Empowering Cities: Building Urban and Transatlantic Infrastructure

What are successful approaches and polices to the most pressing issues for German and US cities? How can cities and international networks strengthen the transatlantic partnership?

Diego Rivas, Emma Gasster Posted on

The New Urban Progress fellowship spent three years examining and debating how cities can strengthen the transatlantic relationship. The fellows, partners, a project patron, and members of the sounding board participated in an end-of-fellowship discussion on what the most pressing issues are for urban areas in Germany and the United States, how we can deliver policy to address these challenges and why cities are central to the transatlantic partnership.

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The discussion took place at the 2022 Progressive Governance Summit: Joining Forces, in Berlin on October 13th.

Authors

Diego Rivas

Alumnus
At Das Progressive Zentrum, Diego was a Project Manager and primarily coordinated the annual Progressive Governance Summit and the New Urban Progress transatlantic dialogue. Diego is also currently the Get-Out-the-Vote Coordinator for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Democrats Abroad. Before that role he was Chair of Democrats Abroad Berlin and also a Bernie Sanders Delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
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Emma Gasster

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Emma worked as a Junior Communications Manager with the Communications team of Das Progressive Zentrum until March 2024. She graduated from the University of Bremen with a BA in political science and law and is currently studying to attain her master’s degree in social policy.
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