Equity

Activities Online Guides Projects Publications Webinars


NNIP partners share a mission to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use information to advance equity and well-being across neighborhoods. Partners highlight and address inequities among different areas and racial groups and support stakeholders working towards more equitable solutions.
Related Activities:
Worlds Apart 2.0: Gaps in Life Expectancy in Central Indiana
August 26, 2021
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


In 2015, the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health (FSPH) and The Polis Center published an issue brief,... [read more]

Centering Racial Equity in Data Use
August 2020
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


Researchers and data analysts are taught to protect research subjects in primary data collection, but data can be used to harm people and communities beyond that stage of the data life cycle.... [read more]

Exploring Digital Equity in Austin
August 2020 - July 2021
Children's Optimal Health   (Austin)


Children's Optimal Health received a competitive grant from Good Measure to look at digital access, including device, internet access and necessary skills needed for education, health care, and... [read more]

The Inequalities Behind COVID-19 Disparities for African Americans in Indianapolis
May 15, 2020
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


... [read more]

Urban Design and the Color-Line
2020
Urban–Greater DC   (Washington, D.C.)


Urban–Greater DC team members are partnering with the High Line Network (HLN) and Harvard University Graduate School of Design for a one-year pilot project, Equitable Impacts Framework pilot (EIF... [read more]

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in NNIP
December 2019
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


NNIP’s mission is to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use data to advance equity and well-being across neighborhoods. From NNIP’s founding in 1996 to today - Partners’... [read more]

Public Health Seattle-King County Supports Communities of Opportunity Place-Based Initiative
November 2019
Public Health - Seattle & King County   (Seattle)


Communities Count also offers data and evaluation trainings to support the... [read more]

Pairing Life Expectancy Data with Resident Storytelling in Three Connecticut Communities
October 2019 - August 2020
DataHaven   (New Haven)


DataHaven is 1 of 10 organizations awarded grants to spur local conversations around the recently released national data set on geographic distributions of health disparities and life expectancy,... [read more]

Health Inequity Data Stories
October 2019 - August 2020
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


The Data Center is 1 of 10 organizations awarded grants to spur local conversations around on the recently released national data set on geographic distributions of health disparities and life... [read more]

Visualizing and Powering Healthy Lives
October 2019 - August 2020
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)
The Data Center   (New Orleans)
DataHaven   (New Haven)


Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute awarded $2 million to 10 organizations... [read more]

Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partner to build local capacity to use data to improve health and equity
January 2019
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


The Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) are partnering on a series of research and engagement activities to expand the knowledge and examples of how communities can use data to advance... [read more]

Podcast: How Can Neighborhood-Level Data Improve Health and Equity?
November 26, 2018
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


In this podcast, produced by ... [read more]

New report details inequities for women in eastern Connecticut
2018
DataHaven   (New Haven)


Excerpt on new DataHaven / Community Foundation report from The Day, New London: A recently released report commissioned by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut details inequities faced... [read more]

CURA and Twin Cities' Equity Coalition Participate in All-In Cities Anti-Displacement Policy Network
March 2018
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs   (Minneapolis-St. Paul)


PolicyLink ... [read more]

NNIP Partners and Local Governments Work Together to Tackle Community Challenges
March 2018
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)
(Inactive) Thoughtwell   (Columbus)
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Local governments should engage with data intermediary organizations, such as the members of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, to more effectively identify priority issues, find... [read more]

Winter 2018 Metroscape Released
January 2018
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)


Metroscape’s Winter 2018 edition launched with a panel discussion on nonagricultural uses of Oregon farmland.... [read more]

New Guides Help Practitioners Use Data to Advance Health and Opportunity
June 2017 - August 2017
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


Urban Institute recently released two new guidance documents to to build the capacity of communities to use data to address health and improve fair housing and access to opportunity. Both guides... [read more]

