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All Things Not Being Equal:The State of Equity in Metro Boston
January 27, 2012
Data Day 2012:Using Data to Drive Community Change
The MetroFuture Vision:
Selected MetroFuture Equity Goals:
#15: There will be less regional segregation as all municipalities increasingly reflect Metro Boston’s growing diversity.
#16: Low-income households will be able to find affordable, adequate, conveniently located housing.
#24: Residents in all communities and of all incomes will have access to affordable, healthy food.
#38: More minority and immigrant workers will have opportunities to advance on the career ladder, acquire assets, and build wealth.
All the MetroFuture goals are at www.metrofuture.org
Measuring Progress to MetroFuture
Objectives support each of the goals. They are more specific and largely numeric.
Goals describe the MetroFuture vision in general terms.
Indicators are tied to as many of the objectives as possible. They are regularly collected data points.
Regional Indicators Reports
Indicators reports will monitor the region’s progress towards achieving the MetroFuture goals.
Baseline reports establish the numbers against which progress will be measured.
Future reports will tell us whether we are trending towards our goals - or away from them.
Equity Indicators
www.regionalindicators.org/equity
State of Equity report
Today’s presentation
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30 indicato
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For Every 100 People
Year Year2010 2030
72 White 69
28 Minority group population 31
18 Born in another country 23
24 Under 20 years old 23
25 Over the age of 55 33
Our “Regional Street” is Changing
Inequality in the Region is Growing
The State of Equity in Metro Boston: Key Findings
Segregation Among Children
Attendance at High Poverty Schools
Low Birth WeightPe
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Youth Asthma Hospitalization
High School Dropout Rates
Labor Force Participation
Household Incomes by Race
Housing Affordability by Income
Grandparents Living in Poverty
State of Equity Part Two will consist of policy recommendations to “bend the trends” towards a more equitable region.
Would you like to participate in the second phase of the project, turning the data findings into policy recommendations?
Sign up here or online to stay involved!
“State of Equity” Moving Forward
Questions?
regionalindicators.org/equitywww.metrofuture.org
Data Day 2012:
Using Data to Drive Community
ChangeFriday January , 20128:00 am – 5:15 pm
Co-sponsored by:
PANEL DISCUSSIONEngaging the Media to Tell Your Community’s
StoriesMary Jo Meisner , Vice President for Communications, The Boston
Foundation (Moderator)Mark Abraham, Executive Director, DataHaven, New Haven CT
(twitter: Urbandata)John Davidow, Executive Editor for New Media, WBUR (twitter:
JohnDavidow)Derrick Jackson, Columnist, Boston Globe (twitter: GlobeJackson)Ted McEnroe, Director of Public Relations, The Boston Foundation
(twitter: tmcenroe)(Former Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media, NECN)
Maggie Mulvihill, Associate Director and Senior Investigative Producer,
New England Center for Investigative Reporting (twitter: MaggieMulvihill)
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kathy Ludgate
Former Regional DirectorU.S. Census Bureau,
Boston Office
Data Day 2012:
Using Data to Drive Community
ChangeFriday January , 20128:00 am – 5:15 pm
Co-sponsored by:
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Presenters:
Joel Barrera, Deputy Director,
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
and
Charlotte Khan, Sr. Director, The Boston Indicators Project
at The Boston Foundation
DATA CHAMPION AWARD
Rachel Kaprielian
RegistrarMassDOT, Registry of Motor
Vehicles
EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
Joshua Robin
Director of InnovationMassachusetts Bay Transit
Authority (MBTA)
EXCELLENCE IN CAPTURING LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE
EkOngKar Singh Khalsa
Executive DirectorMystic River Watershed
Association
EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Mayor Joseph Curtatone
MayorCity of Somerville
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jeffrey Stamps(March 18, 1944 – June 11,
2011)
Data Day 2012:
Using Data to Drive Community
ChangeFriday January , 20128:00 am – 5:15 pm
Co-sponsored by: