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Social Impact-athon

Social Impact-athon, an intensive weekend project to learn about environmental justice and local organizations that support it, evaluate their priorities and needs of the community, and award grant funding.

Key Resources

 

Learn about Boston's response to environmental justice and social equity issues.

Click the titles below to find texts, analysis, datasets, and maps.

Imagine Boston Addresses growth in the context of a variety of concerns including social equity and climate change. The text is supported by maps, photos, infographics and data.
Planning for resilience seen through the lens of social and racial equity.  Twenty-three initiatives cover transportation, public health, education, racial equity, entrepreneurship, and climate change.
Ongoing program to prepare vulnerable parts of the city to weather climate change.
From the Mel King Institute. Explores need for economic and social equity to inform preparations for climate resiliency.
Addresses economic inequality. Based on data taken from the National Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color.
Dataset on Climate Ready Boston from the Analyze Boston Open Data Portal.
From the Boston Public Health Commission. Provides recommendations for increasing access to health resources.

 

Additional background resources

To locate similar publications, visit the Research Publications area of the Boston Planning and Development Agency web site. Below are samples.

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