Presentation materials from past Data Day sessions are available for download.

Data Week 2024

9:15 am – 10:15 am Welcoming Remarks

Welcome – Autumn Reed, Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs, University of Baltimore
Introduction to Baltimore Data Day 2024Amanda Phillips de Lucas, Ph.D., Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI)
Keynote Panel: How Youth Participation is Driving Research in Baltimore City

Young people in Baltimore are not only participating in research, they are driving projects that will result in new, rigorous, place-based knowledge. These projects center a fundamental idea; addressing challenges requires deep engagement with those most impacted by the problems a research project is trying to solve. In this keynote panel, we’ll learn from a group of youth researchers participating in urban greening projects and participatory work on mental health and environmental stewardship. Panelists will discuss how they got involved in these projects, the impact of their work, and provide suggestions for researchers or organizations looking to do participant engaged projects.

Panelists:
Kristen Mmari, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Michael Dorsey, Grow Home Baltimore
Shirley Suarez Lopez
Donnie Woods
Zaniya Watson
Lynde May Joseph

Session #1 – 10:30 am – 11:30 am

How Transportation Researchers Can Partner with Local Agencies to Collect, Visualize, and Parse Data in Support of Safety Interventions

Research universities present unique partnership opportunities for public agencies and community advocates, especially in resource-strapped legacy cities like Baltimore. Morgan State University, Maryland’s premier urban research university, is working to develop close and productive partnerships with Baltimore community groups, city agencies, and even real estate developers to ensure the research conducted on its campus is in service to Baltimore’s community and commitment to roadway safety. Please join transportation researchers from Morgan’s National Transportation Center in conversation with Baltimore City and state agencies, developers, and advocates to explore how transportation researchers can partner with local agencies to collect, visualize, and parse data in support of safety interventions.”

Moderator: Brandy Savarese
Mansoureh Jeihani, PhD, National Transportation Center, Morgan State University
Erich Lange, West North Avenue Development Authority
Matt Hugel, Cross Street Partners

Call To Action: How to Save Lives and Curve Violence with Data

Violence is a global problem that affects people of all ages, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It can have devastating consequences for individuals, families, and communities. While there is no single solution to violence, data can play a vital role in understanding its causes and developing effective interventions. In this panel, we will explore how data is used to: identify the root causes of violence, develop targeted prevention programs, evaluate the effectiveness of violence reduction strategies, and advocate for policy changes that promote safety and well-being. We will be discussing these topics with local first responders to shine a focused lens on changing Baltimore’s demographics. By working together, we can use data to create a safer world for everyone. Join us for this important discussion and learn how you can make a difference.

Moderator: Sarah Wallace, For My Kidz, Inc.
Clyde Boatwright, President, Fraternal Order of Police
Ebony McClenney, Executive Director, Surviving Our Neighborhood, Inc.
Victoria Fox, Baltimore City EMT & Firefighter, BSW
Jerel Wilson, Executive Director, For My Kidz, Inc.

Baltimore City Youth Data Hub: Strategies to Engage Youth and Community in Data Use

Join us for a dynamic workshop focused on community engagement and the establishment of the Community Research and Action Committee (C-RAC), a key governance structure of the Baltimore City Youth Data Hub. The Baltimore City Youth Data Hub is dedicated to fostering collaboration among communities, service providers, policymakers, and researchers to inform decisions and create equitable programs and policies benefiting Baltimore’s youth and families. In this session, we will delve into our community engagement efforts and the formation of the C-RAC. Learn about our collaborative approach to involving the community in the governance of the Youth Data Hub, including insights gleaned from community input and our process for selecting committee members. Discover effective strategies for recruiting community members to participate in data projects and hear compelling examples of how youth and families have been empowered to drive positive change through our initiatives.

Moderator: Tamirah Reaves, Community Research and Action Committee, Baltimore City Youth Data Hub managed by Baltimore’s Promise
Dr. Geri Peak, Two Gems Consulting, Baltimore’s Promise Data Equity Consultant
Kerra Dukes, Community Advisory Board, Baltimore’s Promise
Noell Lugay, Interim Assistant Deputy Mayor of Equity, Health, and Human Services, Baltimore City
Bridget Blount, Deputy, Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore’s Promise

Smalltimore: A Data-Driven Look at How Small Businesses Contribute to Baltimore’s Social Fabric

Three University of Maryland, College Park journalism students and their professor describe a semester-long examination of the challenges small businesses face in Baltimore. What reporters found was unexpected: a deeper understanding of how small businesses contribute to the city’s social fabric.

These young journalists for Capital News Service will discuss reporting on the revitalization of the Mondawmin Mall area, the business culture in BelAir-Edison, and an unusual alliance between a printing company and a battle rap promoter. All three articles were published in the Baltimore Banner, which served as a partner for the project, and on Capital News Service based at the University of Maryland, College Park.The journalists started by examining a dataset Vojislav “Max” Maksimovic and Liu Yang created at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Maksimovic and Yang’s research, Seizing Opportunities: Small Businesses, Social Capital, and Banks, showed how small businesses with high social connections tend to thrive. The journalists filtered the data to find communities with lower income but higher measures of social connections. The panel will describe best practices in community journalism, data journalism and community engagement.

Moderator: Rob Wells, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Shaun Chornobroff, University of Maryland
Bridget Lang, University of Maryland
Robert Stewart, University of Maryland

Lunch and Workshops: 11:30 am– 1:00 pm

Workshop 1 – Intro to R and Tidy Census

Workshop Leaders: Ava Hoffman and Dexter Locke

Have you heard of “R”? It is a free, open-source programming language and suite of statistical packages used for all things data: data management, data cleaning, data augmentation, statistical analyses, spatial- and temporal-data analyses, data visualization, and much, much more. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce you to the basics of R and how to access US Census data – which is notoriously difficult to access. Participants can expect to leave feeling acquainted with some of the key concepts of how R works, with a knowledge of few basic commands, and with a reproducible pipeline for retrieving, analyzing and visualizing Census data. See materials for this workshop here: https://www.avahoffman.com/BDD24/.

