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Sustainable solutions to Los Angeles� wicked problems: Using human rights to implement the SDGs in LA

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Project description

In the Fall of 2018, the University of Southern California (USC) initiated a practicum that tested the application of human rights principles to operationalizing the SDGs at a local level. The practicum was coordinated by the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health in support of the LA Mayor�s Office city-led SDGs initiative involving several local academic institutions.Given the city�s public commitment to alleviating homelessness, the students identified a need for and an opportunity to reexamine the issue from a combined SDG/human rights perspective. The practicum sought not only to find �gaps� but to use human rights standards to make evidence-based recommendations to the city.

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Location United States

Organization University of Southern California

Project aims

To this end, the practicum aimed to train students in applying the SDG framework to local issues, cross-disciplinary research methods, community engagement and to provide students with experience working with stakeholders from multiple sectors.

Project outcome

The methodology for the analysis was meticulously documented with students and faculty recording the reasoning behind each decision made, as well as the process used.The Los Angeles Mayor�s office received the initial report and recommendations, and brought these findings into their internal discussions as well as using the practicum�s findings to help generate the next phase of the work at Occidental College.