Presentation materials from past Data Day sessions are available for download.
Link to Recording: https://youtu.be/g7bVmEbuw0E
An update on the Vital Signs of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. See which trends are continuing, and which changes are taking place in our communities.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkp8lZiMW-Q
Hosted in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Link to Recording: https://youtu.be/5xWqkmZgh80
Learn about how to use various dashboards helping us all keep track of COVID 19 and impacts on Baltimore
Link to Regcording: https://youtu.be/nrC04jug6Zw
This session will frame and start our day of discussing building equitable neighborhoods and addressing inequity in our local communities. Join us for a conversation on what equity planning is, how we can address equity planning from a disciplinary perspective, as well as how to use the many resources for equity in Baltimore. We’ll be going over topics like Baltimore’s equity academy, ordinances, and neighborhood planning groups, all to address how each of us can take action to develop better equitable communities in Baltimore.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io86ai32-Po
Python has become a top choice for….just about everything. You can use Python to approach solving problems across many disciplines as well as how to get started on your Python journey. Join this session to see some interesting ways to leverage Python to do some amazing things!
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLLB7XZuDM
The landscape of Baltimore’s home ownership and demographics are constantly changing. In this session, panelists will be discussing the declines in home ownership and it’s impacts on different areas of Baltimore as well as issues like evictions and affordable housing and how we can begin to address them. We’ll also get a demonstration of how to navigate the Baltimore Eviction Map, which shows risks of evictions, actual evictions, and other neighborhood factors like segregation and redlining.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45PMOJMYH8
Learn about data for communities to understand the current economy for jobs and small businesses during the pandemic
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVFVGZJ42Q
Learn how to access Baltimore city open data and use it to identify streets in your own community that could qualify for and create attractive & effective “slow streets”.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gM5-QZseKA
From paving lots to choosing a material for your roof, our neighborhoods play a huge role in the future of the environment and public health. Come learn about how to calculate the risks and benefits of reducing heat-absorbing pavement and how non-green development patterns can contribute to increased air pollution, higher temperatures, and negative long-term public health. We’ll be discussing how to advocate for greener environments in our local communities and how to address environmental concerns as a matter of public health as well. This panel will also include a demonstration of Baltimore’s new Smart Surfaces Coalition tool.
Link to Recording: https://youtu.be/TBpGlLfSmcA
Learn how communities use data to address food security during the current pandemic and beyond
During this webinar-based, live pitch session, a select group of community-based organizations will present their potential CRA-eligible proposals to an audience of funders. The lending, investment, and service opportunities presented are exclusive to Maryland. Expect to hear several proposals in direct response to COVID-19. Proposal requests will range from $5,000 to $4 million for statewide efforts. Projects address digital equity, food access, small business finance, housing, and youth workforce development, and MORE.
Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZurNZURpo
Join this international panel discussion to learn about how the process of creating technology can embed principles of trust and transparency by collaboratively developing open source tools that engage intended users. Also learn about how HackBaltimore is bringing the community together to think through these issues.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91er8YCD7k
Learn how can community stakeholders can use data to understand and assess the digital divide in Baltimore to advocate for change
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx4GQCd6em4
M-Lab is an open source, civil society led, platform for measuring Internet service. M-Lab’s has been used by governments, regulators, cities, and counties to understand Internet performance trends in specific geographic areas over time. Learn about the available datasets and tools from M-Lab, and how they can be used for planning, decision making, and advocacy.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vK9PVB5vuo
Learn best practices for collaboratively collecting data within your community and how to use the Blueprint for Baltimore dataset to affect change in Baltimore.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NehNzKq3-fw
In collaboration with MaptimeBmore, mapathon participants will learn how to add and edit points of interest on OpenStreetMap, a free collaborative and editable online map.
Hosted in partnership with MaptimeBmore
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR06M42Peek
Learn how philanthropy and investors use data to shape how they collaborate, prioritize their grant making, and advance racial equity during the current pandemic and beyond.
Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdT2OIRV8Tw
Learn how to use the US Census Bureau’s new data tool, Data.Census.Gov
Link to recording: https://youtu.be/ivoAFTinbsg
Learn about the Baltimore Data Science Corps comprised of students in the area who are gaining both academic and hands-on experience through real-world data science projects. Community groups and organizations are encouraged to join in the conversation to identify what kinds of projects students using data science could help advance social good in Baltimore.
Learn how Census data is collected and how you can ensure a complete count during the 2020 enumeration.
Learn how to access neighborhood collections at the University of Baltimore and other area repositories for preserving and improving quality of life.
Identify ways that communities can use and engage with datasets to build cleaner, safer, and more-connected neighborhoods.
Understand how education leaders use data to measure socioeconomic status of students and how these data should be used when poverty measurement changes have unintended consequences.
Learn how to get (or create!) data about where and how Baltimoreans are getting online.
Learn how different kinds of agencies and groups access and responsibly interpret crime information to better understand and improve neighborhood safety.