Workshop 2 – Stop the Bleed Training

Workshop Leaders: Nicole Bryant and Ebony McClenny

The “Stop the Bleed” workshop is a hands-on training program designed to empower participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively control bleeding in emergency situations. Led by certified instructors, the workshop covers essential topics such as recognizing life-threatening bleeding, applying pressure and tourniquets, and packing wounds to stop hemorrhage. Through interactive demonstrations, participants learn how to assess the severity of bleeding and implement appropriate interventions, equipping them to act confidently and decisively during emergencies. The workshop emphasizes the importance of quick action and effective communication in saving lives, providing practical strategies for bystander response. Participants engage in simulated scenarios to reinforce their learning and gain practical experience in applying bleeding control techniques. Additionally, the workshop addresses the importance of personal safety and the need for situational awareness in high-stress environments. By the end of the workshop, attendees emerge with the skills and confidence to intervene effectively in bleeding emergencies, potentially saving lives in their communities.

Session 2: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Present and Future Applications of Crash Safety Data

This session will include presentations from state, regional, and city partners showcasing how traffic crash data are used for planning and programming. Data analysis tools will be shared, with publicly available data, and infrastructure improvement projects around the city will be discussed. Attendees will walk away with links to crash data and an understanding of regional and city safety plans.

Moderator:  Cindy Burch, Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Shanya Rose, Baltimore City Department of Transportation
Dylan Newport, Baltimore City Department of Transportation

Methods of Observing Greened Vacant Lots, and Emerging Findings – Project VITAL

Project VITAL (Vacant lot Improvement to Transform Adolescent Lives): While Baltimore City currently has over 18,000 vacant lots and 17,000 abandoned buildings, the City has developed a plan to ‘clean and green’ vacant lots in neighborhoods with large concentrations of vacancy. This provides us with a timely opportunity to explore the impact of vacant lot restoration on the health of adolescents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, with findings that can be used to develop long-term strategies for improving adolescent health equity. VITAL’s data analysis team will discuss both the traditional on-the-ground, and experimental digital methods of site-observation they are using in this research.

Moderator: Kristen Mmari, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Rebecca Skinner, MSPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dustin Fry, Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service, Philadelphia Field Station
Marina Jenkins, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

An Introduction to Data Resources – Baltimore and Beyond

Organizations in Baltimore and cities across the US are committed to the maintenance, preservation, and analysis of longitudinal and emerging datasets. In this panel, you will learn about the work done by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium, the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, the Baltimore Area Survey, and Hyphae Design Labs. This panel is an opportunity to learn about the work these organizations do, how they work with data, and how you can get involved. Topics discussed will include education data, long-term administrative data, recent survey tools, and using LiDar data at the neighborhood scale.

Moderator: Aliza Sollins, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Frankie Gamber, Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Bess Rose and Molly Abend, Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center
Michael Bader, Johns Hopkins University, 21st Century Cities Initiative
Merissa MacDonald, Hyphae Design Labs

Reporting Accountability Journalism Using Large Datasets with The Baltimore Banner

The Baltimore Banner data team will demonstrate how it uses data analysis to uncover the important accountability stories hidden within large datasets. We will showcase specific examples from our most impactful reporting, including uncovering Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis and demonstrating just how common large ships lose propulsion in Maryland waters. We will discuss the tools and methods we employ and explain our approach to prioritizing projects.

Moderator: Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner
Nick Thieme, The Baltimore Banner
Greg Morton, The Baltimore Banner
Ramsey Archibald, The Baltimore Banner

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Break and Lightning Round

Session 3: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

The BASE Network and Supporting Small Businesses

Traditional economic development creates a singular focus on scaling small businesses into companies and corporations, with data collection limited to jobs created and revenue. These metrics paint an incomplete picture and are ripe for a refresh. A new subset of businesses are starting to emerge with a focus on building with intention and generating a positive impact in the community. For many, their ultimate goal is not to scale the business, but to define success through quality, longevity, and generating community wealth. This panel will explore how economic development can evolve to capture the impact and value of small businesses in our community. What other data & metrics can we track? How do these metrics show that businesses create positive economic growth for the community even when they’re not scaling? How are entrepreneurial support organizations using data to capture new and actionable measures, including those that they can influence directly?

Moderator: Michelle Geiss, Impact Hub
Brennan Murray, Baltimore Development Corporation
Charlotte Clark – Economic Recovery Corps
Andy Cook – Made in Baltimore

Exploring the Challenges of Baltimore Youth: Through the Lens of Data

This session will be led by four Baltimore Workforce Development Board Youth Committee’s Youth Leader Interns. They welcome you to explore and learn about the challenges that current youth in Baltimore City face today, backed with data and personal experiences from Baltimore City youth. They will focus on three critical issues that young people face in Baltimore: mental health, transition to adulthood and employment. This session is not one to miss as our current youth are our future leaders!

Moderator: Sarah Cooper, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Lawrence Evans
Jazmine Green
Sela Powell
Nibria Roberts

Building Homeownership in Baltimore Neighborhoods

Homeownership declined in Baltimore during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Baltimore, from 2019 to 2021, the percentage of owner occupied homes fell from 55% to 53%, while the Black homeownership rate (43%) remained 18 percentage points lower than the white homeownership rate. This session will feature presentations that outline the scope and drivers of Baltimore’s homeownership decline. Presenters will discuss their approaches to increase and maintain homeownership at the national and local level.

