Dolores Huerta Foundation: GIS and Voting Rights

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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: "Maps: The Fight for Fairer Redistricting and Voting Rights"..   If you want to get involved with this great team and know a little GIS, the foundation is looking to hire a GIS Intern.   If you want to read more about GIS & Social Justice, check out the new "Gis for Equity & Social Justice" geonet group.

(reference project search tags: xAdvocacy xJustice xDemocracy xEquity xCommunity xSocial xVoting xLaw xAction xCivilRights)