NNIP Recognizes Center for Urban and Regional Affairs for Advancing Neighborhood Equity in City Capital Investments
May 18, 2017
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs   (Minneapolis-St. Paul)


In May 2017, the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership conferred the inaugural G. Thomas Kingsley Impact Award to the Center for Urban Affairs (CURA) ... [read more]

NNIP Partners Share Lessons on Equity and Community Capacity with Community Progress Maker Grantees
April 27, 2017 to July 24, 2017
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


NNIP Partners shared lessons with nonprofit and advocacy organizations participating in the Citi... [read more]

Dallas partner to speak at United Nations about structural racism against people of African descent
November 2015
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed the theme for the 2015-2024 decade: "People of African descent: recognition, justice, and development." As part of the events associated... [read more]

My Brother's Keeper Community Challenge in Oakland
September 2015
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Urban Strategies Council has been a supporter of the My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Community Challenge and involved in the initial discussions since former... [read more]

My Brother's Keeper Challenge in San Antonio
September 2015
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)


The P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County (http://www.p16plus.org/), serves as the backbone organization and facilitator for My Brother’s Keeper San Antonio... [read more]

Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
June 5, 2015
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


... [read more]

Facing Race: A National Conference
November 2014
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


Facing Race: A National Conference is presented by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation. It will be held in Dallas, Texas on November 13-... [read more]

The Institute for Urban Policy Research hosts youth summit on issues of racial justice
November 2014
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


On November 8th, 2014, the Institute for Urban Policy Research in conjunction with several other organizations in the area, hosted the first ever youth summit dedicated to exploring the topics of... [read more]

New planning study on access to mortgage finance in California cities
September 2014
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Urban Strategies Council is in the planning stages for a comparative analysis using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data of selected California cities in collaboration with the Greenlining... [read more]

Aspen Institute Re-Invests in Oakland Innovation
August 2014
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Last week we were awarded an implementation grant from the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions for our Oakland-Alameda County... [read more]

Fair Housing Choice in the City of St. Louis
June 2014 - January 2015
Rise   (St. Louis)


In late 2014 and early 2015, Rise contributed to the revision of the City of St. Louis' Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, collecting and interpreting a range of data on demographics... [read more]

Equity Mapping and the Geography of Opportunity
April 2014
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)
Shift Research Lab   (Denver*)
Neighborhood Nexus   (Atlanta)


Equity mapping... [read more]

Public Health-Seattle/King County develops new Automated Disease Surveillance program
January 2014 - December 2015
Public Health - Seattle & King County   (Seattle)


Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is developing an Automated Disease Surveillance (ADS) program using Stata statistical software.  In addition to being able to analyze the health... [read more]

Children's Optimal Health launches new website
August 24, 2012
Children's Optimal Health   (Austin)


Children's Optimal Health is pleased to announce that we have launched a new  website. Many of our maps and all of our published reports are available for download through the site. There is... [read more]

New ESRI Web Tools
March 1, 2012
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


We're now starting to work with ArcGIS.com and some of the other ESRI Web mapping tools here in Pittsburgh. Some of the earliest maps we have released relate to Allegheny County's property... [read more]

Methods for Monitoring Health Inequities
February 2012 - September 2012
Public Health - Seattle & King County   (Seattle)


We expect to release the methodological information and data for 2-3 key health indicators in a technical report this summer. Health inequities have typically been measured using single point-in-... [read more]

DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey
2012 - 2019
DataHaven   (New Haven)


2012 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey ... [read more]

Plans to Update the Portland Equity Atlas
August 2011
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)


The Coalition for a Livable Future will partner with Metro, using the Context Tool Metro is developing, to produce the next edition of the Regional Equity Atlas... [read more]

Public Health co-leading King County government’s Equity and Social Justice work with Executive’s Office—developing measures of success
May 2011
Public Health - Seattle & King County   (Seattle)


In fall of 2010, an equity ordinance was passed that codifies the cross-county equity initiative and expands the work to include all separately elected offices and branches (courts, prosecuting... [read more]

