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Mapping Your Local Environment (MYLE)

Mapping Your Local Environment (MYLE) is an educational program that addresses inequitable data representation by training participants in GIS to map local environmental justice concerns. Local journalists, accompanied by environmental justice organizers and other interested community members, will learn to identify and challenge biases by developing critical skills to find, analyze and present relevant local data, combining qualitative and quantitative insights to build powerful narratives.

The workshops combine lecture, analog exercises (paper + pencil), varied stakeholder discussions, and skill building with digital tools (GIS software) to interrogate the intersection of environmental justice, civic engagement and technology in local advocacy efforts.

After a successful pilot during Climate Week NYC 2024, Arpan has designed additional pilots to provide environmental data and GIS training to local journalists and other interested community members in new cities.
City Partners
Atlanta, GA Atlanta Documenters    
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Detroit, MI Detroit Documenters
Planet Detroit
Detroit Data
Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Public Library
Newark, NJ Newark Documenters
NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice
MYLE is a program run by Rooted Futures Lab, in partnership with Urban Data Response and regional partners in each pilot city. The pilot program was funded by the Tiny Fellowship (4.0) and the Shape of Cities to Come Institute.

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