Esri Launches New Solution to Help Communities Assess Social Equity
CANB is reorganizing to identify and encourage racial equity and equality. One of the organizations working with Solano County, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), has recently announced a new assessment tool.
Collaboration with GARE and Five Jurisdictions Produces Mapping Tool for Government
January 6, 2022
In communities across the US, public and private sector organizations are working to advance racial equity and social justice. Governments, in particular, are seeking to ensure that their constituents have equitable opportunities for education, employment, access to healthy foods, and affordable health care, as well as safe housing options.
In response to this challenge, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has partnered with Race Forward’s Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) alongside other leaders in government nationally to create a Social Equity Analysis solution.
Teams working on racial equity initiatives through state and local government or geographic information system (GIS) technology can use this new tool. The Social Equity Analysis solution offers features for assessing conditions in local communities, evaluating decision-making scenarios, and measuring progress toward equity goals. The solution uses GIS to combine smart maps and community data. This creates a visually powerful framework for analyzing and sharing community equity data.
“At Esri, we believe understanding precedes action and recognize that social equity requires a geographic approach,” said Clinton Johnson, Esri racial equity and social justice lead. “This new solution will help public and private sector leaders reveal patterns of need and find opportunities to advance social equity at the intersections of geography, race, ethnicity, socioeconomics, disability, gender, sexual orientation, and more.”
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