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    Innovate Memphis

    Improving Safety and Racial Equity through Data Visualization

    Memphis, TN

    In Memphis, Black residents are 3.8 times more likely than white residents to be arrested for low-level, nonviolent charges, have longer stays in jail on average, and are more likely to be victims of crime. To address these racial disparities and community harm, the Justice and Safety Alliance, a coalition of organizations working to transform how public systems operate in Memphis and in Shelby County more broadly, are developing and advocating for equitable policies and practices rooted in racial justice that increase safety, accountability, and healing.

    With Catalyst Grant funding, Innovate Memphis, in partnership with Stand for Children, a lead member of the Justice and Safety Alliance, and United InfoLytics, a data visualization vendor, will use a user-centered approach to integrate data on the front end of the criminal legal system into Data Midsouth, a civic data hub for sharing public data and supporting users across a variety of community indicators. Throughout the grant period, Innovate Memphis will engage advocates and people impacted by the criminal legal system in a series of grassroots user-design sessions. Based on community members’ input and findings from background research, the organizations will set priorities for obtaining, cleaning, and publishing data into Data Midsouth and create public reports to visualize the data. Innovate Memphis will provide Justice and Safety Alliance members examples of how to use the data and training resources so they can help people use the new data to advocate for and develop equitable policies and practices.

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    2023 Grantees


    Beyond the Bars
    Miami Gardens, FL

    Black Voters Matter
    Fulton County, GA

    Center for Policing Equity
    St. Louis, MO

    Chicago Appleseed
    Cook County, IL

    Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
    Los Angeles, CA

    DC Fiscal Policy Institute
    Washington, DC

    Forward Through Ferguson
    St. Louis City and County, MO

    Freedom Community Center
    St. Louis, MO

    Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
    Cuyahoga County, OH

    Homeward Bound
    Dallas County, TX

    ideas42
    Sacramento, CA

    Innovate Memphis
    Memphis, TN

    Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice
    Washtenaw County, MI

    Just Communities Arizona
    Pima County, AZ

    Justice Management Institute
    New Orleans, LA

    Mediation and Restorative Services
    Anoka County, MN

    People of Progression
    Outagamie County, WI

    Phoenix Youth and Family Services
    Ashley County, Bradley County, Chicot County, Desha County, and Drew County, AR

    Project Curate
    Harris County, TX

    Pillars of the Community
    San Diego, CA

    Safer Foundation
    Cook County, IL

    San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project
    San Francisco, CA

    Starting Over, Inc.
    Riverside County, CA

    UnBoxed
    Denver, CO

    United Way of South Central Michigan
    Jackson County, MI