Using local data to help those with addictions
“We have someone we are trying to keep off the map.”
Public Interest Technology
Emergency Preparedness for Prisons Isn’t Just Sandbags and Non-perishables
By changing laws after Hurricane Katrina so that fewer people end up in jail, New Orleans did something arguably better than evacuating.
Tools from the tech world can help us understand immigrant naturalization
A piece of technology can't fix this problem, but tools like user personas can enrich the work people are doing in this space.
Advancing Information Equality in Southeast Louisiana through Financial Literacy Services
Supporting first-time homeownership is one of the key strategies to spur post post-Katrina recovery in New Orleans.
What you can do on International Overdose Awareness Day
By bringing awareness through localized, interactive maps, you can help those in your community realize their power to make a difference.
Complex Coordination and Succeeding as a Tech NonProfit
Building software to help change the status quo involves a lot more than you might anticipate.
Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship
Blue Ridge Lab’s success in funding social enterprises across a variety of corporate structures challenges the typical nonprofit model.
Fighting for Civil Rights in the Age of Technological Innovation
What can be accomplished when conversations usually kept in a closed circle of policy advisors are opened to new voices?
Bootstrapping Infrastructure in the Public Interest
Without networks, victims of natural disasters can't contact loved ones, discover safe zones, or track relief efforts.
What Will It Take to Achieve Truly Data-Driven Policy?
It's hard to make good policy when we don't know how, why, or when policies are doing what they should. Here's how to change that.