The Johnson Center is leading a campaign to enable communities to see themselves in state data — data that researchers, nonprofit organizations, foundations, policymakers, and others use to direct resources to reach the areas of greatest need.
Specifically, our campaign encourages all state agencies to adopt uniform race and ethnicity data collection standards — including adding a “Middle Eastern or North African” category, and putting all categories in a single question with the option to “select all that apply.” We also urge the state to make this data publicly available at a community level across Michigan.
This campaign is supported by the Leadership Conference Education Fund.
Share the Interview Videos
In these videos, you’ll hear from three nonprofit leaders from across the state who rely on accurate and disaggregated data in their work. Their powerful words shed light on key issues and the impact of data disaggregation in Michigan.
Additional Resources from Disaggregation Nation
Data Equity Summit
Hosted by the Data Disaggregation Action Network & the Leadership Conference Education Fund
Organizing Toolkit for Data Equity
Community Organizer Toolkit on Equitable Race & Ethnicity Data Collection
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Disrupting Data Injustice
Watch the Campaign Kick-Off Event
At our campaign kick-off in May 2024, we gathered in Detroit with campaign collaborators and state leaders, alongside nonprofit and philanthropic partners, to advance the data disaggregation campaign through listening and learning sessions.
Recorded May 2, 2024
Seeking Equity Outdoors
Explore how the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) used new datasets and maps to locate ‘opportunity communities’ for its Spark Grants program.
