This document summarizes a workshop on opportunity mapping presented by researchers from the Kirwan Institute. The workshop consisted of three parts: an introduction, a discussion of opportunity mapping and advocacy, and a look toward the future of democratizing data. In the introduction, the presenters provided background on the Kirwan Institute and discussed why mapping is an effective tool for advocacy. They then explained what opportunity mapping is, how it can be used to identify inequities, and potential outcomes of the approach. Finally, they discussed making opportunity maps interactive and accessible online to further their use. The overall workshop aimed to demonstrate how mapping can tell stories about spatial inequities and support advocacy efforts.
The document summarizes a presentation on opportunity mapping and advocacy. It discusses how opportunity mapping can be used to analyze access to opportunities across neighborhoods and identify disparities faced by marginalized groups. Opportunity mapping involves collecting data on indicators like education, employment, housing, and environment at the neighborhood level and analyzing patterns of advantage and disadvantage. The results are mapped to visualize spatial inequities and inform advocacy efforts to promote more equitable communities and expand access to opportunities for all residents.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. The presentation discusses the concept of opportunity and how access to opportunity structures like education, housing, employment, and social networks impact people's likelihood of success. It notes that people of color are more likely to live in areas with fewer opportunities. The presentation outlines how the Kirwan Institute conducts opportunity mapping to analyze disparities in access to opportunities across places. It provides examples of how these maps have informed policies and programs in various locations to improve access to opportunities.
This document discusses using mapping and spatial analysis to advance advocacy and social justice. It provides examples of how opportunity mapping has been used in litigation, research, and policymaking to illustrate disparities, propose solutions, and measure impact. Opportunity mapping combines quantitative data analysis with narrative to identify gaps in access to critical resources and structures. The approach has informed fair housing legal cases, program evaluation, and efforts to direct investment to disadvantaged communities.
The document discusses a meeting on opportunity mapping conducted by the Kirwan Institute. It describes how opportunity mapping can be used to identify disparities in access to opportunity across places and groups. Opportunity is mapped using indices that incorporate data on education, housing, health, and economic conditions. These maps have been used to analyze the distribution of opportunity across states and metropolitan regions to understand inequality and inform policies to improve access.
Regionalism and Regional Equity: Applications for the Detroit Region
John A. Powell argues that regionalism focused on equity can help address challenges facing Detroit and other rust belt cities from sprawl, segregation, and economic change. Structural racism led to fragmented development and uneven access to opportunity. Equitable regionalism could promote inclusive growth through coordinated strategies across communities for housing, education, transportation and other areas to connect residents to regional opportunities. Principles include reducing competition between communities and strategically managing development to expand access to resources for all. Housing is highlighted as a key leverage point to link families to high-quality schools, jobs, services and civic participation. Regional cooperation requires overcoming resistance through inclusive leadership and addressing concerns about
The Kirwan Institute’s past year was marked by wide-ranging accomplishments which touched all three U.S. coastlines and many areas in between, with significant impact right here at The Ohio State University.
The document discusses using a targeted universalism approach to promote racial equity by changing the geography of opportunity. It provides examples of how targeted universal policies in Portland and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program invested in communities hardest hit by crises while also providing access to higher opportunity areas. The document advocates for a multi-faceted approach including opportunity mapping to coordinate regional investments in people, places, and connections to expand access to high opportunity communities.
This document discusses the role of federal policy in promoting or limiting opportunities for low-income people and people of color in America. It provides historical examples of how policies around schooling, housing, transportation and lending influenced racial inequities that persist today. It also examines unemployment insurance and finds that while Black and Latino Americans face higher unemployment rates, they are underrepresented among recipients of unemployment benefits compared to their share of the unemployed population. Geographic distribution of minority groups in states with less generous unemployment systems as well as ineligibility factors may partially explain these disparities.
The document summarizes a presentation on opportunity mapping and advocacy. It discusses how opportunity mapping can be used to analyze access to opportunities across neighborhoods and identify disparities faced by marginalized groups. Opportunity mapping involves collecting data on indicators like education, employment, housing, and environment at the neighborhood level and analyzing patterns of advantage and disadvantage. The results are mapped to visualize spatial inequities and inform advocacy efforts to promote more equitable communities and expand access to opportunities for all residents.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. The presentation discusses the concept of opportunity and how access to opportunity structures like education, housing, employment, and social networks impact people's likelihood of success. It notes that people of color are more likely to live in areas with fewer opportunities. The presentation outlines how the Kirwan Institute conducts opportunity mapping to analyze disparities in access to opportunities across places. It provides examples of how these maps have informed policies and programs in various locations to improve access to opportunities.
This document discusses using mapping and spatial analysis to advance advocacy and social justice. It provides examples of how opportunity mapping has been used in litigation, research, and policymaking to illustrate disparities, propose solutions, and measure impact. Opportunity mapping combines quantitative data analysis with narrative to identify gaps in access to critical resources and structures. The approach has informed fair housing legal cases, program evaluation, and efforts to direct investment to disadvantaged communities.
The document discusses a meeting on opportunity mapping conducted by the Kirwan Institute. It describes how opportunity mapping can be used to identify disparities in access to opportunity across places and groups. Opportunity is mapped using indices that incorporate data on education, housing, health, and economic conditions. These maps have been used to analyze the distribution of opportunity across states and metropolitan regions to understand inequality and inform policies to improve access.
