GIS equity & social justice groups and programs

Esri GIS for Equity & Social Justice Team

https://www.esri.com/en-us/racial-equity/overview 

Extremely intersectional, helps coordinate many internal and external groups in many joint events, resources and offerings. 

“Esri Community (geonet)” Section for the ESJ Group:

https://community.esri.com/groups/gis-for-equity-social-justice/activity 

 

NorthStar https://gisnorthstar.org/ 

 

Black Girls M.A.P.P.  https://bgmapp.org/ 

https://people4thepeople.org 

 

Blacks in GIS  https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/product/announcements/recap-diversity-equity-inclusion-racial-justice-at-the-esri-user-conference-2020/ 

 

WeCan  (Women Enablement and Career Advance Network) 

https://www.instagram.com/wecan_esri/ 

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=45293249f3f64cd29fd8e903e4e24c22 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmmDvPGSQI 

https://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=418&moduleID=0 

 

Young Professionals Network (YPN)  https://www.esri.com/en-us/landing-page/lp/ypn 

https://userconference2020.schedule.esri.com/schedule/1610842105 

 

Esri Accessibility Group:   https://www.esri.com/en-us/accessibility/overview 

“We are committed to creating accessible technology” Esri is a pioneer in mapping and spatial analytics software, and we understand our responsibility to uphold our values toward inclusivity, diversity, and equality throughout the company and ArcGIS system. We believe there should be no barriers to what users can achieve with our software. We are committed to creating accessible products and services compatible with the latest assistive technologies that conform to current software accessibility standards and guidelines. 

Example posting  “Towards an Accessible Basemap” 

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/towards-an-accessible-basemap/ 

 

The following don’t have dedicated external sites yet. 

Esri  ECOS  Environmental & Sustainability Community 

Esri  LGBTQIA  Community 

https://community.esri.com/t5/conservation-gis-blog/why-should-gis-matter-to-queer-people/ba-p/1011618 

ADPI  (Asian, Desi, and Pacific Islander) Community   

Co-sponsored recent internal seminar with Ibram X Kendi on anti-racism: 

https://www.shortform.com/summary/how-to-be-an-antiracist-summary-ibram-x-kendi 

Claro: Esri  Latinx  Community 

LAUG – Usuarios Latinoamericanos de Esri – Latin American Users public Group 

https://community.esri.com/t5/laug-usuarios-latinoamericanos/gh-p/laug-usuarios-latinoamericanos-de-esri