Racial equity and inclusion in local government services

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Guide racial equity in programs and services

Apply a racial equity lens to city and county programs, services, and initiatives by using maps, spatial analysis, and dashboards to ensure equitable experiences and outcomes for communities of color. Measure results, set targets, and engage communities for maximum impact.

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Ensure access to healthy and affordable food

Reveal gaps in access to affordable, healthy food for communities of color. Use maps and spatial analysis to visualize racial inequities where supermarkets and convenience stores lack produce and other nutritious food, and employ ground truth data to engage communities. Explore the potential impact of policy changes, and track progress in your city or county.

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Address racial inequities in education

Identify racial inequities in access to broadband, pre-K, and high-quality K–12 education and design more equitable experiences. Maps and spatially enabled tools for community engagement can provide insight into disparities and inform better decisions. Use map-centric dashboards to assess the impact of your efforts to ensure that all families in your community are thriving.

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Create transparency in policing

Maps and spatially enabled tools can help bring together police agencies and the communities they serve to better understand, communicate, and engage on community-wide issues. Their use also allows agencies to increase trust within the community by providing greater transparency of activities, data collection, and how police-community initiatives are designed and performing.

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Datasets to help local governments further racial equity and social justice

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Home ownership

Explore homeownership rates by race to drive action based on equitable housing opportunity.
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View maps and data
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Child poverty

Compare overall child poverty rates with the child poverty rate for Black children to guide action based on equitable investments.
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View maps and data
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Life expectancy

Explore maps of life expectancy by race to identify inequities and drive action to promote health equity.
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View maps and data
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Environmental pollution

Explore where communities of color may be unduly burdened by environmental pollution to help guide policy making.
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View maps and data
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Resources

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Learn ArcGIS
Learn ArcGIS

Getting started with Police Transparency

Explore the functionality and use cases of the Police Transparency solution in ArcGIS.
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Explore the learning path
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Learn ArcGIS
Learn ArcGIS

Examine racial inequities in unsolved murder cases

In this lesson, identify American cities where unsolved homicides are most prevalent and learn strategies for analyzing social and racial equity.
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Explore the learning path
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ArcGIS Solutions
ArcGIS Solutions

Business Inclusion Solution Released

The Business Inclusion solution can help support businesses owned by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), women, and veterans.
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Explore the solution
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ArcGIS Solutions
ArcGIS Solutions

Racial Equity Community solution

Local governments can use this solution to communicate progress on racial equity initiatives to the general public and other stakeholders.
Explore the equity solution
Explore the equity solution
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ArcGIS Solutions
ArcGIS Solutions

Police Transparency solution

The Police Transparency solution shares information and communicates engagement to build trust with the public and community stakeholders.
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Read about the solution
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Webinar series
Webinar series

Advancing racial equity

In this three-part webinar series, Esri professionals address how governments can leverage GIS for a more equitable world.
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Access the webinar series
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Article

Asheville uses GIS to advance racial equity

Government officials in Asheville, North Carolina, are using GIS to understand and address historical inequities.

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Get GIS help from Esri to address inequity

For urgent GIS help responding to racial inequity, request support from Esri's Disaster Response Program.

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Esri Nonprofit Organization Program

The nonprofit program provides access to the tools you need to bring location intelligence to your organization.

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