The Value of Eliminating the Code Switch February 16, 2022 | by Lila Burgos, Tsuyoshi Onda and Cristina Magaña For over a year, our organization has been inviting uncomfortable but necessary internal discourse around race and power. These difficult conservations are allowing us to better understand how we can…
Foundations of Data Equity: Learnings from a workshop June 29, 2021 | by Taylor Anderson, Veronica Awan, Diana McDonnell and Haley Mousseau As a company, we are developing our racial equity lens to critically examine everything we do, including what is generally considered the “objective” work of data collection and analysis. To…
Becoming an anti-racist organization January 11, 2021 | by Nicole Bracy, Jennifer James, Allison Wolpoff and Cristina Magaña 2020 brought with it a racial reckoning in the United States - national spotlights on the murders of Black men and women by police officers, racism and xenophobia on full…
Rapid Cycle Learning: An evaluation tool for strategic… August 18, 2020 | by Eva Chavez and Kristina Gelardi At the start of COVID-19’s spread, many thought changes to our day-to-day lives might be temporary. Now, it has become clear that the pandemic will likely forever change the way…
Adapting practices in light of COVID-19 May 12, 2020 | by Amy Goldman, Nia Gordon and Theo Leenman COVID-19 has presented unforeseen challenges to our communities, and the local organizations supporting them have had to adapt to emerging needs with incredible speed. Similarly, our role as evaluators, facilitators,…
What is the role of evaluators in a… April 6, 2020 | by Kristina Gelardi At a time when everything seems to be changing rapidly and communities are scrambling to ensure basic needs are met, direct service providers, government agencies, and philanthropic ventures are quickly…