Regionalism and Regional Equity: Applications for the Detroit Region
John A. Powell argues that regionalism focused on equity can help address challenges facing Detroit and other rust belt cities from sprawl, segregation, and economic change. Structural racism led to fragmented development and uneven access to opportunity. Equitable regionalism could promote inclusive growth through coordinated strategies across communities for housing, education, transportation and other areas to connect residents to regional opportunities. Principles include reducing competition between communities and strategically managing development to expand access to resources for all. Housing is highlighted as a key leverage point to link families to high-quality schools, jobs, services and civic participation. Regional cooperation requires overcoming resistance through inclusive leadership and addressing concerns about
The Kirwan Institute’s past year was marked by wide-ranging accomplishments which touched all three U.S. coastlines and many areas in between, with significant impact right here at The Ohio State University.
The document discusses using a targeted universalism approach to promote racial equity by changing the geography of opportunity. It provides examples of how targeted universal policies in Portland and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program invested in communities hardest hit by crises while also providing access to higher opportunity areas. The document advocates for a multi-faceted approach including opportunity mapping to coordinate regional investments in people, places, and connections to expand access to high opportunity communities.
This document discusses the role of federal policy in promoting or limiting opportunities for low-income people and people of color in America. It provides historical examples of how policies around schooling, housing, transportation and lending influenced racial inequities that persist today. It also examines unemployment insurance and finds that while Black and Latino Americans face higher unemployment rates, they are underrepresented among recipients of unemployment benefits compared to their share of the unemployed population. Geographic distribution of minority groups in states with less generous unemployment systems as well as ineligibility factors may partially explain these disparities.
The document summarizes a talk given by John Powell on structural racialization. Powell discusses how, despite the election of Barack Obama, racial inequalities persist in areas like education and the criminal justice system. He argues that prematurely declaring a post-racial status ignores the continued barriers that marginalized groups face. Powell also examines how implicit biases, institutional arrangements, and public policies have collectively contributed to ongoing racial disparities, even without explicitly racist actors.
This document summarizes a presentation given at the Massachusetts State House on mapping communities of opportunity in Massachusetts. It discusses how opportunity matters for life outcomes, how opportunity can be mapped, and the findings of opportunity mapping in Massachusetts. The key findings are that people of color, immigrants, and low-income individuals are disproportionately concentrated in low-opportunity neighborhoods with poor education, economic, and health outcomes. The presentation calls for adopting strategies to open access to opportunities and remedy opportunity isolation by bringing opportunities to deprived areas, connecting people to existing opportunities, and investing in people, places, and linkages.
John A. Powell discussed structural racialization and opportunity in Seattle. He explained that structural racialization involves mutually reinforcing policies and institutions that restrict opportunity and perpetuate racial disparities, often through spatial segregation. Considering how institutions interact as systems is important to understand opportunity and racialized outcomes. Analyzing specific regions requires thinking about structures and social relationships that mediate access to resources like housing, employment, education and transportation.
The Liberty Square Community Development Plan aims to create a vibrant and supportive community environment through developing strong individual and community identities, celebrating student achievements, promoting social justice and global awareness, assisting with life skills, and fostering compassion and respect. Key goals include citizenship, social justice, sustainability, relationships, communication, diversity, and academic success. The plan discusses programming around appreciation of others, compassion, diverse interactions, social responsibility, and academic/professional skills. It also outlines an engagement and training philosophy focused on building relationships to create a community of care and support.
The document discusses asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on identifying and mobilizing community assets rather than deficiencies. It emphasizes that communities possess untapped skills, knowledge, associations, and other resources. ABCD aims to stimulate community-driven development by strengthening local agency and catalyzing change from within. The document contrasts this approach with traditional needs-based frameworks that emphasize problems and promote dependency on external aid.
Future Urban Design for the Emergence of a Fluid Sense of SelfUniversity of Oxford
Given the growing pace of urbanisation and the need for developing cohesive, and resilient communities, it is crucial to discuss how we can better design the space of our future cities. Inspired by the movement of open spaces in cities across the world, resilience theory and the concept of smart cities, I demonstrate that city and human resilience are tightly interlinked and it is possible to positively influence both through utilising the transformative power of open spaces and smart technologies in novel ways. Moreover, drawing on my main line of research on resilience of complex adaptive systems (e.g., people, places and natural systems), I present synthetic ways to rethink urban design and harness the transformative function of flexible structures such as open spaces and pervasive technologies such as Internet of Things to help people and communities explore new sociocultural possibilities that open them up to explore new possibilities, and eventually shifting our shared social realities toward new horizons.
The document provides information about searching for academic resources at the VU University Library (UL). It includes the UL website address, search strategies, selecting keywords, and choosing suitable information sources. Types of sources discussed include religious publications, newspapers, statistical databases, textbooks, and academic databases available through the UL. Questions from attendees are invited at the end.
BuzzTalk gives unprecedented access to unstructured, textual data, providing new market information to support decision making. BuzzTalk offers a revolutionary shift in the way market monitoring and analysis is done, enabling new ways to facing today’s marketing challenge.
The document discusses various insurance and reinsurance stories and transactions that took place in Bermuda during the second half of 2010. It provides 24 brief summaries organized under the headings "Bermuda, One" through "Bermuda, Six". The summaries cover topics such as new companies launching in Bermuda, job cuts, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory reviews, and relocations of companies to and from Bermuda.
Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute presented on using mapping to advocate for equity issues, explaining how maps can effectively display spatial inequities and discussing opportunity mapping projects in various states and regions to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunity indicators. The presentation covered case studies of how opportunity mapping has informed legal services, housing programs, and other advocacy efforts to address racial and social inequities.
Jason Reece gave a lecture on using GIS and mapping for advocacy and promoting equity. He discussed how maps can effectively display spatial inequities related to race, class, and other social factors. He provided examples of opportunity mapping projects conducted by the Kirwan Institute to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunities. Reece explained how these maps have informed programs and policies to improve opportunities for disadvantaged communities.
The document summarizes a presentation on using mapping to advocate for equity and social justice. It discusses how maps can effectively display spatial inequities related to issues like race, region, and social factors. It provides examples of opportunity mapping projects conducted by the Kirwan Institute to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunities across different areas. The presentation highlights case studies where these maps have guided policy decisions and program implementations to promote more equitable communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on using geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to advance social equity and advocacy work. It discusses how GIS mapping can be used to analyze spatial patterns of inequity, identify strategic intervention points, and effectively communicate research findings. Examples are provided of how opportunity mapping analyses in various cities identified neighborhoods lacking access to critical resources and opportunities. The impacts of this work included informing fair housing litigation, program evaluation and design, and regional advocacy efforts. GIS mapping is presented as a powerful tool for researching, understanding, and addressing inequities with a geographic component.
The document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity on opportunity mapping. Opportunity mapping analyzes data on education, economic, housing, and other indicators to create maps showing levels of opportunity across neighborhoods. The Kirwan Institute has conducted such mapping in many states to promote social justice. Reece described early opportunity mapping projects in King County, WA, Baltimore, MD, and Austin, TX that were used for advocacy around fair housing, affordable housing, and improving access to opportunity.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece at the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse conference in 2010. The presentation focused on three main topics: how place-based disadvantage relates to opportunities and outcomes like substance abuse; a model for building communities of opportunity; and a tool called opportunity mapping that quantifies spatial disadvantage. Reece discussed research showing how factors like education, housing, and investment interact systemically to perpetuate disadvantage in some communities.
- Neighborhood opportunity mapping analyzes access to opportunities like education, employment, transportation, and health across regions to understand spatial inequities.
- Maps are powerful visual tools that can efficiently display large amounts of data and tell stories to inform people and help solve problems.
- Research shows living in high poverty, segregated neighborhoods limits access to opportunities and success due to conditions and isolation from resources. This cumulative impact perpetuates inequities over time.
- Opportunity mapping assesses where communities with access to opportunities exist and where underserved communities lack access, to understand and address inequities at a regional scale.
This document provides an overview of a class presentation given by Samir Gambhir of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. The presentation discusses how maps can be used to effectively convey information about issues of equity and social justice. Specifically, maps allow for overlaying multiple data points, telling stories through spatial context, and engaging stakeholders through a visual format. Examples are given of how maps have been used to analyze opportunities for minority-owned businesses, hospital investments relative to minority neighborhoods, and targeting areas for advocacy around policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit.
This document discusses the continuing significance of race and outlines the work of the Kirwan Institute. It argues that while some claim we now live in a post-racial society, racial inequalities still exist in areas like education and the criminal justice system. The foreclosure crisis disproportionately impacted minority communities. Kirwan's mission is to research structural racialization and the impact of implicit bias. Through opportunity mapping and other projects, it aims to promote racial equity and stimulate transformative change. The economic recovery presents both opportunities and challenges to direct funds towards communities hardest hit by the crisis.
This document summarizes a presentation given by researchers from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity to the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation on using maps and GIS to seize opportunities and confront challenges. It provides background on the Kirwan Institute and their work focusing on opportunity mapping. It then discusses two case studies where opportunity mapping was used - in Baltimore, MD to address fair housing issues and in Massachusetts to examine legal services for populations and neighborhoods. The presentation concludes by exploring potential local applications in Duval County, Florida.
The document summarizes a talk given by John Powell on structural racialization. Powell discusses how, despite the election of Barack Obama, racial inequalities persist in areas like education and the criminal justice system. He argues that prematurely declaring a post-racial status ignores the continued barriers that marginalized groups face. Powell also examines how implicit biases, institutional arrangements, and public policies have collectively contributed to ongoing racial disparities, even without explicitly racist actors.
This document summarizes a presentation given at the Massachusetts State House on mapping communities of opportunity in Massachusetts. It discusses how opportunity matters for life outcomes, how opportunity can be mapped, and the findings of opportunity mapping in Massachusetts. The key findings are that people of color, immigrants, and low-income individuals are disproportionately concentrated in low-opportunity neighborhoods with poor education, economic, and health outcomes. The presentation calls for adopting strategies to open access to opportunities and remedy opportunity isolation by bringing opportunities to deprived areas, connecting people to existing opportunities, and investing in people, places, and linkages.
John A. Powell discussed structural racialization and opportunity in Seattle. He explained that structural racialization involves mutually reinforcing policies and institutions that restrict opportunity and perpetuate racial disparities, often through spatial segregation. Considering how institutions interact as systems is important to understand opportunity and racialized outcomes. Analyzing specific regions requires thinking about structures and social relationships that mediate access to resources like housing, employment, education and transportation.
