Abstract
Social Justice Goes Geospatial
Track: Health and Human Services
Author
Urban Strategies is a nonprofit intermediary that supports community change efforts to build healthy, vibrant neighborhoods. We have a strong research and technology team and use GIS heavily to empower low income communities of color, promoting data-driven decision making processes in local government and to aid resident groups and community building partners to access information on their communities.
We use web mapping and data warehouses to further our goal of data democratization and also provide training to nonprofits and community groups on the use of GIS in their efforts. We conduct advanced spatial analysis to help health services understand their users/communities and study accessibility of government services. We use GIS to examine the changes in our social fabric and to help people understand the issues of development, community safety, population migration and economic security.
Social Justice is about empowering people and GIS is a powerful tool for this goal!
Steve Spiker
Urban Strategies Council
672 13th St
Oakland, California 94612
United States
Phone: 5104632880
E-mail: steves@urbanstrategies.org