Paid environmental fellowship for underrepresented graduates ($178,000)

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars ($178,000.00) in the form of a grant, the RAY Fellowship grant, awarded by the Barr Foundation to be administered by the Environment. The grant would fund a two-year, paid fellowship that provides recent college graduates from historically underrepresented communities with the professional experience, mentorship, and leadership development needed to launch careers in the environmental sector.