Margot Bordne is an account manager on Esri's Global Business Development team. Margot supports organizations across industries who leverage GIS to improve their operations and decision making capabilities, with a focus on the use of GIS for advancing equity and social justice. Margot also founded and leads Esri's Women's Enablement & Career Advancement Network (WeCan) and is currently working toward a Master's Degree in Diversity & Inclusion Leadership at Tufts University.
Charles Lee was on the ground floor of the environmental justice movement, creating maps to show the insidious health impacts on people of color.
Leaders in King County, Washington, have emerged as innovators in the fight for equity and social justice (ESJ) in local government.
Territorial Empathy uses smart maps to point the way toward social justice and a deeper understanding of others.
The King County GIS Center helps all government departments with mapping needs and in examining equity.
Texas Housers examines racial equity to deliver equitable housing in Houston.
With a rich history in civic activism, Oakland now uses a geographic lens to expose and address ongoing racial inequities.
Maps that convey the pain of cycles of poverty and punishment are central to an advocacy effort that led to legislation in New York State.
Tulare County, California, used GIS to understand who lives without drinkable water, addressing infrastructure inequities.
