Making a Difference Through Peace Work
David Corliss is the founder and Director of Peace-Work, an all-volunteer cooperative of statisticians and data scientists applying statistical methods to issue-driven advocacy in poverty, education, ...
26 Sep 202348min
Co-Creating Innovative Wealth-Building Ecosystems in HUD Communities
Melvin Anderson is the developer of a comprehensive SaaS/cloud based platform called ExploreSkillz that offers next generation career discovery apps and solutions. In his interview, Melvin explains Ex...
19 Sep 202343min
Creating Equity in Academia Through Open Scholarship
Flavio Azevedo covers many important topics, including open science vs. open scholarship, DEIA in academic research, the social justice lens on changing the norms and structures in science and science...
12 Sep 202346min
Helping Local Governments Fund Community Priorities
Chris Fabian is the CEO and Co-founder of Resource Exploration. During his session, Chris speaks about personal experiences and how data can be used to help governments take informed actions to reduce...
5 Sep 202352min
Today I Learned About the National Historical GIS from IPUMS
David Van Riper is the director of Spatial Analysis at the Institute of Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota. During his session, David walks through how to get started w...
17 Aug 202352min
Listen Up! Building an Ethical, Transparent Social Understanding Platform
Darío García de Viedma and the team at Citibeats are using technology to help municipal decision-makers prevent and mitigate crises by analyzing open source data with NLP algorithms. He led the desig...
16 Aug 202328min
Mission-Driven Multi-Tasking: Paying the Bills and Mobilizing Communities to Power Queer and Trans Movements
Jack Beck is the Founder and Executive Director of TurnOut, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing communities to power queer and trans movements. TurnOut works year-round to recruit volunteers, staff, a...
18 Jun 202344min
Reclaiming the Power of Money for the New Generation of Communities
This episode features the insight and wisdom of Alanna Irving, Executive Director of Open Collective Foundation and Chief Operating Officer of Open Collective, Inc. You will learn about the resources ...
3 Apr 202349min