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council releases preliminary findings on Metro Boston’s State of Equity at a Council meeting
May 2011
Metropolitan Area Planning Council   (Boston)


The State of Equity is the first in MAPC’s Regional Indicators program, which establishes a baseline for our equity-related indicators and will track the region’s progress towards the MetroFuture... [read more]

Michigan Department of Community Health: Phase II Capacity Building Grant
May 2011
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


In 2010, the National Kidney Foundation Michigan (NKFM) was awarded a grant to address health disparities in the African American community in Inkster.   During Phase I of the grant in 2010, NKFM... [read more]

Regional Equity Atlas
May 2011 - September 2012
Shift Research Lab   (Denver*)


Through a new regional transit-oriented development collaborative, Mile High Connects, supported through the Ford Foundation’s Metropolitan Opportunities Initiative, Piton, partnered with... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council launches African American Male Achievement Initiative (AAMAI)
May 2011
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


In partnership with the Oakland Unified School District, we launched the ambitious AAMAI to support black boys in our public school system and to reduce all gaps in outcomes for these boys. We are... [read more]

Equity Measures Compiled
2011
Public Health - Seattle & King County   (Seattle)


A database of baseline measures to assess progress in equity across King County departments was developed by Public Health in collaboration with other departments. The measures will... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council Provides Analysis to African American Male Achievement Initiative
2010 - 2012
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


In late 2010, the Urban Strategies Council and Oakland Unified School District, in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation, launched a bold new initiative aimed at addressing the... [read more]

Full Service Community Schools Strategic Planning for Oakland Unified School District
2010 - 2011
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Urban Strategies Council facilitated, with the Oakland Unified School District, a nine-month planning process with the multi-stakeholder Full Service Community Task Force.  We produced a... [read more]

MAPC wins HUD Sustainable Communities grant to support MetroFuture Plan
June 2010
Metropolitan Area Planning Council   (Boston)


On October 15, 2010, HUD Regional Administrator Richard Walega announced a $4 million Press conference announcing award of Sustainable Communities grant to MAPCSustainable Communities Grant award... [read more]

M1 Corridor Profile
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


D3 prepared a profile of the M1 Corridor along Woodward for the Downtown Detroit Partnership. The profile is a collection of baseline indicators intended to inform current planning efforts and... [read more]

Related Online Guides:
Resources for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Related Cross-Site Projects:
Turning the Corner: Monitoring Neighborhood Change to Prevent Displacement
January 2016 - March 2019
Funder: The Kresge Foundation
Contact: Kathryn Pettit , kpettit@urban.org
Partners: Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee


Turning the Corner: Monitoring Neighborhood Change to Prevent Displacement piloted a research model in five cities to monitor neighborhood change,... [read more]

Community Health Data Project Services
September 2016 - September 2017
Funder: Office of Minority Health at the US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Contact: Leah Hendey , lhendey@urban.org
Partner: Detroit


Data Driven Detroit (D3), in partnership with the Urban Institute, is working under contract to the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to provide technical assistance to two sites with the aim to... [read more]

