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Datasets and Toolkits
- Datasets for the Quantitative Study of Racism in the United States by members of the IASIST listserv
Data themes / categories: Economic Opportunity & Housing, Health Care / Public Health, Land Expropriation from Native Americans, Policing / Crime, Politics / Elections, Protests for Racial Justice, Public Opinion Polls, Social Surveys, Self-Liberating People
- A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Within Data Integration
This body of work seeks to encourage shifts of awareness and practice, by centering racial equity and community voice within the context of data integration and use. Our vision is one of ethical data use with a racial equity lens, that supports power sharing and building across agencies and community members
- Officer Involved
A KPCC investigation into police shootings in Los Angeles County
- Fatal Encounters
A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police
- Their Names
The list contains 28,000 names of those killed in police-related violence from Jan. 1, 2000, until May 25, 2020, the day George Floyd was killed
Data Organizations
- The Algorithmic Justice League,
Founded by Joy Buolamwini , the organization aims to raise public awareness about the impacts of AI, equip advocates with empirical research to bolster campaigns, build the voice and choice of most impacted communities, and galvanize researchers, policymakers, and industry practitioners to mitigate AI bias and harms.
- Black in Data
Founded by Dr. Ruth Agbakoba and Simone Webb the organization represents a community of academics, professionals, and students working in various areas of data. We gather to support, learn from, and share opportunities with one another, and ultimately increase representation of Black people in data fields.
- COVID Black
Founded by Dr. Kim Gallon, it is a Black Health data organization that uses data to tell stories about the Black lived experience to advocate for health equity.
- The COVID Racial Data Tracker
Initiated by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi the organization advocates for, collects, publishes, and analyzes racial data on the pandemic across the United States. It’s a collaboration between the COVID Tracking Project and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.
- Data For Black Lives
Founded by Yeshimabeit Milner it is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people.