[Geospatial] REMINDER: Geospatial/GIS meetup tomorrow, January 14 - Zoom ONLY

[Janet Reyes]

Hello everyone,



A reminder that our first Geospatial/GIS meetup of 2025 will be tomorrow, Tuesday January 14 from 12:00-12:50 pm, on Zoom ONLY.



Here’s the Zoom information:



https://ucr.zoom.us/j/96457855999?pwd=n9e6LGMuf5y7OtS64NHaevOMJTFJC1.1



Meeting ID: 964 5785 5999

Passcode: 337798


The meetup will be recorded. (Please do not use AI note-taking tools; they may have disrupted our recording in the previous meetup. I’ll provide notes and a link to the recording afterwards.)



Alex Reed, a project manager for Mapping Black California, will be presenting on MBC’s Combating Racism as a Public Health Crisis<https://combatingracism.com/> platform.



Catalyzed by the violent, public murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, public outcry for the acknowledgement of structural racism in law enforcement, healthcare and community conditions has resulted in nearly 35 separate Declarations of Racism as A Public Health Crisis by county commissioners, city boards, and government associations (entities) across the state of California. These declarations are an important first step to advancing racial equity and justice and must be followed by allocation of resources and strategic action. As is too often seen with issues that acknowledge the unfortunate and uncomfortable parts of American culture, yet so directly impact a near majority of residents, public protest is often met with swift allegiance expressed in words but seldom backed by deeds. In partnership with Stanford University and The Starling Lab, Mapping Black California has centralized the oversight of monitoring, analysis and reporting on the progression of commitments made by these elected and appointed associations from the perspective of the communities these declarations are meant to serve. For this session, we would provide context on the project’s ideation, introduce the map,  dashboard, and authentication technology, while walking people through the platform, explaining how this tool and the technology used to capture it is useful for journalists in their work.



Alex Reed is a project manager for Mapping Black California and provides support as a data researcher and visualizer for its many initiatives. In her broader practice she operates under the tagline A Jane of All Trades, working at the intersection of data and storytelling seeking to create moments where a user, reader, or student finds themselves engaged with and engrossed in information that they may have previously thought was beyond their reach. As a data activist, Alex has been able to address issues that range from disparities in health and education to social justice and civil rights battles for a variety of institutions, The Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Mellon University and WorldStage, Inc. to name a few.



The meetup will start with announcements of general interest.



Registration is appreciated but not required. If you have already registered, thank you! If not, you can register by responding to the calendar invitation sent on January 6, or register through Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geospatialgis-meetups-tickets-1131265338079?aff=oddtdtcreator>.



Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who may be interested.



I hope you’ll be able to join us to hear about the impactful work of our presenter.



Best,



Janet Reyes
Geospatial Information Librarian
UCR Library | University of California, Riverside

P.O. Box 5900 | Orbach Library, Room 118

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Office: 951.827.6421 | Fax: 951.827.2255 | janet.reyes at ucr.edu<mailto:janet.reyes at ucr.edu>



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