Related Publications:
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Data and Research to Facilitate Equitable Homeownership in Chicago
September 2021
Report - By: Geoff Smith; Sarah Duda; Jessie Wang; John Walsh; Gideon Berger; Marcela Montes
ihs_urban_chicago_homeownership_09202021.pdf
Chicago Housing Overview: Preserving Affordability and Expanding Accessibility
DataHaven
New Haven
Connecticut Town Equity Reports
September 13, 2021
Report - By: Camille Seaberry; Kelly Davila; Mark Abraham
DataHaven Connecticut Town Equity Reports
DataWorks NC
Durham
NNIP Idea Showcase, Summer 2021, Presentation 1
July 20, 2021
Presentation - By: John Killeen
PPTX
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Charlotte
Supporting Charlotte's Minority-Owned Small Businesses
June 2021
Report - By: Angelique Gaines
Summary; Report
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Using Data and Community Engagement Collaborations to Guide an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery
June 2021
Blog post - By: Jessie Wang
Blog
DataWorks NC
Durham
Anti-Racist Data Methods: Voices as Data
June 2021
Blog post - By: Libby McClure; L'Tanya Durante
Anti-Racist Data Methods: Voices as Data Blog
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Video: What does this moment require? Perspectives from philanthropy
May 26, 2021
Video - By: NNIP HQ
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
What does this moment require? Perspectives from philanthropy: Speaker Bios
May 26, 2021
Meeting Materials - By: Leah Hendey
PDF
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Incorporating Equity into Your Data Viz
May 13, 2021
Video - By: Jonathan Schwabish
Boston Indicators
Boston
Latinx Population Hit Hard in the COVID-19 Recession: Mounting Hardships and One Big Idea for an Inclusive Recovery
May 2021
Digital Feature - By: Trevor Mattos; Bansari Kamdar; Phillip Granberry; Fabian Torres-Ardila
Link to digital feature
The Polis Center
Indianapolis
Addressing neighborhood public safety inequities through data-informed investment 
May 4, 2021
Meeting Materials - By: Sharon Kandris
NNIP Equity Session - Sharon Kandris.pptx
Neighborhood Nexus
Atlanta
A Look at Black Arts in Atlanta
April 30, 2021
Digital Feature - By: Faustina Jones; Heather Infantry
Mapping Project
DataHaven
New Haven
New Haven Hospitality Workers Need Protection to Change the Maps of Inequality
November 2020
Report - By: DataHaven
PDF
Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Los Angeles
No Going Back: Together for an Equitable and Inclusive Los Angeles
September 2020
Report - By: USC Equity Research Institute, Committee for Greater LA, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Link
DataHaven
New Haven
New data and resident stories inform Connecticut’s road map for recovery
June 26, 2020
News article - By: Mark Abraham; Aparna Nathan
Link; CT Mirror link

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Related Webinars:
Monitoring Neighborhood Change: Using Data to Track and Prevent Displacement
June 5, 2019 - 2:00pm
Speaker: Mychal Cohen; Somala Diby; Sarah Duda


In this webinar of the Urban Waters Learning Network series on gentrification and displacement, they explore different ways data is being used by communities and decision-makers to understand... [read more]

African American Male Achievement in OUSD: An Overview

Speaker: Junious Wiliams; Steve Spiker; Tony Smith, OUSD Superintendent; Chris Chatmon, ED for African American Male Achievement at OUSD


On May 30th at 10am Pacific, Urban Strategies Council and the Oakland Unified School... [read more]



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Using an Equity Lens to Track Capital Investments in Baltimore
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Building Place and Equity into Health Planning in San Antonio
January 2, 2019

Children don't get to choose where they are born. But in Bexar County, Texas, where San Antonio is located, current death data shows that children born in neighborhoods immediately to the east and...

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New Data Spurs Action on Local Hiring in New Haven
September 3, 2017

The right data, in the right hands, can help advance action on tough issues like under-employment. For 25 years, DataHaven, a nonprofit in New Haven,...

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Making Capital Improvement Planning More Equitable in St. Paul
June 15, 2017

Do cities distribute their capital improvement funds equitably across neighborhoods? It is hard to find a good answer to that question anywhere. Why? Because, given the hard work and definitional...

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Stark Disparities Between Neighborhoods: A Wake-up Call for Dallas’ Civic Leaders
June 1, 2017

For a more complete case study of this experience, see Chapter 6 of Strengthening Communities with Neighborhood Data, by G. Thomas...

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Reports Highlighting Health Disparities Capture Attention of Policy-Makers
August 29, 2011

Based on data in the Health of King County 2006 and Communities Count 2005 reports from the County public health department (Public Health Seattle-King County - PHSKC), knowledge...

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