A significant percent of the houseless population that often goes forgotten are the youth. Brandt Maina (RIOA wa ROE) was houseless when they first moved to Portland and refuses to ignore the challenges he and other houseless youth have faced.
Updates from the City Data Governance Committee Team regarding City Data Stewards, Demographic Data Standards and future directions of the work moving forward.
Jonathan Cruz utilized his time in the Smart City PDX Community Leads Cohort to spearhead an initiative to empower his community to better navigate and understand data. Cruz's work underscores the need for culturally relevant data to address systemic inequities and support for this community.
Updates from the City Data Governance Committee Team regarding City Data Stewards, Demographic Data Standards and future directions of the work moving forward.
Welcome to our latest newsletter! We're excited to bring you the latest updates on the important work being carried out by the City Data Governance Committee.
This is our fourth iteration of the Community Leads Cohort. We use this model in our Smart City PDX team as a form of transparency and inclusion—to ensure that communities experiencing the greatest technological harms play a leading role in technology policy making.
Each Community Lead is bringing their skills, honesty, and ideas to build policies and new processes for centering frontline communities in the City’s data and technology policies.
With excitement, we welcome Alan Hipólito, Yvette Perez-Chavez, and Alyshia Alohalani Macaysa to the Smart City PDX team as Equity Consulting Advisors (ECA).
Smart City PDX wants to engage community leaders and equity experts in our program development and ongoing operation. Community leadership and equity expertise can come from a variety of lived experience.