Local Data for Equitable Communities

by Gabe Samuels

Utilizing mixed methods to understand community experiences and form more equitable solutions

Community groups are using data to address environmental racism and resulting health disparities.

Two grant programs to local nonprofits build local data capacity and show the need and opportunity for local investments.

Local groups are using data to advance equity by supporting tenant organizing, residential mobility, and housing quality and stability.

Thirty-eight local nonprofit organizations are using data to improve community conditions that have been shaped by structural racism.

This guide provides support to groups interested in bringing information to back to the people represented in the data.

Leveraging surveys and interviews provided as a starting point for bringing stakeholders together to improve community health.

Examining the relationship between eviction prevention programs and eviction patterns in Dallas to keep families in their homes.

Access to reliable and credible data is important in any crisis, and this blog post outlines four ways local partners can contribute.

There is a need for ongoing investments in data-to-action initiatives, which effectively build community-wide data capacity.

Drafting a Community Bill of Rights grounded in community members’ lived experience.

Sharing a field example and guidance for organizations seeking to build capacity to use data for community change.

A unique collaboration in Cleveland uncovered how COVID-19 affected the health and sustainability of the region’s childcare system and pro

Informing best practices for data collection efforts during and after the pandemic.

Resident-led research collaborations can be a key strategy to begin undoing the systemic exclusion of communities of color in research.

Collaborating with resident researchers can be one of the most impactful ways of ceding institutional power to local communities.

To tackle racism as a public health emergency, we need to disaggregate data by race and ethnicity.

The effect of social determinants has become clear, as communities of color and low-income communities battle COVID-19 disproportionately.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the City of Minneapolis, local funders, and community groups knew they could turn to the Center for Urban…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, 211 has become a lifeline for many families in the US as they struggle with financial stress, housing…

During this challenging year, philanthropy has taken critical steps to mobilize and deploy resources outside of traditional grantmaking.

Small businesses employ almost half of workers across the country, and many are the retail and service businesses most affected by the…

The COVID-19 pandemic and the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and other Black Americans at the hands of police have laid bare the