JUSTICE: Community GIS, Environmental & Social Justice
I first met Dolores Huerta in the early 70's when I volunteered for the United Farmworkers Union, organizing donated food and supplies and participating in some of the lettuce boycott marches. It closed a huge circle in my life to meet her again at the 2018 Esri User Conference, when she was there with some new young colleagues interested in expanding their GIS capabilities. A recent outcome of the Dolores Huerta Foundation GIS Team is "Redistricting: Mapping for Social Justice". Esri's Sustainable Development Solutions Lead Jen Van Deusen recently covered this project and the new California "Fair Maps" act in detail over on the Esri Blog site:
