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Written by: Alex Frank, GARE’s Director of Root Solutions to Public Safety “History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” – Maya Angelou The above words are inscribed on the wall outside of the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama...
Collaboration with GARE and Five Jurisdictions Produces Mapping Tool for Government In communities across the US, public and private sector organizations are working to advance racial equity and social justice. Governments, in particular, are seeking to ensure that their constituents have...
Although water supply issues have risen to the national stage in recent years with media coverage of the Flint crisis and #NODAPL movement, there remains little ongoing national attention placed on the social justice implications of low water quality. In this post, we discuss the impact of new...
Libraries are often considered one of the foremost democratic institutions in America . However, the American library system as a whole has struggled with issues of diversity, equity and inclusion . In this post, we speak with Christy Mulligan on how the GARE framework has helped to establish...
Spatial Data and Decision-Making with Alison Beason, Senior Policy Analyst for the City of Tacoma What makes a city inclusive and livable? How can cities use their own locally-collected data to determine the areas and neighborhoods that have the biggest disparities? In this post, we speak...
The City of Asheville was recently awarded the North Carolina G. Herbert Stout Award for Visionary Use of GIS in support of the City’s Mapping Racial Equity project . Asheville was recognized during the 2019 N.C. GIS Conference in Winston-Salem. City Council officials received the award...
This City of Gainesville recently passed a motion committing to racial equity which included the following components: 1) A resolution stating the city's commitment to racial equity that will be a part of our strategic framework 2) A reorganization/realignment of our Office of Equal...
The Waco City Council is putting the issue of racial equity on the front burner after holding a four-hour retreat Thursday on helping the city’s nonwhite majority to catch up in economic and health standards. The council asked city staff to draft a slate of policy recommendations to make...
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