulting and the successful $120 million housing bond in Rhode Island
Tips for weaving equity into opioid settlement spending EEP, designed by Nocera, was created to be “broad enough that it could be relevant if you were a town with 9,000 people or if you were a place with a million people … but also specific enough that it was actionable,” he said. It features six focus areas to help officials decide how to disburse settlement funds.
— Kaitlyn Levinson, Assistant Editor, Route Fifty
“Lauren’s work in the drug policy field started with his experiences in community organizing in the early 1990s with then-illegal harm reduction efforts. During his time as Addiction Policy Scholar, Lauren was able to see this work come full circle as he played a central role in securing funding for Rhode Island’s first Overdose Prevention Center.”
— The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law