The Liberty Square Community Development Plan aims to create a vibrant and supportive community environment through developing strong individual and community identities, celebrating student achievements, promoting social justice and global awareness, assisting with life skills, and fostering compassion and respect. Key goals include citizenship, social justice, sustainability, relationships, communication, diversity, and academic success. The plan discusses programming around appreciation of others, compassion, diverse interactions, social responsibility, and academic/professional skills. It also outlines an engagement and training philosophy focused on building relationships to create a community of care and support.
The document discusses asset-based community development (ABCD), which focuses on identifying and mobilizing community assets rather than deficiencies. It emphasizes that communities possess untapped skills, knowledge, associations, and other resources. ABCD aims to stimulate community-driven development by strengthening local agency and catalyzing change from within. The document contrasts this approach with traditional needs-based frameworks that emphasize problems and promote dependency on external aid.
Future Urban Design for the Emergence of a Fluid Sense of SelfUniversity of Oxford
Given the growing pace of urbanisation and the need for developing cohesive, and resilient communities, it is crucial to discuss how we can better design the space of our future cities. Inspired by the movement of open spaces in cities across the world, resilience theory and the concept of smart cities, I demonstrate that city and human resilience are tightly interlinked and it is possible to positively influence both through utilising the transformative power of open spaces and smart technologies in novel ways. Moreover, drawing on my main line of research on resilience of complex adaptive systems (e.g., people, places and natural systems), I present synthetic ways to rethink urban design and harness the transformative function of flexible structures such as open spaces and pervasive technologies such as Internet of Things to help people and communities explore new sociocultural possibilities that open them up to explore new possibilities, and eventually shifting our shared social realities toward new horizons.
The document provides information about searching for academic resources at the VU University Library (UL). It includes the UL website address, search strategies, selecting keywords, and choosing suitable information sources. Types of sources discussed include religious publications, newspapers, statistical databases, textbooks, and academic databases available through the UL. Questions from attendees are invited at the end.
BuzzTalk gives unprecedented access to unstructured, textual data, providing new market information to support decision making. BuzzTalk offers a revolutionary shift in the way market monitoring and analysis is done, enabling new ways to facing today’s marketing challenge.
The document discusses various insurance and reinsurance stories and transactions that took place in Bermuda during the second half of 2010. It provides 24 brief summaries organized under the headings "Bermuda, One" through "Bermuda, Six". The summaries cover topics such as new companies launching in Bermuda, job cuts, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory reviews, and relocations of companies to and from Bermuda.
Jason Reece from the Kirwan Institute presented on using mapping to advocate for equity issues, explaining how maps can effectively display spatial inequities and discussing opportunity mapping projects in various states and regions to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunity indicators. The presentation covered case studies of how opportunity mapping has informed legal services, housing programs, and other advocacy efforts to address racial and social inequities.
Jason Reece gave a lecture on using GIS and mapping for advocacy and promoting equity. He discussed how maps can effectively display spatial inequities related to race, class, and other social factors. He provided examples of opportunity mapping projects conducted by the Kirwan Institute to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunities. Reece explained how these maps have informed programs and policies to improve opportunities for disadvantaged communities.
The document summarizes a presentation on using mapping to advocate for equity and social justice. It discusses how maps can effectively display spatial inequities related to issues like race, region, and social factors. It provides examples of opportunity mapping projects conducted by the Kirwan Institute to analyze access to education, jobs, housing and other opportunities across different areas. The presentation highlights case studies where these maps have guided policy decisions and program implementations to promote more equitable communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on using geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to advance social equity and advocacy work. It discusses how GIS mapping can be used to analyze spatial patterns of inequity, identify strategic intervention points, and effectively communicate research findings. Examples are provided of how opportunity mapping analyses in various cities identified neighborhoods lacking access to critical resources and opportunities. The impacts of this work included informing fair housing litigation, program evaluation and design, and regional advocacy efforts. GIS mapping is presented as a powerful tool for researching, understanding, and addressing inequities with a geographic component.
The document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity on opportunity mapping. Opportunity mapping analyzes data on education, economic, housing, and other indicators to create maps showing levels of opportunity across neighborhoods. The Kirwan Institute has conducted such mapping in many states to promote social justice. Reece described early opportunity mapping projects in King County, WA, Baltimore, MD, and Austin, TX that were used for advocacy around fair housing, affordable housing, and improving access to opportunity.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Jason Reece at the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse conference in 2010. The presentation focused on three main topics: how place-based disadvantage relates to opportunities and outcomes like substance abuse; a model for building communities of opportunity; and a tool called opportunity mapping that quantifies spatial disadvantage. Reece discussed research showing how factors like education, housing, and investment interact systemically to perpetuate disadvantage in some communities.
- Neighborhood opportunity mapping analyzes access to opportunities like education, employment, transportation, and health across regions to understand spatial inequities.
- Maps are powerful visual tools that can efficiently display large amounts of data and tell stories to inform people and help solve problems.
- Research shows living in high poverty, segregated neighborhoods limits access to opportunities and success due to conditions and isolation from resources. This cumulative impact perpetuates inequities over time.
- Opportunity mapping assesses where communities with access to opportunities exist and where underserved communities lack access, to understand and address inequities at a regional scale.