Moderator: Justin Williams, Deputy Mayor for Community and Economic Development
Claudia Wilson Randall, Executive Director, Community Development Network of Maryland
Bob Pipik, Executive Director, Healthy Neighborhoods
Laurie Benner, Associate Vice President of Housing & Community Development, National Fair Housing Alliance
Toni Davis Spivey, Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Community Mortgage Specialist, Truist

Urban Environments, Sustainability, and Applications of Data

Organizations, agencies, and researchers across Baltimore use data to improve environmental quality and public health within our neighborhoods. This panel features presentations from Baltimore Tree Trust, the Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation, and alumni of the University of Baltimore to discuss how environmental data informs action and interventions to address tree care, urban heat, and hydroponics.

Moderator: TBD
Kajall Hylton and Marcus Tuah, Baltimore Tree Trust
Selenea Gibson, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation
Jonathan Cleary, University of Baltimore

Accessible Data and Resources for Supporting Baltimore’s Residents

This session will introduce and describe data, resources, and programs from the City of Baltimore that can improve quality of life for its residents. Baltimore was one of the first cities in the US to develop an open data portal, launching Open Baltimore in 2011. Learn more about the platform and ongoing work to make improvements. Water4All is a water billing discount program designed to provide more equitable access to financial assistance for eligible Baltimore City residents who need help paying their water bills.

Moderator: Cheryl Knott, Assistant Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute
Rosalind David, Data Fellow, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation
Terrence Jennings, Utility Policy Manager, Department of Public Works

Data Week 2023

Monday, July 17th

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Virtual)

Baltimore Resource Landscape Analysis Presentation: Recording Here

  • Ashley Edwards – Community Engagement and Communication Specialist, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
  • Logan Shertz – Research Analyst, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

Tuesday, July 18th

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Virtual)

Mapping Open Data for Your Neighborhood: Recording Here

  • Cheryl Knott – Assistant Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

Wednesday, July 19th

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Virtual)

Grant Writing Workshop with Enoch Pratt Library: Recording Here

  • Jennifer Mange – Staff Analyst/ Strategic Planning Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library

Thursday, July 20th

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Virtual)

Vital Signs 21: State of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods: Recording Here

  • Amanda Phillips de Lucas – Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute

Friday, July 21st

Baltimore Data Day In-Person Event:

8:30 am – 9:15 am (Atrium)

Check-In and Coffee  

9:15 am – 10:15 am (Auditorium)

Introduction to Baltimore Data Day

Welcome – Ralph Mueller, Provost, University of Baltimore 

Data, Community and Trust Amanda Phillips de Lucas, Ph.D., Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI)

Baltimore Social Ecological Collaborative – Building Community Capacity

The Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative (BSEC) is a network of researchers, community members, and institutions that aim to provide knowledge that informs equitable solutions to strengthen community-scale resilience. This panel will introduce members of the collaborative, discuss project goals, and detail what climate science informed by community-guided “potential equitable pathways” looks like in practice. Importantly, this panel will discuss how the group is building capacity across institutions, neighborhoods, and communities with different needs and priorities.

Moderator: Amanda Phillips de Lucas, BNIA-JFI

Benjamin Zaitchik, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins University 
Darryn Waugh, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins University 
Geenie Smith, MSPH, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 
Dr. Terris King, Liberty Grace Church 
Dr. Doris Minor-Terrell, President, New Broadway East Community Association 

10:15 am – 10:30 am (Atrium) Break 

10:30 am – 11:30 am (Classrooms) Concurrent Sessions #1

Securing the Family Home: Developing a Plan for stabilizing heirs’ Properties in the Black Butterfly

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and The SOS Fund work together to assist multigenerational families living together in homes across Baltimore city. If the original homeowners pass away without proper estate planning, the next generation may end up living in a house that does not “technically” belong to them. This lack of “clear title” prevents these homeowners from accessing tax credits, home repair programs and reduced utility rates, which are often critical to maintaining homeownership.

Moderator: Claudia Wilson Randall, Community Development Network of Maryland 
John Kern, The SOS Fund 
Arnell Garrett, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service 
Cheryl Knott, BNIA-JFI

Business, Banking, and Baltimore’s Main Streets

Entrepreneurship, small businesses, and lending institutions are essential to economic prosperity and neighborhood health. This panel will discuss the landscape of these institutions in Baltimore. Topics discussed include Minority Depository Institutions, Main Street commercial revitalization, and trends in small businesses across Baltimore.

Moderator: Austin Merritt, PNC Bank 
Mac McComas, Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative 
Dan Khoshkepazi, Pigtown Main Street 
Philip Allen Jr., PNC Bank 

GIS Data in Urban Infrastructure

Moderator: Eli Pousson, Baltimore Department of Planning
Henry Waldron, Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development 
Nicholas O’Gara, Baltimore Planning Department 
Jordan Brown, Baltimore Tree Trust 

Data and Journalism

Baltimore’s local and regional journalists are at the forefront of robust reporting, pairing community stories with rigorous data analysis. In the panel, Rob Wells and Shreya Vuttaluru will present an app that allows wealth inequality and race in Baltimore census tracts from 2010 to 2020. Ryan Little will give an overview of how The Baltimore Banner uses data in their coverage. He will discuss projects big and small, from our biggest investigations to breaking news and how we deploy strategies to work quickly with complex and incomplete data 

Moderator: Bridget Blount, Baltimore’s Promise

Rob Wells, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland College Park 
Shreya Vuttaluru, The Tampa Bay Times  
Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner

