Data Justice for Pittsburgh’s Black Neighborhoods is a local data ecosystem that is building power in Black communities within the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County that are being harmed by residential segregation and disinvestment by creating a community-centered local data ecosystem that can help improve housing quality and the built environment.
The Black Equity Coalition is working with the City of Pittsburgh to build meaningful community participation into City data governance practices, which can help ensure that public agencies are held accountable for their use of data and technology. Community involvement in data governance will also help to ensure that sufficient resources are devoted to producing and sharing high-quality data and documentation that can be used to address environmental challenges that disproportionately impact Black communities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Data Justice for Pittsburgh’s Black Neighborhoods is a collaboration among:
- Black Equity Coalition
- Carnegie Mellon University Community Robotics
- Education and Technology Empowerment (CREATE) Lab
- City of Pittsburgh
- The Forbes Funds
- Gateway Medical Society
- POISE Foundation
- University of Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity
- University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research
- Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC)
- UrbanKind Institute
Photos Courtesy of Black Equity Coalition
