Social and Economic Justice Indicators

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The Idea:

What will change in the world because this Project happens?

What is the state of social and economic justice where you live? This project will inform people on several measures of social and economic justice in their area. It will help them to see that some problems they are having are part of a larger societal issues and to connect with others with similar or related problems. The social and economic justice indicators will include:

* Housing Affordability: income vs. rents/housing costs
* Health Care Accessibility: number of uninsureds/underinsureds
* Jobs: unemployment, trends in wages, unionization,
* Income Inequality: trends in share of total income received by the top earners, middle class, and lower income.
* Race, Gender, and Age disparities in the above.
* User-posted stories about issues they are facing in the communities or at work.

What information will people interact with to make this change?

Government data, news feeds, and User-generated content.
Users will also post their own stories about issues in their communities and workplaces, which will be tagged by issue, location, and corporate or political decision-makers who can change the situation.

Once others have also posted their stories, they will be able to see their issues, the broader context of what's going on in their state or neighborhood or industry and occupation. They will also see others who have a related issue who live in the same area, work in the same industry or occupation, or have problems that are generated by the same corporate entity. The can then get together and work to change these circumstances.

Cause Area:
- Community Improvement
- Public & Social Benefit
Cause Area Tags:
- organizing
- Economic Justice
Financial support?:
No
State/Region:
CA

The Assessment

What kind of help or resources do you need to turn your project idea into a completed mashup?

While I am very familiar with government, corporate, and other data sources, I just learned what a mash-up is this week, so I would need lots of technical help and information on how this could be set up on a website and how all the data could be integrated together in an automated, continually updated, and accessible way.