Name: GIS for Equity & Engagement
Start: 2024-10-10T08:30:00-0400
End: 2024-10-10T10:00:00-0400

Welcome to GIS-Pro 2024: URISA’s 62nd Annual Conference, taking place in Portland, Maine! This is where you review the comprehensive educational program for the conference and plan your agenda.

We are pleased to collaborate with the New England Chapter of URISA on this important event.

Go to this page to register for the conference and make travel plans; review sponsor and exhibit packages, and check out young professional and student opportunities. Early bird registration discounts are available until August 1.

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT

Cumberland/Kennebec

This session considers how GIS is being used to overcome education barriers, engage communities, and support equity. These talks consider various equity indices, models, and the URISA Code of Ethics to understand the efficacy and impact projects can have on the development of communities.

Empowering Equitable Sidewalk Infrastructure with GIS
Juliette Bateman, GIS Developer, dymaptic, Asheville, NC

Local Redistricting and the GIS Practitioner’s Ethical Obligations
Mark Salling, PhD, GISP, Senior Research Associate, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Classrooms and Communities: Collaborative Mapping for Flood Mitigation
Wansoo Im, Ph.D, Professor, School of Global Health/Meharry Medical College
Suhyun Bea, Undergraduate Student, University Utah, Asia Campus - Seoul, South Korea

Engaging Elementary Students in Climate Change through Community Mapping
Yun kyung Cha, Elementary School Teacher and Yoonji Chung, Elementary School Teacher, The Gogo Teachers' Association, Won-ju si, South Korea

Moderators

Judy Colby-George, GISP

Principal, VIEWSHED

Judy is the owner of Viewshed, which is made up of Spatial Alternatives, GIS Consulting and tjd&a, Landscape Architects and Planners. She has worked with municipal governments, regional planning agencies, and state governments in New England for over 25 years. Judy has extensive... Read More →

Speakers

Juliette Bateman

GIS Developer, dymaptic

Mark Salling, PhD, GISP

Senior Research Associate, Cleveland State University

Mark Salling, PhD, GISP is an applied urban geographer and demographer and has more than 40 years of experience in data management, dissemination, and analysis. He has been active in providing and analyzing data and has conducted studies in urban migration, poverty, housing, voting... Read More →

The Role of GIS in Pursuit of Equity and Social Justice

GIS-Pro 2024

Judy Colby-George, GISP

Juliette Bateman

Mark Salling, PhD, GISP

Wansoo Im, Ph.D.

Suhyun Bea

Yun kyung Cha

Yoonji Chung

Attendees (11)

Attendees (11)

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