11:30 am– 1:00 pm (Atrium) Lunch/Lightning Round (12:30 pm) 

Participants will have 2-5 minutes to quickly share information about a project, dataset, research question, or organization. Sign up at the registration desk.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Classrooms) Concurrent Sessions 2 

Housing Policy Recommendations for Supporting Baltimore’s Communities

Released earlier this year, ReBUILD Metro’s “Whole Blocks, Whole City” report details solutions for addressing residential vacancy in Baltimore, through intentional site prioritization, community leadership, and investments. In this session, attendees will learn more about these solutions and strategies for supporting neighborhoods. The Maryland Center for Economic Policy will provide an overview of their recently released findings which describe the impacts of concentrated housing choice voucher utilization in the Baltimore metropolitan area. They will share recommendations for adopting Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) to alleviate rising housing costs in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

Moderator: Sarah Ficenec, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore
Sean Closkey, ReBUILD Metro 
Musaab Ibrahim, Maryland Center for Economic Policy 
Cheryl Knott, BNIA-JFI

Enhancing public safety data analysis and visualization utilizing Business Intelligence tools

Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik) are being used across various disciplines to translate complex data into easily understood data dashboards, interactive reports, and embedded visuals.  This panel consists of public safety professionals utilizing Microsoft Power BI to build interactive data dashboards to enhance policy decisions and promote data transparency. The panel will also be available to discuss tips and tricks for building effective dashboards.

Moderator: Amanda Phillips de Lucas, Ph.D., BNIA-JFI
Angelina Guarino, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services 
Joseph Muhlhausen, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement 
Kyle Chandler, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement 
Jeffrey Zuback, Greater Baltimore Committee 

Project VITAL (Vacant lot Improvement to Transform Adolescent Lives)

While Baltimore City currently has over 18,000 vacant lots and 17,000 abandoned buildings, the City has developed a plan to ‘clean and green’ vacant lots in neighborhoods with large concentrations of vacancy. This provides us with a timely opportunity to explore the impact of vacant lot restoration on the health of adolescents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, with findings that can be used to develop long-term strategies for improving adolescent health equity. 

Moderator: Molly Finch, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Kristin
Mmari, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Healt
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Dexter Locke, U.S. Forest Service 
Katie Lautar, Baltimore Green Space 

Voting in Baltimore: Democracy Dashboard Hack-a-thon and Beyond

This panel will discuss the Democracy Hack-a-thon organized last year. In this hack-a-thon, graduate students from local schools built dashboards and tools to examine issues that drive voter turnout and registration. This will include a discussion of our experiences working with students, voter data and wider efforts to increase voter registration and turnout in Baltimore.

Moderator: Gretchen LeGrand, Code in the Schools 
Phong Le, Vote Forward 
Sam Novey, Students Learn, Students Vote Coalition 
Dr. Bille Spann, League of Women Voters of Baltimore City 
Nancy Lawler, League of Women Voters of Baltimore City 

The State of the Baltimore Nonprofit Sector

The State of the Baltimore Nonprofit Sector report was produced in 2022 by the T. Rowe Price organizational health assessments, funding audits, 990 analysis, and survey data. Key contributors of the report will talk through the findings and discuss actionable steps that the nonprofit sector (including funders) might take to make progress.

Sabrina Thornton, T. Rowe Price Foundation 

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Break

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm (Classrooms) Concurrent Sessions 3

Impacts of COVID on Homeownership in Baltimore

In 2019, authors Sally Scott, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Seema Iyer, Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore analyzed homeownership trends in Baltimore by neighborhood and race to identify barriers and review incentives for homeownership. Now we are taking a new look at data to see what took place during the Covid-19 pandemicWe look forward to discussing homeownership with participants. We will discuss interventions that could sustain and increase the homeownership rate in Baltimore City. 

Moderator: Claudia Wilson Randall, Community Development Network of Maryland 
Cheryl Knott, BNIA-JFI

Sally Scott, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Laurie Benner, National Fair Housing Alliance 

Aliyah Stewart, Neighborhood Housing Services

Learning from Transit and Transportation Data

Researchers, practitioners, and informed citizens use publicly available to understand trends in transit and transportation data that impact their communities and region. Panelists will discuss research that puts these trends in context: the legacy of redlining on contemporary gaps in traffic safety, new tools and dashboards available through the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of State Police , and how the Central Maryland Transporation Alliance’s Transportation 101 program is training graduates to use data.

Moderator: Amanda Phillips de Lucas, BNIA-JFI 
Glendedora Dolce, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health 
Douglas Mowbray, Maryland Department of Transportation 
Eric Norton, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance 

Citizen Science and Participatory Action Research for Environmental Justice in Curtis Bay

Dr. Fabricant and her team of student researchers continue to conduct a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that is presently investigating structural injustices in Curtis Bay, South Baltimore. Much of the data collection and analytic work is being conducted by Benjamin Franklin high-school youth alongside Towson University students. Why do communities experience environmental problems and hazards unevenly? Towson University students have assembled small research collectives and worked collaboratively with youth to document the multiple layers of industrial toxicity, and the cumulative effects upon residents’ health and well-being. The PAR project with undergraduates and high-school students feeds directly into her broader research agenda, as we are creatively mapping how environmental hazards lead to political action or inaction during specific historic moments.

