The wealth gap between Black and White Americans, an important measure of inequality, has been worsening since the 80s. After the rapid wealth concentration we saw during the pandemic, the gap is growing even faster. In 2019, Black American households held only one-sixth the wealth of White American households. DataKind …
by Lauren Woodman, CEO, DataKind As DataKind marks a major milestone—our 10th Anniversary—I’m wondering if our past ten years of Data Science and AI for Good work have simply been the warm up act for the challenges the world is facing in 2022 and beyond. I recently participated in the …
The Global Food Crisis: DataKind Sets Focus for Our 10 Year Anniversary + Beyond Read More »
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The Power of a Decade: Celebrating DataKind’s 10 Year Anniversary Read More »
Helping communities mitigate financial shocks With inflation now running at a 40-year high (+7.9%) and gas prices up over 50% since this time last year, millions of American families are experiencing significant financial setbacks. Economic shocks have wide-ranging effects, including an increased need to access credit, unstable housing conditions, difficulty …
A Better Future for Economic Resilience Read More »
We’re excited to announce that DataKind has launched a cohort of seven U.S.-based, economic empowerment-focused DataCorps ® projects! This cohort of projects is part of a portfolio of work that we kicked off in 2021 to leverage data science and AI with mission-driven organizations focused on economic resilience across the …
By Shanna Lee, Director, Global Volunteers, DataKind As Global Volunteer Month approaches its end, we thank our global volunteer community past and present for your support of DataKind. We hosted a volunteer appreciation and networking event on April 21. It was a great time to reflect on recent DataKind happenings …
Celebrating Our Global Volunteer Community: The Power of Movement Building Read More »
At DataKind, we take an expansive definition of data ethics and responsible data science as broad terms that can be used to describe the appropriate handling of data, use and performance of models, inclusion of stakeholders, staffing of teams, and more. Incorporating ethical review and responsible data science practices has …
Talking Ethics in the DataKind Playbook: Highlights from our Lunch + Learn Read More »
Data Integrity and the Future of Intelligent Community Health Systems in Uganda One billion people lack access to healthcare because they live too far from a health facility, so digitally-enabled Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been a lifeline in communities where health infrastructure is lacking. For instance, it’s estimated that …
By Afua Bruce, Chief Program Officer, DataKind This is the second blog post in our ethics blog series. Read about how DataKind defines data ethics and embeds ethical checks throughout the project process in this introductory blog on our ethical and responsible data science practices at DataKind. This blog includes …
