Code for Durham: Durham’s Health Indicators Project
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Tonight's Speaker:
John Killeen
Urban Planner and Executive Director of DataWorks
Durham’s Health Indicators Project - A Codesign of Community Data
The Health Indicators Project launched as a partnership between Durham's Public Health Department and DataWorks NC (with assistance from Research Action Design), to figure out how to present local health data to Durham County's residents in a way that would both avoid stigmatizing particular neighborhoods or groups of people and give residents across the city actionable information to advocate for better health for their neighborhood.
Because conversations about health and the built environment can end up making a tacit argument that white spaces are healthier, while stigmatizing majority-Black neighborhoods, we chose not to highlight comparisons between neighborhoods, but instead to dig into each
neighborhood as a particular place, and include racism as a category influencing health.
Folks attending this talk will learn about code sign processes, data visualization techniques, and how to use the Health Indicators website (http://health.dataworks-nc.org) for their own organizing.
Tonight's Agenda:
• 5:30 pm: Mingle and get pizza
• 5:45 pm: Guest Speaker + Q&A
• 6:15 pm: Announcements + project updates
• 6:30 pm: Break into groups + work on projects
Code for Durham is a bi-weekly project night for technologists, designers, developers, data scientists, map makers, and activists who are working on "civic technology" projects. Consider this to be a study hall or office hours to improve the city. Bring your laptop, ideas, projects, maps, data, and questions. Pizza will be provided!
This night is for those who want to:
• get work done on civic projects;
• start a new project, or find one to join;
• get feedback from technical, government, or community experts; and/or
• learn about tools for local empowerment, open data, and smart and open government.
For first timers trying to get the most out of the night, you should be sure to bring your laptop. Prior to the Meetup, you can explore www.codefordurham.com to get familiar with local resources and where you might want to plug in. You could also watch Civic Hacking 101 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6LnW_qjeI) or get inspired by some of the Code for America 2015 Summit videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/CodeforAmerica/playlists).
Attendance implies consent to our Code of Conduct (https://github.com/codeforamerica/codeofconduct).
Have fun! Do good!