Moderator: Logan Shertz, BNIA-JFI
Nicole Fabricant, Towson University 
Matty Aubourg, Johns Hopkins Public Health Citizen Science Team 
Shashawnda Campbell, South Baltimore Community Land Trust 

Building Collective Community Capacity: A Collaborative Approach to Data

While Baltimore is a City of over 250 neighborhoods, many of the challenges are the same. In this session, facilitators will lead attendees through a visioning exercise to reveal community challenges, gaps in resources, and opportunities to build solutions as a part of a collective, rather than a singular association. Attendees will learn about ongoing community capacity building efforts across the City, their outcomes, and how to access those opportunities. This session requires a device that can capture a QR code for participation.

Moderator: Ashley Edwards, BNIA-JFI  
Kristina Williams, Charles Village Benefits District; Colmena Consulting  
Marcus Pollock, Research Collaborative for the Prevention and Intervention of Violence, Inc. 

Data Week 2022

Monday, July 18th (VIRTUAL)

Topic: Greening and Recreation

Recording Link

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    • Session Details: This session focuses on data resources on open and recreational spaces in neighborhoods, with a particular focus on how youth experience these assets. The Johns Hopkins Project VITAL (Vacant lot Improvement to Transform Adolescent Lives) consists of several multisector stakeholders seeking to answer whether restoring vacant lots improves adolescent health disparities? BNIA was a part of the project to create a sharable database containing key characteristics of restored and unrestored vacant lots, which is now available to the public. Baltimore Green Space is also a part of the project team helping communities secure and maintain everything from a community garden to a forest patch. You will also learn about an effort to conserve the forest in Gwynn’s Falls/ Leakin Park area with a demo on how to access information in Open Street Map. Finally, playgrounds are vital community assets that support the health and wellbeing of kids, but too often these spaces are missing, poorly maintained, or hard to access in communities of color and low-income communities.  Learn how KABOOM! uses geospatial, demographic, and qualitative data to identify and solve playspace inequity, drawing from examples in Baltimore and across the nation.
    • Moderator: Tony Bridges, Executive Director, Blue Water Baltimore
    • Speakers Include:
    • Tools/resources being presented: Project VITAL, https://bniajfi.org/projectvital/  

Wednesday, July 20th (VIRTUAL)

Topic: Neighborhood Retail, Commercial and Real Estate Data and Analysis

Recording Link

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM  
    • Session Details: This session will feature a demonstration of the BNIA Guidepost and the Baltimore Pipeline, which helps organizations like Innovation Works better target resources for local entrepreneurs.
    • Moderator: Kristina Williams, Executive Director, Charles Village Community Benefits District 
    • Speakers:
      • Julia Wood – Solution Engineer, Esri
      • Lamontre Randall, Neighborhood Strategy Manager, Innovation Works  
      • Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
      • German Paredes, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance 
    • Tools/resources being presented: BDC Commercial District Needs Assessment, BNIA’s Guidepost, and Baltimore Pipeline 

Thursday, July 21st (VIRTUAL)

Topic: Demonstrations and Applications

  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM State of Maryland Open Data Overview: The program, the datasets, and how to use the data 

Recording Link

    • Session Details: Attendees will learn about the Maryland Council on Open Data and the State Bill that formed the council and will also learn how to navigate Maryland’s Open Data Portal, search for the data they require, and download it in a useful format. We will also showcase one or two of the more popular datasets with a demonstration using them to create two visualizations (a line graph, and a map as examples).  Attendees will also receive an introduction to the Data Freshness initiative, which aims to keep Maryland’s public-facing data current, accurate, and accessible. 

    • Tools/resources being presented: Maryland Open Data Portal https://opendata.maryland.gov/
  • 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM Maryland’s Access to Justice Commission’s Housing Data Dashboard

Recording Link

    • Session Details: The Maryland Access to Justice Commission has developed the Housing Data Dashboard so that existing data related to a legal case and eviction can be at our fingertips. This Housing Data Dashboard uses data compiled by the Maryland Judiciary and visualizes it to make it easy to see monthly and year over year trends and to make it possible to compare across counties and against statewide numbers.  
    • Speakers:
      • Dawn Luedtke, Assistant Attorney General for Maryland, and
      • Reena Shah, Director Access to Justice Commission 
    • Tools/resources being presented: Housing Data Dashboard, https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/yates.bi.consulting/viz/shared/GRTKQ2DCW  
  • 2:00-2:30 PM Fighting Blight in Baltimore

Recording Link

    • Session Details: Fight Blight Bmore and the Community Development Network of Maryland are building a citywide coalition on addressing vacant properties by developing solutions that centers the voices of residents in those neighborhoods and repairs the damage done by this blight. During this session, we’ll introduce the effort to attendees and introduce our citywide survey for residents
    • Speaker:
      • Nneka Nnamdi 
  • 2:303:15 PM Enoch Pratt Grants Workshop

Recording Link

  • Session Details: Enoch Pratt staff teaches you how to find, apply, and be competitive for grants and other philanthropic funds!

  • 3:15-4:00 PM Ignite Session: Catching up with the Baltimore Data Science Corps Fellows  

Recording Link

    • Session Details: 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. The Fellows are using their data science training and skills to help advance social good in Baltimore. 
    • Speakers:
      • German Paredes 
      • Bozkurt Karaoglan 
      • Charles Lac 
      • Jonathan Cleary

Friday, July 22nd (IN-PERSON, HYBRID MORNING SESSIONS)

Topic: Baltimore Data Week Unconference

Morning Sessions Online Registration

  • 9:00AM Registration and Refreshments 
  • 9:30-10:15 AM State of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods: Introduction to Vital Signs 20 and the Baltimore Community Change Project 

Recording Link

  • 10:15AM-12:15PM Using Data to Inform Urban Problem Solving

Recording Link

  • 12:15 – 1:00 PM Lunch
  • 1:00PM-2:45PM The UnConference

    • Session Details: This year, we are preparing an afternoon “unconference” on Friday, July 22 where YOU get to choose what topics you want to discuss. If you are interested in “Leading a Data Discussion”, fill in this form now!: https://forms.office.com/r/htf7fkWkfw. 
    • 1:00 – 1:45 PM Session #1 (Topics will be voted on by in-person attendees) 
    • 2:00 – 2:45 PM Session #2 (Topics will be voted on by in-person attendees) 

Data Week 2021

2:00-3:00PM: State of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods: Introduction to Vital Signs 19 

Session Resource Guide

An update on the Vital Signs of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. See which trends are continuing, and which changes are taking place in our communities. 

