Tracy Colunga

Teaching a Micro-Certification at #ICMA2025 in Tampa! 🌴 📍 Public Engagement for Solving Stubborn City Problems
🗓 Oct 26 | 8 AM–12 PM Learn UX design + asset-based strategies to tackle violence, blight & more. Register 👉 conference.icma.org #CivicEngagement @ICMA

After the June 7 ICE raids in Paramount, CA, pastors united in prayer & action. With Colunga & Associates facilitating, and in partnership with the City & Paramount Care Foundation, they’ve launched the #Immigration #Humanitarian Service Program. #faithbased #innovation

Grateful to host Dr. Tim Thompson @Snowmelt_io in my @UCLALuskin grad course on social policy! Zooming in from 🇦🇺, he shared insights on systems #innovation + his research with @FMO_development & @Argidius on funding models that fuel #inclusive economic growth. 🌍 @UCLA

Excited to present at @UN IYC11 at @UCLA! Join us for Poverty Lab – From Struggle to Stability 🌎✨ We’re building bold solutions to break intergenerational poverty cycles. Led by me + my amazing students from @UCLALuskin & @CSULB 🎟️ iycforyouth.org/registration…

Excited to share youth-led innovation in #MontegoBay! Funded by @BloombergDotOrg #YouthClimateActionFund, local youth built a playhouse & community garden from recycled plastic bottles, reducing waste & flooding while creating a cleaner ecosystem. @publicinno @uclg_org

From Kumasi, Ghana to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA, 1000’s of youth are leading the charge against #climatechange in 100 global cities! 🌍🌎 @BloombergDotOrg #YouthClimateAction @publicinno @uclg_org @PattiHarris

Teaching at @ICMA Annual Conference on Public Engagement for Solving Stubborn Problems! City Managers and leaders dove into strategies for #affordablehousing and supporting the unhoused using a six-step approach. #DataAnalytics #ux #resident-engagement @publicinno

Attending the 2024 Earthshot Innovation Camp NYC, co-hosted by @BloombergDotOrg and The @EarthshotPrize, was an inspiring experience during #ClimateWeekNYC and the 79th session of the @UN General Assembly. @MikeBloomberg @PattiHarris @publicinno @KatieAppelDuda

Huge congratulations to Mayor @matthewtuerk and the City of Allentown, PA for announcing the youth winners of the #YouthClimateActionFund! 🌱 @BloombergDotOrg @publicinno @uclg_org lehighvalleynews.com/allento…

🌟 Democracy is alive and thriving in city halls across the globe! Meet my friends, Mayor @matthewtuerk of Allentown, PA, USA 🇺🇸, and Mayor Vernon of @Montego Bay, Jamaica 🇯🇲. These trailblazing mayors are redefining youth engagement. #YouthClimateActionFund @BloombergDotOrg