AISP Toolkit Feb25 2025 - Flipbook - Page 66
WORK IN ACTION:
Racial Equity in Reporting & Dissemination
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative, Building a Beloved Economy:
A Baseline and Framework for Building Black Wealth in Atlanta
CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE DATA LIFE CYCLE
Alex Camardelle & Jarryd Bethea
The Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative uses administrative data to highlight structural obstacles to
reducing the massive racial wealth divide in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as possibilities for progress.
Their report, Building a Beloved Economy: A Baseline and Framework for Building Black Wealth in
Atlanta, features the structural determinants of a Black wealth framework—a visual depiction of
resources as a 昀氀owing river able to be obstructed by human-made forces that act as a dam.
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Camden Coalition, Youth Ambassadors Program
Taylor Brown & Martiza Gomez
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as fear and misinformation caused hesitation around
testing and vaccination, the Camden Coalition created a Youth Ambassador program to build trust
among residents of Camden, New Jersey. Around 60 volunteers between the ages of 13 and 22
received training to stay up-to-date on the latest information surrounding COVID-19, so they could
communicate with vaccine-hesitant people in an impactful way.
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The Folded Map Project
Tonika Lewis Johnson
The Folded Map Project is a multimedia art project that investigates segregation in Chicago through
the concept of address pairs and “map twins.” Created by Tonika Lewis Johnson, the project visually
contrasts side-by-side photos of homes with the same address but miles apart on the racially and
economically distinct North and South sides of the city.
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