Speakers: 

  • Seema D. IyerPhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
  • Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute

Recording Link

4:00-5:15PM: Baltimore Data About COVID-19

Session Resource Guide

COVID-19 altered almost every aspect of our lives in 2020 and illuminated longstanding racial and socioeconomic disparities of health. Come hear from leaders at the Baltimore City Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and No Boundaries Coalition to learn about the development of Baltimore’s COVID-19 data dashboard, key findings from the COVID-19 data, and how the data was used to advocate for community-led COVID-19 prevention efforts. Baltimore City COVID-19 Dashboard: https://coronavirus.baltimorecity.gov/ 

Moderator: Delegate Robbyn Lewis, 46th Legislative District  

Speakers/Panelists:  

  • Darcy Phelan-EmrickBaltimore City Health Department
  • Emma Moynihan, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
  • Melissa Marx, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
  • Eean Logan, No Boundaries Coalition 

Recording Link

10:00-11:00AM: Workshop: Using Census and Business Data

Session Resource Guide

The U.S Census Bureau’s publicly available data sets and tools, can assist organizations in the equitable distribution of resources, and identifying underserved communities. The Census Bureau collects comprehensive data from a multitude of sources about the nation’s economy and population, covering a range of topics, including demography, housing, socioeconomics, and businesses. Additionally, the Census Bureau data sets and tools can inform the frameworks for public dashboards to share progress and program metrics for assistance programs. This session will introduce users to the agency’s Data Equity tools, to include the Census Business Builder (CBB), the Opportunity Atlas, the Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM) and Community Resiliency Estimates.  

Learning Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will 

  • Understand how data equity tools can help organizations reach underserved and vulnerable communities; 
  • Understand how CB data can help entrepreneurs grow or start a business; 
  • Be able to access CB data for their communities, utilizing publicly available tools on census.gov 

Workshop Lead: Nesreen Khashan, U.S. Census Bureau

Recording Link

2:00-3:15PM: Using Data to Understand the Entrepreneurial Landscape 

Session Resource Guide

This year has been presented huge challenges and opportunities alike for small businesses in Baltimore. Join this session to learn more about how entrepreneurial support and resources are distributed within the city and the state, how these resources affect our small businesses and their communities, and how they could even help yours! 

Moderator: Kristina Williams, Charles Village Benefits District 

Speakers/Panelists:  

  • Justin Elszasz, Chief Data Officer, City of Baltimore
  • Pava LePere, EcoMap
  • Holden Wilen, Baltimore Business Journal

Recording Link

4:00-6:00PM: Workshop on Building a Community Greening Dataset for Public Health Research 

Session Resource Guide

In this workshop, participants will learn about the Johns Hopkins University – Bloomberg School of Public Health-led project which seeks to address the impacts of vacant lot restoration on improving adolescent health disparities. Participants can follow along, or explore at their own pace, a working spatial database and map of greening lots across Baltimore City that was compiled by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance from various environmental stewardship organizations. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on greening lots in their own community to the research and database development teams. 

Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about the ways in which the environment can impact health outcomes of residents and they will have a conceptualization of how and why robust datasets benefit researchers but also the community for understanding ways in which data can be used to improve quality of life. 

Speakers/Panelists:  

  • Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins University – Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute

Community Groups: Baltimore Green Space, Parks and People 

Tools/resources being presented: ArcGIS Online 

Recording Link

11:30AM-12:45PM: Preparing for Affordable Housing in Maryland

Session Resource Guide

A new report by the University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth and Enterprise Community Partners finds that affordable housing stock in Maryland has not kept pace with the state’s housing needs, and that state and local leaders must accelerate their efforts to provide a range of rental and for-sale housing options for Maryland’s growing number of residents. We will start this panel with the findings of this report; speak with its author and contributors; and a local affordable housing developer in the Baltimore. We will then open up this discussion to the potential impact on Baltimore and our neighborhoods.

Moderator: Peter Dolkart, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch 

Speakers/Panelists:  

  • Nicholas Finio, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland
  • Dan Ellis, NHS of Baltimore
  • Laura Searfoss, Enterprise Advisors at Enterprise Community Foundation

Recording Link

2:00-3:00PM: Using BNIA APIs to Visualize Baltimore’s ‘Black Butterfly’

Session Resource Guide

Join Professor Colin Starger as he shows how BNIA’s Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) can be harnessed to visualize the hypersegregation Dr. Lawrence Brown has famously described as Baltimore’s “black butterfly.” Starger will demonstrate how BNIA APIs fit into a typical Jupyter Notebook/Python “stack” and how neighborhood data can be visualized and analyzed using Python code. 

Learning Objectives:  

  • Set up Jupyter/Python stack to access BNIA API 
  • Use Pandas/Geopandas to visualize and analyze API data 

Speakers/Panelists:

  • Colin Starger, Founder and Director of Legal Data and Design Clinic, University of Baltimore 

Tools/resources being presented: Jupyter Notebook (Python), Python libraries including GeoPandas/Pandas and MatPlotLib

Recording Link

4:00-5:00PM: Community Needs Assessment for Hospitals  

Session Resource Guide

The Affordable Care Act mandates that hospitals conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA) every three years in conjunction with community stakeholders to determine the demographics, health status, and health priorities of the communities they serve. Come hear from leaders at three hospital systems in Baltimore City to learn about this process, their findings, and how they are collaborating to better serve their communities.   