This document provides an overview of a class presentation given by Samir Gambhir of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. The presentation discusses how maps can be used to effectively convey information about issues of equity and social justice. Specifically, maps allow for overlaying multiple data points, telling stories through spatial context, and engaging stakeholders through a visual format. Examples are given of how maps have been used to analyze opportunities for minority-owned businesses, hospital investments relative to minority neighborhoods, and targeting areas for advocacy around policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit.
This document discusses the continuing significance of race and outlines the work of the Kirwan Institute. It argues that while some claim we now live in a post-racial society, racial inequalities still exist in areas like education and the criminal justice system. The foreclosure crisis disproportionately impacted minority communities. Kirwan's mission is to research structural racialization and the impact of implicit bias. Through opportunity mapping and other projects, it aims to promote racial equity and stimulate transformative change. The economic recovery presents both opportunities and challenges to direct funds towards communities hardest hit by the crisis.
This document summarizes a presentation given by researchers from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity to the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation on using maps and GIS to seize opportunities and confront challenges. It provides background on the Kirwan Institute and their work focusing on opportunity mapping. It then discusses two case studies where opportunity mapping was used - in Baltimore, MD to address fair housing issues and in Massachusetts to examine legal services for populations and neighborhoods. The presentation concludes by exploring potential local applications in Duval County, Florida.
The document summarizes a speech given by John Powell on race, place, and access to opportunity. Powell discusses how structures and policies can interact to create and perpetuate racial disparities, even without racist actors. He argues that opportunity is unevenly distributed based on race due to a history of discriminatory policies across domains like housing, education, and transportation. Changing implicit biases and aligning values and structures are important for promoting equitable access to opportunities for all.
The document discusses strategies for building opportunity communities by connecting people to opportunities and remedying opportunity isolation. It argues that a crisis presents an opportunity for transformative change, including rethinking narratives around opportunity and redesigning institutions to ensure all people can participate. Specifically, it proposes adopting opportunity-based approaches to housing and development to connect marginalized groups with jobs, schools, services and civic life in high-opportunity areas through both in-place improvements and mobility programs.
John A. Powell discussed structural racialization and opportunity structures. Structural racialization refers to how institutions interact to produce racialized outcomes, even without racist intent. Opportunity structures like housing, employment, education are not equally available to all people. Some benefit from structures that act like an "up escalator" while others face structures like a "down escalator". A systems approach is needed to address how global trends and changing conditions impact opportunity.
15 Minute Neighbourhoods - University of the Arts - Group 3Noel Hatch
Here are potential responses to your questions:
- While keeping the overall design grounded and realistic, incorporating some speculative/futuristic elements could help envision possibilities and spark imagination. Balance is key.
- Designing one flagship space as a proof of concept is realistic, but considering connections to the wider neighborhood context is important for accessibility and community buy-in.
- Reaching out directly to residents for input is ideal, but the council may have privacy concerns. Partnering with local community organizations who already have relationships/trust could be a good alternative for gathering perspectives.
- When contacting residents, framing it as student/academic research for a potential future council project, rather than a definite council initiative, allows for open discussion
Soapbox IDEALAB Movement Makers: Evelyn Burnett & Mordecai Cargill, Cleveland...Raise Your Share
Evelyn Burnett and Mordecai Cargill presented at IDEALAB Movement Makers 2017 representing Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, an intermediary with a mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity throughout the city. CNP and engaged partners embarked on a learning journey to increase their shared understanding of racial inequality, to foster productive dialogue among community stakeholders and civic leaders and to determine strategies.
This document summarizes an opportunity mapping study conducted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The study identified indicators in five areas (education, economic opportunity, housing, health, and environment) to measure opportunity across neighborhoods. Data for these indicators was analyzed to create an opportunity index and map census tracts into quintiles of opportunity. The analysis found Section 8 housing was primarily concentrated in low-opportunity areas, which may limit choice and contribute to disadvantage. Next steps proposed updating the analysis with new data and further neighborhood studies.
The document discusses opportunity mapping conducted by the Kirwan Institute to analyze how low-income and racial/ethnic groups are situated within states and metropolitan regions. Opportunity maps can illuminate neighborhoods at risk of low opportunity, where affordable housing is needed in high opportunity areas, and conditions impacting children's development. The analysis examines indicators like education, economic opportunity, mobility, health, and neighborhood quality. Subsidized housing in regions like Baltimore is often clustered in predominantly African American, low opportunity areas. The remedy proposed following litigation must provide desegregative housing units in high opportunity areas and be regional in scope.
The document discusses regionalism and expanding opportunities for all communities. It summarizes that opportunities are unevenly distributed based on racialized systems and policies. True regionalism requires comprehensive investment in people and neighborhoods to uplift the entire region. Equitable regionalism means giving every community a voice in development and ensuring fair access to opportunity structures.
This document discusses futurecasting the role of community foundations in Canada in 2025 and beyond. It identifies several trends and themes that will impact community foundations, including fiscal and political dynamics, trends in philanthropy, and macro themes related to community well-being such as an aging population, poverty, social innovation, and climate change. The document calls on community foundations to take proactive steps to build resilient and prosperous communities by addressing underlying social problems, fostering collaboration, and generating transformative social change.
The presentation discusses research on interpreting visual regional planning scenarios. Interviews with planners found the regional scenario was challenging to interpret and did not clearly communicate community values. Further research is needed to establish formal visual conventions for regional planning and test scenarios with textual support and public participation. Improving scenario communication could help implement regional visions through local decisions over decades.
