Call for Participants - Black Beyond Data Reading Group: Transforming Community Narratives
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Black Beyond Data Reading Group: Transforming Community Narratives
We are writing to invite you to take part in the Black Beyond Data Reading Group which is focused on exploring ideas around community-based data analytics (CBDA), a collaborative approach to data that involves community members in the collection, management, and analysis of data in their communities. The goal of CBDA is to increase knowledge and understanding of social issues that impact a given community and to integrate the knowledge gained with interventions for policy or social change benefiting community members.
What are data? Data are facts, statistics, and other basic units of information about a people, place, or community. They are the building blocks elected officials, policy-makers, organizers, and educators use to draw conclusions about how a community functions. Data are collected all the time, often without our conscious awareness of it and it could be anything from your birth date on a form to social media likes on Facebook. However, data can be so much more. That’s what we hope to explore in the readings.
The aim of the Black Beyond Data Reading Group is to gather people (researchers, faculty, community activists) who have an interest in Black community-based data analytics to critically research and study social issues to initiate transformative change in Black communities. The group will meet monthly via Zoom on the fourth Friday to discuss a preselected reading(s) and/ or digital project (s).
We are holding a general interest meeting on Friday, September 24th at 12 pm to discuss the direction, priorities, and possible participants and partners.
Please indicate your interest by emailing Dr. Lauren Rubin (lauren at stfranciscenter dot org).
Black Beyond Data Reading Group
Friday, September 24 · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gpk-xhbd-eqx
Or dial: (US) +1 424-704-7738 PIN: 436 504 497#
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