Learning Objectives: Participants will learn what CHNA’s are, how they are conducted, and what data they provide that may be used to inform priorities for improving community health. 

Moderator: Donna L. Jacobs, Esq. Senior Vice President, University of Maryland Medical System

Speakers/Panelists:

  • Ryan O’Doherty, Mercy Medical Center
  • Sharon Tiebert-Maddox, Johns Hopkins Medical Center
  • Martha Nathanson, Lifebridge Health 

Recording Link

12:00-2:45PM: Baltimore City Open Data: A New Administration (HYBRID session)

Session Resource Guide

Baltimore City has a variety of tools and resources to help navigate and learn about our city’s data. Join us during this workshop to learn about the steps Baltimore is taking to improve data equity and accessibility and how to use tools like CitiStatOpenBaltimoreCodeMap and more! 

Emcee: Seema Iyer, BNIA-JFI 

12:00-1:00 p.m. Program / Part I: Panel 

  • Heidi Daniel, President and CEO, Enoch Pratt Free Library / Welcome and introduction of Mayor Scott (10 minutes) 
  • Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore City / Role of data and data equity in the Scott administration (15+5 minutes with some Q&A)
  • Justin Elszasz, Baltimore City Chief Data Officer / What is CitiStat? (10 minutes) 
  • Jason Hardebeck, Baltimore City Director of Broadband and Digital Equity and Dana Moore, Baltimore City Chief Equity Officer / What is digital equity and equity overall? (20 mins with Q&A) 

Break (15 mins)

1:15-2:45 p.m.  Program / Part II: Hands-On Workshops (15-20 Minutes each with Q&A) 

  • OpenBaltimore / Samantha Luckhardt, Baltimore City GIS Supervisor 
  • CodeMap / Kimberly Rubens, Acting Chief of Policy & Partnerships, Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) 
  • Open Checkbook / Justin Elszasz, Baltimore City Chief Data Officer 
  • Open Budget / Lillian Nguyen, Data Lead, Baltimore City Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR) 

Recording Link

5:00-6:00PM: Ignite Session: Catching up with the Baltimore Data Science Corps Fellows 

Session Resource Guide

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. The Fellows are using their data science training and skills to help advance social good in Baltimore. 

Moderator: Seema D. Iyer, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
Speakers/Panelists:   

  • Amivi AtsuUBalt Student, Data Works MD 
  • Loveth AkinyemiUBalt Student, Maryland Center on Economic Policy 
  • German Paredes, Towson Student, Neighborhood Design Center 
  • Priya Kanneboyina, UCLA Student, Basil Labs 
  • Kaitlyn Baker, UBalt Student, Return Home 

Recording Link

2:00-4:00PM: Data for Youth Opportunities (HYBRID session) 

Session Resource Guide

Data plays an important role in how we analyze and improve our assessment of opportunities and diversion strategies for Baltimorean youth. Join this session to learn how our city and community organizations are reducing inequities for Baltimore youth by exposing them to opportunities for their future and how you can get involved! 

Moderator: Philip Leaf, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

Speakers/Panelists:  

  • Bridget Blount, Chief Impact Officer, Baltimore’s Promise 
  • Tiana DavisCenter for Children’s Law and Policy
  • Sarah Wallace, Director, iCARRe Resource Center 
  • Kyla Liggett-Creel, University of Maryland School of Social Work 
  • Kamri “Kam” Moses, Spelman College, HeartSmiles heartbeat, Healing Youth Alliance ambassador

Recording Link

Data Week 2020

State of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods: Introduction to Vital Signs 18

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.

  • Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

Opening Plenary: Discussion on the Impacts of COVID-19 in Urban Areas like Baltimore

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkp8lZiMW-Q

Session Resource Guide

Hosted in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

COVID-19 Dashboards

Link to Recording: https://youtu.be/5xWqkmZgh80

Session Resource Guide

Learn about how to use various dashboards helping us all keep track of COVID 19 and impacts on Baltimore

  • Amen Ra Mashariki, World Resources Institute
  • Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, MD, Baltimore City Health Commissioner
  • Natalie Schultz-Henry, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation
  • Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute
  • Mary Conway Vaughan, Johns Hopkins University

What is Equity Planning?

Link to Regcording: https://youtu.be/nrC04jug6Zw

Session Resource Guide

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.

Polymath Python (Workshop)

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io86ai32-Po

Session Resource Guide

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!

Racial Implications of Housing Insecurity (declining Homeownership, Evictions)

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLLB7XZuDM

Session Resource Guide

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.

  • Claudia Wilson Randall, Community Development Network of Maryland
  • Timothy Thomas, UC Berkeley, Baltimore Eviction Map
  • Allan Mallach, Center for Community Progress
  • Sally Scott, UMBC Community Leadership Programs
  • Althea Saunders-Ranniar, Bon Secours Community Works

Employment and Small Business

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45PMOJMYH8

Session Resource Guide

Learn about data for communities to understand the current economy for jobs and small businesses during the pandemic

  • Kristina Williams, Charles Village Community District 
  • Ajjit Narayanan, Urban Institute
  • Mac McComas, JHU 21st Century Cities Initiative
  • Jay Nwachu, Innovation Works (PPP Loan Maps: Average, Total)

Streets for People – How Residents Can Use Data to Plan Slow Streets in Baltimore

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVFVGZJ42Q

Session Resource Guide

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”.