Learn about data used for outreach and assistance for homeownership education and counseling and how organizations overcome barriers to homeownership for Black and Latino homebuyers.
By the end of this session, participants will know how to access the MTA bus on-time performance dataset and use it to understand and take action in their own communities.
Welcome–See LiveStream Presentation
Seema Iyer, Introduction to Vital Signs 16, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute
Frank Johnson, Chief Information Officer, Baltimore City Office of Information Technology
Preparing for Census 2020
Philip Lutz, US Census Bureau
Annie Milli, Live Baltimore
Flo Gutierrez, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore Open Land Data Project (BOLD)
(Handout on the Tax Sale Process)
Amanda Davis, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Kim Graziani, Center for Community Progress
Lowell Larson, Greater Greenmount Community Association
Open Data/Open Baltimore
Katherine Klosek, Center for Government Excellence – Johns Hopkins University
GEOLOOM Hack-A-Map
Danielle Walter-Davis, Baltimore National Heritage Area
Jonathan Dimes, JDimes MediVisual Communications / The Mural Hunter
Christine Hwang, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Food Environment Mapping and Indicators
Caitlin Misiaszek, Johns Hopkins University – Center for a Livable Future
Sarah Buzogany, Baltimore Office of Sustainability
Eric Jackson, Black Yield Institute
Leveraging Lending and Banking Data for Your Neighborhood
Cynthia DuRant, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Robyn Dorsey, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
Putting Free Business Data to Work
Nancy McCrea and James Palma, Maryland Department of Commerce
James McComas, 21st Century Cities Initiative – Johns Hopkins University
Tracking Success towards Baltimore’s Sustainability
Lisa McNeilly, Baltimore Office of Sustainability
Seema Iyer, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Welcome
Seema D. Iyer, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute
(Live Streamed Video)
Introduction to GEOLOOM: Cultural Mapping in Baltimore
Kristin Mitchell, Market Center Merchants Association
Baltimore’s Open Data Portal for Community Use
Jessica Clarke, Baltimore City Department of Finance
Multi-Modal Transportation Data for Communities
Jaime McKay, MDOT MTA Department of Planning
Celeste Chavis, Morgan State University
Jimmy Rouse, Transit Choices
IGNITE: Vacant Housing, Trash, and Making Data Open in Harwood
Eli Pousson, Baltimore Heritage (Presentation Notes)
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance Website and Data Resources
Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Introduction to GIS and Open Source Mapping Tools
Jonathan Dandois, Fearless (Download Slides | Additional Materials)
Data for Social Justice/Equity
Kylie Patterson, Prosperity Now
Housing and Health Data: Keeping it Relevant for Neighborhoods
Hersh Fernandes, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative
Baltimore Focus Initiative: Using Data to Promote Community Development
Theo Ngongang, AECOM
Welcome – Video available!
Seema Iyer, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Understanding Divided Baltimore
Joe Wood, University of Baltimore
Elizabeth Nix, University of Baltimore
Tylis Cooper, University of Baltimore
Eric Norton, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance
Sonce Reese, University of Baltimore
Darian Ripple, University of Baltimore
From Awareness to Action: Community Health and Liquor Outlets
Philip Leaf, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, JHSPH
Darcy Phelan-Emrick, Baltimore City Health Department
Data-Driven Workforce and Economic Development
Linda Dworak, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
Nesreen Khashan Census Bureau, On the Map
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance Website and Data Resources
Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Introduction to American FactFinder
Nesreen Khashan, US Census Bureau
Introduction to GitHub
Sophia Dengo, Johns Hopkins University Center for Government Excellence
Using Data to Keep Baltimore Safe
Andrew Jaffee, Baltimore City Police Department
Stephen Morgan, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan Gross, Baltimore City Health Department, Office of Youth Violence Prevention
Mapping Art, Creating Community
Krista Green, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts
Christina Delgado, Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc.
