This document provides information about a project called HealthyCity.org that aims to use mapping technology and community-driven research to address social inequities. It does this by connecting community knowledge to data visualized on maps, supporting advocacy strategies, and providing online tools and resources. The document outlines how HealthyCity.org can be used by community groups, researchers, policymakers and others to map local data, find partners and resources, and fuel social change initiatives in their communities.

1. Information + action for social change

2. Why Are Maps Useful
Visualizations?
• Help reveal larger place-based
dynamics that numbers by
themselves cannot
• Connect community knowledge and data to location
• Support strategy through communicating patterns to a
broad audience, clearly, quickly, and dramatically

3. Healthy City is a project of…
A public policy change organization
rooted in the civil rights movement

4. …is an information + action resource that unites rigorous
research, community voices and innovative technologies
to solve the root causes of social inequity
ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGY DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT :
www.HealthyCity.org
Work ON‐THE‐GROUND to develop
targeted research/policy strategies
and web tools
COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB
Training community groups to lead
and sustain action‐oriented research &
technology projects

5. HealthyCity.org is a statewide
resources that enables you to:
• Find community resources and partners
• Map, Chart & Rank community data
• Upload data & Share your community’s story

6. Who Uses HealthyCity.org?
Case Funder
Manager
Service HealthyCity.org Community
Provider Organizer
Website
Grant Researcher
Policy
Writer
Advocate
…to fuel social change and improve our communities

7. Today you will learn how to:
1. Find data for your community to assess the past,
present and future.
2. Create maps that visually communicate your
advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
3. Upload & map data that you collect in order to
see the distribution of your clients, members,
facilities, or other organizations.
4. Access additional features with a free Healthy
City account.

9. 1.
Find data:
You’re part of a BHC and want to find
data about your community

10. Click on Change to
select your geography

11. Select
“County”, then
“Fresno”

12. Click a “Target”
to select data

13. Choose a
category

14. Choose a
sub-category

15. Select a different
indicator
Births in Fresno County:
2,044 births were to Mothers
under age 20 which was about
12.99% of total births

16. Ability to view
different types of
charts
Shortcut to map of
this data

17. Click
Show/Hide
description to
see details
Universe,
Source, Year Click Show/Hide List
to see data level
used for
aggregation

18. Click Show/Hide List to
see list of geographies
used to aggregate

19. How does this compare
to the state of California?

21. View other years of
data or multiple
years at once

23. Learn about our data

26. Data Source Tips for
Trending Data
Key Points to Keep in Mind:
• How old is the data?
• At what data level/geography is it available?
• How frequently is it updated?
• How complete is the data?
• What are the pros and cons for a specific dataset?

27. ACS v. Census
ACS Census
• 1-year, 3-year, 5-year • Every 10 years
estimates
• Data Level: Census Tract, • Data Level: Census Block thru
City, County, Congressional State
District State
• Has margins of error • No margins of error
• Detailed demographic, • Basic population and housing
housing, financial, social data data
• Free • Free

29. Learn about our
point data

31. Data Visualizations
Pie charts are useful for showing significant
differences in percentages as parts of a whole.
*Remember—values need to add up to 100%
Line graphs are useful for
showing changes over time.
Bar graphs are useful for
comparing data between different
groups.

32. Finding Data
Questions?

33. 2.
Create maps that visually
communicate your advocacy
message to impact policy
decisions

34. Click on Change to
select your geography