  • Yolanda Takesian, Kittleson & Associates
  • Liz Gordon, Kittleson & Associates
  • Carol Kachadorian, AARP
  • Graham Young, Complete Streets Manager
  • Matthew Hendrickson, Lead Bike Planner and Slow Streets Project Manager

Impact of Smart Surfaces for Mitigating Urban Heat

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gM5-QZseKA

Session Resource Guide

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.

Data for Food Security

Link to Recording: https://youtu.be/TBpGlLfSmcA

Session Resource Guide

Learn how communities use data to address food security during the current pandemic and beyond

  • Elizabeth Rice, France Merrick Foundation
  • Caitlyn Misiaszek, JHU Maryland Food Map and COVID-19
  • Suzanne Poandl, 211 Maryland United Way Helpline
  • Sha’Von Terrell, Black Church Food Security Network

Investment Pitch Competition: Investment Connection Live – Maryland

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

Discussion on Trust, Open Source and Baltimore

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZurNZURpo

Session Resource Guide

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.

  • Clare Dillon, Mosslab.io Ireland
  • Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean of JHU Sheridan Libraries 
  • Jacob Green, Founder of Mosslabs
  • Danese Cooper, former CTO Wikipedia, former Chief Open Source at Sun, Former Sr. Director of Open Source at Intel
  • Dionne Joyner Weems, HackBaltimore
  • Jayne Chartrand, Human Centered Designer, St. Francis Neighborhood Center
  • Torbin Green, Program & Operations Director, St. Francis Neighborhood Center

Data for Digital Equity

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91er8YCD7k

Session Resource Guide

Learn how can community stakeholders can use data to understand and assess the digital divide in Baltimore to advocate for change

  • Andrew Coy, Digital Harbor Foundation
  • Sarah Heaton, Baltimore City Public Schools
  • John Horrigan, Technology Policy Institute
  • Lo Smith, Enoch Pratt Free Library

Open Data on Internet Performance – An Introduction to Measurement Lab (M-Lab)

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx4GQCd6em4

Session Resource Guide

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.

  • Chris Ritzo, Program Management & Community Lead, Measurement Lab

Using Resident Data to Address Neighborhood Concerns

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vK9PVB5vuo

Session Resource Guide

Learn best practices for collaboratively collecting data within your community and how to use the Blueprint for Baltimore dataset to affect change in Baltimore.

  • Evan Serpick, OSI-Baltimore
  • Jose Serrano-McClain, HR&A
  • Eri Furusawa, HR&A
  • Tre Murphy, Organizing Black
  • Seema D. Iyer, BNIA Demonstration of Blueprint Open Data Portal

OpenStreetMap Mapathon to Address Neighborhood Data Gaps with MaptimeBmore

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NehNzKq3-fw

Session Resource Guide

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

  • Maggie Cawley, OpenStreetMap US
  • Elliott Plack, KCI
  • Jonathan Dandois, Johns Hopkins University

Using Data to Support and Invest in Baltimore

Link to Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR06M42Peek

Session Resource Guide

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.

  • Yinka Bode-George, Maryland Philanthropy Network
  • Danielle Torain, OSI Baltimore
  • John Brothers, T Rowe Price
  • Jamye Wooten, CLLCTIVLY

Workshop: Getting Data for Your Community

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

Data Science Corps Ignite Session and Brainstorming

Link to recording: https://youtu.be/ivoAFTinbsg

Session Resource Guide

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.

  • Seema Iyer, PhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
  • Dr. Aryya Gangopadhyay, PhD, UMBC
  • Brian Kelly
  • Ruth Robinson, Priya Kanneboyina
  • Michael Vandi, Naomi Watts

Data Day 2019

Welcoming Remarks–See LiveStream Presentations

Preparing Baltimore for Census 2020

Learn how Census data is collected and how you can ensure a complete count during the 2020 enumeration.

  • Moderator: John Willis, University of Baltimore
  • Julius Maina, U.S. Census Bureau
  • Austin Davis, Baltimore City Department of Planning

Qualitative Data/Archives

Learn how to access neighborhood collections at the University of Baltimore and other area repositories for preserving and improving quality of life.

Community-Engaged Data

Identify ways that communities can use and engage with datasets to build cleaner, safer, and more-connected neighborhoods.

  • Moderator: Ben Hyman, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
  • Dan Hymowitz, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation
  • Tonya Nashay Sanders, Morgan State University
  • Sarah Wallace, Vision to Life

Poverty Measurement and Education Data: What the Data Can and Can’t Tell You

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.

Lessons from the Baltimore Data Jam Competition

  • Bess Caplan, Baltimore Ecosystem Study
  • Kaitlyn Beyer, Caroline Benda, Alee Marschke, Hereford High School

Digital Equity

Learn how to get (or create!) data about where and how Baltimoreans are getting online.

  • Moderator: Stephanie Smith, Baltimore City Department of Planning
  • Mike Fried, Baltimore City Health Department
  • Dave Troy, 410 Labs
  • Lo Smith, Enoch Pratt Free Library

Using Crime Data to Track Performance and Community Safety

Learn how different kinds of agencies and groups access and responsibly interpret crime information to better understand and improve neighborhood safety.

Homeownership Education and Counseling

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.

Public Transportation

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.

Data Day 2018

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

Data Day 2017

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

Data Day 2016

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.

 

Data Day 2015

Pre-Session on Creative Placemaking
Jason Schupbach, National Endowment for the Arts

WelcomeVideo 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

Data Day 2014

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

Data Day 2013

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 NetworkSupplementary 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

Data Day 2012

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

Data Day 2011

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

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