A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration
Cross-sector data sharing and integration transform information about individuals into actionable intelligence that can be used to understand community needs, improve services, and build stronger communities. Yet, use of cross-sector data can also reinforce legacies of racist policies and produce inequitable resource allocation, access, and outcomes.
Since 2019, AISP has led a diverse workgroup of civic data stakeholders to co-create strategies and identify best practices to center racial equity in data integration efforts.
Centering racial equity is not a single, discrete step. A Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration describes positive and problematic practices for centering racial equity across the six stages of the data life cycle.
Curious about implementing these positive practices? Learn alongside our Equity in Practice Learning Community.
Data Life Cycle
Planning
Data collection
Data access
Use of algorithms and statistical tools
Data analysis
Reporting and dissemination
Work in Action sections throughout the Toolkit highlight current site-based examples taking place at each stage.
We are working to create a new kind of data infrastructure— one that dismantles ‘feedback loops of injustice’ and instead shares power and knowledge with those who need systems change the most. Will you join us?
There are many ways to engage with the Centering Racial Equity Toolkit.
Explore the list below to discover new ways in which this content is being featured:
Peer Reviewed Article
A Framework for Centering Racial Equity Throughout the Administrative Data Life Cycle, by Hawn Nelson & Zanti. International Journal of Population Data Science, Vol. 5 (3), October 2020. *Important to note that this peer-reviewed journal article is open access
Peer Reviewed Presentation
Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data Integration, Online presentation of International Population Data Linkage Network (on YouTube), November 2020
Short Article
Applying a Race Equity Lens to Build Thriving Communities: Centering Racial Equity Across the Lifecycle. American Public Human Services Administration (APHSA) Magazine, Zanti, Katz, & Hawn Nelson, August 2020
Panel Presentations
Canada School of Public Service Digital Academy’s Removing Bias and Building Trust in Your Data
Webinar Series
All In and the Network for Public Health Law, 3-part series on Racial Equity:
Part 1: Is it legal? Is it ethical? Is it a good idea? An Introduction to cross-sector data sharing, Amy Hawn Nelson & Emily Berkowitz
Part 2: How do you center racial equity throughout the data life cycle? Amy Hawn Nelson & Bridget Blount
Part 3: Successfully engaging stakeholders to center racial equity across the data life cycle, Tawana Petty, Sue Gallagher, & Amy Hawn Nelson
Webinar
Urban Institute, coordinator of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, and AISP event, “Centering Racial Equity in Data Use”. You can also access presentation slides & Urban’s Principles for Advancing Equitable Data Practice document here.
Podcast
Personal Data Day, “Racial Justice in Data, a Toolkit,” Tawana Petty & Amy Hawn Nelson
Versions
Access the Spanish and French versions of the Centering Racial Equity Toolkit.