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This document summarizes a presentation on broadband availability and its relationship to race, income, and location. It explores these relationships through case studies of Los Angeles, Chicago, and South Carolina. The main findings are that income was a more significant determinant of broadband deployment than race alone, availability varies between urban and rural areas, and adoption remains an issue even with some level of competition and availability. Going forward, the researchers intend to further examine availability versus adoption, the role of cost and service type, and speed. Data and technical challenges for the analysis are also discussed.
This document provides recommendations for updating Ohio's 1980 diversity policy. It recommends reaffirming commitment to diversity and reducing racial isolation. It also recommends supporting voluntary diversity policies, conducting diversity assessments of new schools/closures, diversifying staff, expanding diversity training, limiting zero tolerance policies, expanding successful magnet programs, monitoring referral rates and representation in advanced courses, and promoting comprehensive counseling programs. The goal is to foster inclusive, equitable and diverse learning environments.
This document summarizes the history of school desegregation efforts in the United States following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. It discusses the phases of desegregation including massive resistance in the South, courts enforcing desegregation through rulings like Green v. County School Board and Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg, desegregation moving to northern states through cases like Keyes v. School District No. 1 and Penick v. Columbus Board of Education, and the limiting of desegregation through rulings like Milliken v. Bradley. It also examines trends of resegregation and the impacts of segregation on opportunities and outcomes.
This document discusses potential reasons for the underrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos among unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries. It finds that:
1) African Americans and Latinos experienced higher unemployment during the recession but were also overrepresented among the long-term unemployed.
2) While recipiency rates were around 40% for whites, they were lower for African Americans and Latinos, ranging from 32-39%.
3) Geographic distribution of racial groups may play a role, as African Americans and Latinos are more concentrated in states with lower UI recipiency rates. Implicit bias and discretion in the UI system could also potentially contribute to underrepresentation of minorities.
This document summarizes a seminar on access to higher education presented by Jason Reece at Ohio State University. The seminar discussed unequal access to higher education in Ohio as a form of inequity and examined what drives disparate educational outcomes in the state and what can be done to improve access. Reece, a senior researcher at the Kirwan Institute, explored how systemic barriers to higher education represent inequity in Ohio and how providing greater access promotes greater equity.
This document discusses facing issues of race and humanity. It notes that while we may unconsciously think about and hold biases related to race even with sincerely egalitarian attitudes, avoiding discussions of race does not make bias go away. Having open conversations about race, though difficult, is important. It concludes by providing information about the Kirwan Institute and its work related to issues of race.
Community engagement builds social capital by cultivating long-term relationships and developing a shared community vision. However, community engagement has declined as private life replaces public life and diversity decreases social capital. Disadvantaged communities face additional challenges to engagement like decades of disinvestment, poverty, and underperforming schools. To rebuild engagement requires long-term efforts that empower local leadership, allow diverse voices to be heard, and foster trust through shared responsibility between community groups.
This document discusses critical race theory and the intersection of race and class. It makes three key points:
1) Race and class are co-constitutive and intersect at individual, group, and societal levels, shaping identity and inequality over time. The exclusion of non-whites from New Deal programs entrenched structural racial inequality.
2) Opportunity structures in domains like housing, employment, education sort individuals and groups in racialized ways. A shift is needed to examine how institutions collectively racialize opportunities.
3) Corporate power increasingly shapes key areas of life and diminishes public and private spaces, with implications for civil rights that are debated in issues like Citizens United.
The document discusses structural barriers to opportunity and how they disproportionately impact marginalized communities. It provides an overview of the Kirwan Institute's work studying how systems produce racial inequities and analyzing neighborhoods' access to opportunities like education and employment. It then examines how policies historically enforced inequity and how racial segregation persists spatially and in schools. The document concludes by analyzing disparate impacts of the recent recession, like higher unemployment rates for Black and Latino communities in Ohio.
I apologize, upon further reflection my previous statement about "conscious or unconscious" was an oversimplification. Implicit biases are complex and exist within social, historical, and institutional contexts that shape our perceptions and behaviors in ways that are not always conscious or intentional. A more nuanced understanding is needed.
The document discusses the disproportionate impacts of the recession on minorities and calls for a more equitable recovery. It summarizes data showing higher unemployment rates among minorities, in areas with larger minority populations, and at the intersections of geography and race. While the stimulus provided relief, more targeted investments are needed to assist communities hardest hit and develop opportunities for minorities. The Kirwan Institute advocates for policies that combine universal goals with targeted approaches to promote a fair recovery.
This document discusses the impacts of the recession and economic crisis. It notes that the recession has hit communities unevenly across states and demographics. Certain groups, such as Black and Latino youth, have faced particularly high unemployment rates. The response to the recession through policies like the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act aimed to stimulate the economy and assist those most impacted, but there are questions around whether the recovery has reached all communities equally and how future policies and investments can better promote equity.
This document discusses approaches to diversity in the 21st century United States. It notes that the U.S. population is highly diverse, with the largest ethnic groups being non-Hispanic whites, Latinos, African Americans, and Asians. In higher education, 64.4% of students are white with the remaining being various minority groups. The document advocates moving beyond a numerical definition of diversity to a contextual approach that considers power structures and marginalization. It argues for recognizing how differences are socially constructed rather than natural in order to implement meaningful diversity initiatives.
