{"id":8234,"date":"2016-08-31T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2016-08-31T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:37:57","slug":"esri-encourages-its-community-to-enter-the-aapi-data-challenge","status":"publish","type":"insider","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/esri-encourages-its-community-to-enter-the-aapi-data-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Esri Encourages its Community to Enter the AAPI Data Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showcase Your Work and Win a Trip to Washington, DC<br \/>\nEsri is getting the word out about an exciting opportunity to create dynamic data solutions for the Department of Education\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ucrtoday.ucr.edu\/39001\">Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Data Challenge<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-31-at-4.16.38-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-31-at-4.16.38-PM-300x109.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe are challenging people to unleash the power of data by way of their own geographic analyses, visualizations, predictive models and more \u2013 to tell a compelling story. We believe new ways of exploring and boosting the visibility and utilization of data on AAPIs \u2013 helping to make it more meaningful \u2013 will inspire better understanding, insight, and action.<br \/>\nThe challenge was announced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/aapi\" target=\"_blank\">White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders<\/a> (WHIAAPI), and <a href=\"http:\/\/aapidata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AAPIData.com<\/a>, a research project sponsored by the University of California, Riverside. The initiative\u2019s aim is to improve the quality of life for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the nation through increased access to, and participation in, federal programs.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nMembers of the Esri team will be on hand in Washington, DC to support the Elevate: AAPI Data Challenge<strong> <\/strong>on October 7, 2016 at the data convening. The event will showcase the winners and feature speakers and panels on policy analysis, education data analysis, and data visualization.<br \/>\n<strong>What:<\/strong> Elevate: AAPI Data Challenge<br \/>\n<strong>Who:<\/strong> Everyone \u2013 from high school students and data hobbyists to government, nonprofit and corporate analysts \u2013 is invited to participate.<br \/>\n<strong>How:<\/strong> Submissions may include infographics, web applications, data tables, blog posts, animations, videos, and other creative mediums.<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> Please submit your application to <a href=\"mailto:whitehouseaapi@ed.gov\">whitehouseaapi@ed.gov<\/a> with subject line \u201cElevate: AAPI Data Challenge\u201d by <strong>September 5, 2016.<\/strong><br \/>\nSelected applicants will be invited to a convening in Washington, DC hosted by WHIAAPI and AAPIData.com on October 7, 2016, to discuss their work.<br \/>\n<strong>Why:<\/strong> The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), which is housed within the Department of Education, and the University of California, Riverside (AAPIData.com) are sponsoring this challenge to hear from the public about novel approaches to analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data about AAPIs.<br \/>\nNeed more information? <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.ed.gov\/aapi\/elevate-aapi-data-challenge\/\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.ed.gov\/aapi\/elevate-aapi-data-challenge\/\"><strong>Elevate: AAPI Data Challenge<\/strong><\/a>, its rules and guidelines. <strong>More AAPI data can also be found <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.data.gov\/aapi\/aapi-catalog\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[279192,275952],"tags":[157412,162592,279282],"class_list":["post-8234","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","category-technology","tag-data","tag-education","tag-technology-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Esri Encourages its Community to Enter the AAPI Data Challenge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/esri-encourages-its-community-to-enter-the-aapi-data-challenge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esri Encourages its Community to Enter the AAPI Data Challenge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Showcase Your Work and Win a Trip to Washington, DC Esri is getting the word out about an exciting opportunity to create dynamic data solutions for the Department of Education\u2019s Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Data Challenge. 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