Archive for January, 2012
Data Byte: American Migration Map
In Sarasota County, many of us have moved here from somewhere else in the United States. Have you ever wondered what our county’s migration patterns would look like if they were visualized on a map of the entire United States? The interactive American Migration map makes this possible for any of us to look at [...]
Community of Practice forming for Resident Community Changemakers
SCOPE soon will be announcing the 2012 fellows of the Resident Community Changemakers program. This 20 hour / week fellowship is designed to support neighbor-initiated, neighbor-led community change efforts throughout Sarasota County. The fellows will be partnering with their neighbors and with SCOPE over the next 9 months to co-develop community-building approaches that are tailored [...]
SCOPE’s Data Team has Re-Booted!
The Community Data Team meets weekly at SCOPE, both to support the development of a county-wide Community Data Collaborative and to develop data resources that can inform a variety of local community efforts. The team has recently “re-booted,” and now includes:
Laurel Corrao — Laurel is a resident of the Indian Beach / Sapphire Shores neighborhood [...]
Job Title: Green Map Data Steward
Purpose: The Sarasota County Green Map is an online, interactive map highlighting Sarasota County’s many sustainability features. It serves as a central, geographically-focused resource to assist community members and visitors in their efforts to live more sustainably. Green Map Data Stewards are needed to help take the Sarasota County Green Map to the next level [...]
Responding to Economic Inequality with Nurturance, Rather than Indifference
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.
– Edward Everett Hale
Yesterday, I posted some reflections on the relationship between economic inequality and toxic stress - the kind of [...]
Economic Inequality and Toxic Stress
As a community engagement organization focused on community well-being, SCOPE is generating a local conversation about economic equality / inequality and how it relates to the well-being of everybody. One aspect I’m interested in exploring is how economic inequality relates to toxic stress, and how we might respond to both.
What is economic inequality?
Economic inequality is [...]
Through the Census Looking Glass: Economic Equality Here in Sarasota County
In a recent blog post, Tim Dutton invited us to begin thinking together as a community about econonomic equality here in Sarasota County. Although we don’t yet have great local data available, here’s one way to begin taking a look:
In a recent Herald-Tribune article titled, “Census: Sarasota neighborhoods are among state’s richest,” reporter Zac Anderson notes that Sarasota [...]
Feeling Energized by the Fresh Perspectives of Neighbors
Over the past three weeks, we’ve met with over a dozen individuals from neighborhoods throughout Sarasota County - individuals who are interested in working as Resident Community Changemakers in their home neighborhoods. These residents shared pictures of the places in their neighborhood they like best, described neighbor-led efforts already underway, and talked about their hopes [...]
More Equality, More Well-Being for All
I am a big fan of the TED.com talks about current Technology, Entertainment and Design issues emerging around the world. A month or so ago I came across a TED Talk by Richard Wilkinson, a British health economist. It is 16 amazing minutes of one chart after the next establishing the correlation between [...]