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1. ARC – Facing Race 2010 National Conference
Chicago, IL
September 24th 2010
Presented by:
Jason Reece
Senior Researcher
Samir Gambhir
Senior GIS Associate
The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
The Ohio State University
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2. Today’s Workshop (3 Parts)
Introduction
Learning from you…
What use Mapping
Opportunity Mapping and Advocacy
What is it?
What can it be used for?
Outcomes?
The Future – Democratizing Data
Web Based & Interactive Opportunity Maps
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4. More about us…
Multidisciplinary applied research
institute
Our mission is to expand opportunity
for all, especially for our most
marginalized communities
Founded in 2003 by john powell
(executive director)
Opportunity Communities Program
○ Opening pathways to opportunity for
marginalized communities through
investments in people, places and
supporting linkages
○ Disrupting systems of disadvantage
○ Opportunity mapping, Regional Equity,
Neighborhood Revitalization,
Opportunity Based Housing
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5. Learning from you…
Why are you interested in mapping?
What do you hope to learn in this workshop?
Have you tried using mapping in your
organizing and advocacy?
Why did you use it?
How was it helpful?
What were the challenges?
Are you interested in using mapping – but
haven’t tried it yet?
Why not? What are the impediments & obstacles?
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6. Using Mapping For Advocacy:
Space and Regional Equity
Why are maps particularly effective in
dealing with issues of equity?
Regional, racial and social inequity often
manifest as spatial inequity
Maps are naturally the best tools to display this
spatial phenomena
Other disciplines and sectors are using
multivariate mapping to problem solve
Private industry
Public sector
○ NSP
○ Recent interest in mapping by HUD for supporting
sustainable communities
See recent Urban Institute report
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7. So Why Mapping?
Mapping visually represents
the cumulative effects of
opportunity segregation
Also a strong analytical tool to
look at disparate impact
(especially those impacts
which are spatial and racial in
nature)
• One map may contain tens of
thousands of pieces of information
than can be understood in seconds
A good map can enable you to
tell a story or solve a problem
• Research has shown that people can
solve problems faster with map based
information, than by looking at charts,
tables or graphs
8. Think of Mapping as a Tool:
It ban be used for positive or negative purposes.
E.g. Mapping for Inequity – Redlining to support
institutionalized disinvestment
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10. Opportunity Matters: Space, Place, and Life
Outcomes
“Opportunity” is a situation or condition that places individuals in a position
to be more likely to succeed or excel.
Opportunity structures are critical to opening pathways to success:
High-quality education
Healthy and safe environment
Stable housing
Sustainable employment
Political empowerment
Outlets for wealth-building
Positive social networks
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11. Systems Thinking: We are all situated within
“opportunity structures”
Physical
Social Cultural
Outcomes
&
Behaviors
These structures interact in ways that produce racialized outcomes for different groups, but also
in ways that influence identity
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12. Place and Opportunity Structures:
Neighborhoods & Access to Opportunity
Five decades of research
indicate that your environment
has a profound impact on your
access to opportunity and
likelihood of success
High poverty areas with poor
employment, underperforming
schools, distressed housing
and public health/safety risks
depress life outcomes
A system of disadvantage
Many manifestations
○ Urban, rural, suburban
People of color are far more
likely to live in opportunity
deprived neighborhoods and
communities
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13. Our understanding of opportunity has shifted with
time….from a one- dimensional understanding…
• One variable can explain
why differential
outcomes.
…to a multi-dimensional understanding….
• Structural Inequality
– Example: a Bird in a cage.
Examining one bar cannot
explain why a bird cannot fly.
But multiple bars, arranged in
specific ways, reinforce each
other and trap the bird.
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14. Neighborhoods and Systemic
Disadvantage: Interactive
Source: Barbara Reskin. http://faculty.uwashington.edu/reskin/
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15. Systems are dynamic and create feedback
loops: E.g. the cycle of school segregation
School Lower Educational
Segregation Outcomes for Urban
(Economic) School Districts
Increased Flight
Neighborhood
of Affluent
(Housing)
Families from
Segregation
Urban Areas
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16. Access to Opportunity &
Marginalized Groups
Some people ride the “Up” Others have to run up
escalator to reach the “Down” escalator
opportunity to get there
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17. The Communities of Opportunity Model
and Fair Housing
Everyone should have fair access to the
critical opportunity structures needed to
succeed in life.
Low Opportunity neighborhoods limit the
development of human capital
A Community of Opportunity approach
can develop pathways that result in
increased social and economic health,
benefiting everyone
Looking at people, places and linkages
○ Linkages = building connections to areas of
opportunity
○ Example: Opportunity based fair housing
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18. Forming a New Narrative:
The Opportunity Framework
Deliberate, coordinated, and
regional investments in people,
places, and linkages
Two-pronged approach:
○ Targeted in-place, urban
revitalization strategies
○ Mobility-based investments
for marginalized residents to
access high opportunity
communities’
These are Not opposing strategies! A sustainable,
transformative development strategy requires both
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19. Mapping Opportunity: Why and How
The Kirwan Institute has conducted
“opportunity mapping” for states and
metropolitan regions across the US
Projects in at least a dozen states
○ Full State Analysis: MA, CT, OH, FL
○ Regions: Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta,
Baltimore, Washington D.C., Detroit, Austin,
Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York, Houston, New
Orleans
Why identify the “State of Opportunity”
How are low-income groups situated in the State?
