Monthly Newsletter: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Dear Friends,
As we kick off a new year of powerful grassroots organizing, DataCenter
has been working hard to meet the dynamic research needs of the social
justice movement. The following page details the latest developments of
our work, all of which help our partners to document and/or generate the
data crucial to capturing their stories. You will also see our unique
approaches to fully-integrated research, ranging from program impact
assessment to building evidence-based cases for funding support.
Elevating community voices to make social change; that is our mission,
and we hope you enjoy reading about how we do it in collaboration with
you, our partner organizations and allies.
In community,
DataCenter
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National Domestic Workers
Alliance Project
In 2003, DataCenter was approached by the Domestic Workers United to
partner on a participatory, worker-led research project to document the
working conditions of domestic workers in New York City. That project
led. . . Read More
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Khmer Girls for Action
“Duh!” written on numerous post-its were placed on a human body drawn
on butcher paper. The body was one of three, each one representing a
different audience that would receive findings from the youth survey. The
body represented... Read More »
Gathering Voice: Da Town
Researchers Update
Da Town Researchers are moving into Phase Two of Gathering Voice:
Research and Data Collection! This year, Da Town Researchers are focusing
on... Read More »
Indigenous Knowledge
- Youth Research Justice Camp
DataCenter and Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE)
partnered in late 2009 to bring 12 young people together for an
Indigenous Knowledge and Research Justice Camp. The 2-day camp was the
first step in building a... Read More »
Other DataCenter Highlights
Green Gardeners
The Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California has launched
a training program that will train low income workers in low impact
development. The green gardeners learn about soils, water, irrigation and
native plants that need less water and are environmentally sustainable.
DataCenter created and is implementing the evaluation of the training
program. To learn more, read this article
in the Los Angeles Times.
Sustaining Organizing Survey
The Sustaining Organizing Survey was launched in November and in three
months we were able to collect surveys from over 200 organizations throughout
the United States. The findings will help us measure the impact of the
economic crisis on organizing and movement bulding work. Over the next
three months we will analyze the results and launch the findings. It will
be presented in June at the United State Social Forum where we hope to
dialogue about the results and ways in which to move forward to
strengthen our movement. To learn more, visit the SOS blog.
AIWA Youth Program
The AIWA Youth Program is ready to kick off the year with a record
number of motivated and dedicated youth! DataCenter was asked to partner
with them to do background research on a possible campaign issue
impacting immigrant students in the Bay Area public school system. Once
they receive our targeted research findings, they will articulate their
campaign goal, solution proposal, and strategies to improve equitable
access to higher education for all immigrant students for whom English is
a second language! To learn more, visit AIWA's website.
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Upcoming Trainings
& Events
Democratizing
Research Training @ CompassPoint, March 25, 2010,
9:30-12:30, San Francisco, CA
Democratizing Research Training
@ The California Wellness Foundation, April 19-20, San Francisco, CA
Allied Media
Conference, June 18-20, 2010, Detroit, MI
US Social
Forum, June 22-26, 2010, Detroit, MI
DC Out In the Field
> In January, DataCenter participated in the Right To The City HUD work
group meeting to finalize a plan for the community-based white paper,
We Call These Projects Home. It will be released this spring.
>> DataCenter stopped by a Food Chain Workers Alliance convene
and presented on research project planning.
>>> This past February, the UC Berkeley Center
for Race & Gender hosted the Decolonizing
The University Conference. Datacenter presented a workshop entitled
Decolonizing Research. Topics of discussion touched upon community
knowledge, culture, and research as it has tradition-ally been
practiced and presented.
Volunteer Opportunity
Are you a researcher? We're looking
for a person with past research/investigative experience. Learn
more »
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Resource Center
HealthyCity: Los Angeles
County specific tool that utilizes cutting edge GIS platform. Locate
resources and identify key demographics information.
LaborNotes: Best known for its
monthly magazine, LaborNotes is a great way to stay current on issues
and events within the labor movement.
Don't Forget...to check out the rest of our most popular
page, Research
Tools! It's updated quarterly & organized by topic.
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