Pre-Session on Creative Placemaking
Jason Schupbach, National Endowment for the Arts
Welcome – Video available! (Windows | Mac)
Seema Iyer, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Mark Stern, Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania
Finding Information about Tax Sale Foreclosures in your Neighborhood
Robin Jacobs, Community Law Center, Inc
Margaret Henn, Pro Bono Resource Center
The Value of Arts and Culture Data in the Community Development Mix
Lindsay Tucker So, Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy
Pamela Dunne, Maryland State Arts Council
Kalima Young, Baltimore Art + Justice
Public Health: From Awareness to Action
Jonathan Gross, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, Baltimore City Health Department
Kim Eisenreich, Family League
Joy Twesigye, West Baltimore Health Enterprise Zone
Reporting on Neighborhoods- Using Data to Find the Story Behind the Stories
Adam Marton, Baltimore Sun
Lawrence Lanahan, Freelance Reporter
Mapping Your Neighborhood
Jennifer Darragh & Bonnie Wittstadt, GIS and Data Services, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University
Amy Lee Walton, Mapbox
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance Website and Data Resources
Nancy Jones, BNIA-JFI
Occupational Data for Workforce Programs
James Palma, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Claire Watson, Maryland New Directions
From Tech to Transformation
Technica.lly: The Data Behind Baltimore’s Crime Spike
Jim Garcia, Mayor’s Office of Information Technology
Ryan Smith, Johns Hopkins University
Identifying Opportunities for Creative Placemaking
Elizabeth Nash, The Reinvestment Fund
Mark Treskon, Urban Institute
Priya Bhayana, Bromo Arts & Entertainment District
Using Data to Keep Baltimore Safe
Emily Shaw, Sunlight Foundation
Denice Ross, Presidential Innovation Fellow, White House Police Data Initiative
Amanda Petteruti, Justice Policy Institute
Welcome
Welcome, Overview of Vital Signs 12, Seema Iyer, Associate Director, Jacob France Institute
Opening Remarks, Opportunities for Big Data, Smart Cities, and Urban Sustainability and Resilience, J. Morgan Grove, U.S. Forest Service
Affordable and Underutilized Housing
Michael K. Hollar, HUD, LIHTC Database
Sustainability
Charlie Murphy, TreeBaltimore
Ed Dohney, U.S. Geological Survey
Alice Volpitta, Blue Water Baltimore
Public Health and Education
Al Passarella & Neha Trivedi, Advocates for Children and Youth
Nicole Johnson, Senior Director, Elev8 Baltimore (a division of Humanim) & Leslie Gabay-Swanston, Research Analyst, Carson Research Consulting (Outside evaluator for Elev8)
Stacey Loyd, Doctoral Student in Mental Health at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health
Public Safety
Shannon Cosgrove, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Officer James Marsh, Baltimore City Police Department
Jonathan Gross, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, Baltimore City Health Department
Ernest K. Smith, McElderry Park Revitalization Coalition
Ignite Talks
Leslie Gabay-Swanston, Carson Research Consulting
Nesreen Khashan, U.S. Census Bureau
Reverse Research Day – Sustainability
Miriam Avins, Executive Director, Baltimore Green Space
Pre-Session on Big Data in Action
Sheilah Kast and Lawrence Lanahan, Maryland Morning WYPR, Lines Between Us
“The Future of Big Data” – Lee Rainie, Internet & American Life Project
Education – Kindergarten Readiness
Lawrence Reid, Baltimore City Public School System
Steve Rohde, Maryland Family Network – Supplementary City Data Profile
Water Quality
Guy Hager, Parks and People Foundation
Public Health/Food
Aruna Chandran, Baltimore City Health Department
Transportation
Michael Walk, Maryland Transit Administration
Jason Sartori, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
Kirin Smith, West Baltimore Strategic Alliance
Researching Grant Opportunities
Paul Chasen, Pratt Library
Arts & Culture
Kalima Young, Baltimore Art + Justice Project
Housing
Chad Tompkins, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Marceline White, Maryland Consumer Protection Coalition
Crime
Caroln Scheriff, Baltimore City Police Department
Brian Lawton, George Mason University
Early Childhood Education and Health
Linda Olson, Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Employment Development
Jennifer Vey, Brookings Institution
Public Health/Food
Meena Abrahams, Baltimore City Health Department
Amanda Behrens, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University
Ernest Smith, East Baltimore Community Health Initiative
Ignite Session
Beth Blauer, StateStat
Chris Whong, New York University
Tim Akers & Benjamin Hall, Morgan State University
Grant Writing
Eric Benner, Governor’s Grants office and Paul Chasen, Pratt Library
Communicating & Visualizing Data
Bryan O’Connor, Maryland Institute College of Art
Edwin Quiambo, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Healthy Housing
Brendon Brown, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Perspectives on Exploring Your Community Through Data
Kathryn Pettit, Co-director, National Neighborhoods Indicators Partnership/Senior Associate, Urban Institute
Florencia Gutierrez, Research Associate, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Results from the 2010 Census
Travis Pate, Demographer, Baltimore City Department of Planning
Jenaye M. Munford, U.S. Census Bureau
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance Presentation, Matthew Kachura, BNIA-JFI
Education
Jonathan Hoffman, Director of Research Services, Baltimore City Public Schools
Tracy Rone, Research Associate, Morgan State University/BERC
Heidi Stevens, Coordinator, School Every Day!
Public Health
Ryan Petteway, Epidemiologist, Baltimore City Department of Health
Michael Scott, Equity Matters/Place Matters Initiative
Neighborhood Stabilization
Mary Warlow, Director of Programs, Belair-Edison Neighborhoods Inc.
Economic and Workforce Development
Donna Langley, Director, Baltimore Main Streets
Andrea Payne Roethke, Senior Policy Analyst, Job Opportunities Task Force
Grant Writing
Dan Owens, Manager, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Grants Collection
Sustainability
Miriam Avins, Founder, Baltimore Green Space
Public Safety
Tom Darling, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore School of Public and International Affairs
Kerry Hayes, Director, Baltimore City Police Department, Planning and Research