How are racial and ethnic groups situated?
How does housing intersect with race, class and
opportunity
What can be done to improve the opportunity
landscape?
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20. Mapping Communities of Opportunity:
Methods and Indicators
How do you map opportunity?
Data representing community conditions was gathered for
neighborhood (census tracts) across the state or region
○ Data for all indicators of community conditions was aggregated
to the Census Tract level and analyzed to create a
comprehensive opportunity index for the census tracts
(neighborhoods) throughout the state or region
The opportunity index is then mapped and census tracts are
broken into quintiles based on their opportunity score
○ Very Low, Low, Moderate, High, Very High
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21. Sample Indicators: From Recent King
County Opportunity Mapping Analysis
Education
Housing & Neighborhood
Student poverty rates Health
Reading/Math test scores Home ownership rates
Adult educational attainment Crime incidence
Teacher qualifications Vacancy rates
Graduation rate Home value appreciation
Neighborhood poverty rates
Population change
ECONOMIC HEALTH Proximity to parks/open space
Proximity to employment Proximity to toxic waste release sites
Commute times
Job growth trends
Business start trends
Unemployment rate All indicators grounded in social science research
Public assistance rate literature, also indicators can be more narrowly
tailored to meet the needs of particular populations
(e.g. public housing residents).
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23. Example of an Opportunity Map:
Detroit MI
(Dark Areas = Most Opportunity
Rich Communities)
(Light Areas = Most Opportunity
Deprived Areas)
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24. MA Legal Services and
Opportunity Communities
Background on this project
Originated from effort to incorporate
mapping analysis into legal services
Partners
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute,
MA Legal Assistance Corp (foundation)
and other Legal Services Entities
Year long process of meeting with
stakeholders to understand mapping
needs and issues
Training with service providers &
agencies (using mapping for
programming)
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29. Applications and Impact
Program design and use within legal services
New programming – proposed “Adopt A Zip Code”
program
Use in exploring client concerns/challenges
State level program design (public sector)
New $5 million state affordable housing program,
targeted to high opportunity communities (see press
release)
Targeting of $21 million in NSP funds to low opportunity
communities by the MA Department of Housing and
Community Development
Implementation still unfolding
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31. Other Project Impacts: CT
Connecticut
“The mapping is guiding our next round of
fair housing testing…our mapping report has
been identified by the CT Department of
Economic and Community Development as
one of the three central principles that will
guide its planning over the next five years.”
○ Erin Boggs, CT Fair Housing Center
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32. Other Projects Impacts &
Activities
Baltimore
Remedial proposal in Thompson v. HUD
Chicago (Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities)
Use in advising voucher holders in neighborhood selection
Austin
Use in evaluating city’s affordable housing investments
Related Project: Washington County, OR
Advised on opportunity map created by the County included in recent
consolidated plan for County
○ Exploring application in planning activities for the broader Portland region
Child Development
Jacksonville, FL & the Duvall County children’s commission
Evaluation of stimulus/NSP activities
Florida
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33. Moving Forward - Strategies
What is this information/approach useful for?
Diagnostics and targeted investments
Identifying areas of opportunity and challenges
○ Opportunities
Opportunities for investment
- Targeting services better, targeting programs
○ Challenges
E.g. foreclosure patterns – interconnections between foreclosure
and children in need
Looking at broader policy issues and concern
Communications – using maps to illustrate areas of concern, areas
of opportunity, broader community discussions
A powerful tool to help produce a collaborative process
around opportunity isolation among diverse constituencies
34. Moving Forward - Strategies
Spend time identifying areas of concern/need prior to
mapping
Targeted inquiries and analysis (areas of concern, areas of
opportunities for progress)
Diagnostics (programs, investments etc.)
Consider mapping to help address broader challenges
Planning and strategy, communications, public discourse,
advocacy – outreach, stakeholder, informing program design
○ Comprehensive opportunity maps more useful in this role
Be aware of data challenges
Access to data sometimes a limiting factor
35. Want to Learn More?
Resources & Reference Materials
Mapping for Social Justice
The Kirwan Institute Study:
○ Utilizing GIS to Support Advocacy and
Social Justice
More on Opportunity Mapping
The Kirwan Institute Reports
○ Communities of Opportunity: A
Framework for an Equitable &
Sustainable Future
○ The Geography of Opportunity: A Review
of Opportunity Mapping Research
Initiatives
All Available on-line at: kirwaninstitute.org
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36. Want to Learn More?
Resources & Reference Materials
Mapping & Advocacy – Two recent
articles from Clearinghouse Review
Jason Reece and Eric Schultheis. Poverty’s Place:
The Use of Geographic Information Systems in
Poverty Advocacy. Clearinghouse Review Journal of
Poverty Law and Policy. January-February 2009.
Maya Roy and Jason Reece. Poverty’s Place
Revisited: Mapping for Justice & Democratizing Data
to Combat Poverty. Clearinghouse Review Journal of
Poverty Law and Policy. July/August 2010.
To access, visit Clearinghouse
Review at:
www.povertylaw.org/clearinghouse-review
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37. Web Based and Interactive Opportunity Maps
http://www.kirwaninstitute.org/connect/king-county-wa-opportunity-mapping.html
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