Conference 2023: Racial Equity Track Videos

During our 10th Annual CTData Conference, Bridge the Data Gaps, we explored how data can be used as a tool that advances equity and respects those who have experienced racism through data collection and its use. You can see more conference videos and photos here. You can also explore more about the conference at our Conference Hub.

 
 

Using Data to Advance Anti-Racist Policies

Advocates depend on accessible, quality data to author narratives that clearly demonstrate disparities. These narratives help to develop and allocate resources, increase capacity, and raise awareness to improve support for historically excluded communities. However, data gaps in race and ethnicity data, segregation measures, underrepresented communities, policy, and health care make it difficult for advocates to share complete data stories and encourage action. In this panel, we will hear from researchers, activists, funders, and advocates about how the lack of data has affected their work, the resulting consequences of these data gaps, and the progress they have made in addressing them.

Presenters:

  1. Ayesha Clarke, Interim Director, Health Equity Solutions

  2. Carline Charmelus, Collective Impact and Equity Director, Partnership for Strong Communities

  3. Rosana Ferraro, Universal Healthcare Foundation

  4. Samaila Adelaiye, Connecticut Voices for Children

 
 
 

Toward Accurate Representation in Race & Ethnicity Data Collection

Depending on your racial identity, you may have to think very carefully about how you will identify when asked about your race on a survey or form. Some of your fellow data users have thought deeply about these issues, and offer ideas and suggestions that your organization may want to consider in your collection of race and ethnicity data. Join members from the Equity in Data Community of Practice as they share how they are working to collect more accurate and helpful race and ethnicity data.

Presenters:

  1. Steffany Gomes, DMHAS Center for Prevention Evaluation and Statistics (CPES)

  2. Fawatih Mohamed-Abouh, Yale New Haven Health

  3. Barbara Lopez, Make the Road

  4. Susan Smith, Department of Social Services

 
 
 

Mapping for Community: Understanding the Community Environment

Whether displaying information to drive health equity, or information to connect individuals to each other or their communities, maps can be a powerful tool to help people connect a physical location to information about the people living there. This group of panelists will share their work on employing maps in different ways for the purpose of filling a data gap around engaging communities in our data work.

  1. Rachel Smith Hale, Research on Resilient Cities, Racism, & Equity at UConn

  2. Lynn Stoddard, SustainableCT

  3. Yaprak Onat, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation

 
 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

You can watch other sessions from the CTData 2023 Bridge the Data Gap Conference at the conference media page. 

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