We see data visualizations everywhere, but they often aren't designed with equity and accessiblity in mind. Join us to explore how the design decisions we make when creating charts, maps, and other data visualizations can include or exclude parts of our audience - shaping who is able to gain insights from the data and who isn't.
During this session, we will be joined by Courtney Marchese, a data experience strategist and author of Information Design for the Common Good, and Jen Macias De La Parra, a trauma-responsive accessibility specialist.
About this group:
We are a group of data users in Connecticut who are supporting one another as we work toward more equitable data practices. We focus on racial equity explicitly but not exclusively.
Some of the topics we talk about include:
How can we make sure we don't make certain groups invisible through how we disaggregate our data?
How can we learn to focus our attention on the strengths, rather than the deficits, of groups we are seeking to serve or support?
How can we learn from the people who we hope will benefit from our products or services about what their data means to them?
How can we help the institutions that we are part of to be trustworthy so that people will trust us with their information/data?
You can read more about our past events here.
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