Jay Dev

(Data) Storytelling, participatory tech. Fmr @MITdusp, @urbaninstitute. Views are my own.

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

@rahulbot My first thought when I saw this article was “who is the audience for this?”

[Regional Data Center @wprdc]

At this year's Data Day, we'll be looking for designers, artists, storytellers, and you to help make materials to promote a complete count! Check out the Creatives for the Count toolkit https://t.co/7lYOxi6lZ5 and join us Nov. 2 at the @carnegielibrary https://t.co/PLyfZn54tz

[Anna Lauren Hoffmann @annaeveryday]

Excited to be in @qz today with @luke_stark, talking about data, metaphors, and how to expand how we think about ethics for data professionals. (Hint: it’s about people, people.) https://t.co/psXhwGv13E

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

“Coders have little time for catching up on the history of mapping or reflecting on the implications of certain design decisions.”

Coding decisions are often unchecked, out-of-context, and have deep, scarring effects on our complicated social world. https://t.co/vYo5cTptMM

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

Getting to join the Datafication & Community Activism workshop, organized by @dude_crooks and @b_olgado among others, was energizing.

I’m proud of the community that’s building and the directions we’re setting upon to empower communities in the face of big data.

[Roderic N. Crooks (he/him) @dude_crooks]

"What We Mean When We Say #AbolishBigData2019": a collaborative writing by participants in the "Datafication & Community Activism: Redrawing the Boundaries of Research" workshop at UC Irvine. https://t.co/A24h1YpFon

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

“When people ask how they can help, I tell them to start with where they are. NIMBYism is a key target of our abolition movement.” -@YESHICAN #AbolishBigData2019

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

Remember, FICO is not a public agency, it’s the Fair, Isaac, and Company, which has built a proprietary algorithm to quantify our lives.
-@YESHICAN #AbolishBigData2019

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

If you live in the Greater Boston Area, let @MAPCMetroBoston know the vision you have for the region!

Tell your story and help make that future a reality.

[Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) @MAPCMetroBoston]

Our region has 3.4 million people of every different kind. But we have a lot in common.

Introducing Greater Boston's next regional long-range plan: #MetroCommon2050. To really make it work, we need your help and your voice. Tell us your vision: https://t.co/JMmHQiC69t

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

Great thread on the #content that folks from the South Asian (diaspora) should be making. And a great way to get that work out there.

[Nadya Agrawal @nadya_agrawal]

As a reminder, I'm commissioning unpaid pieces for Kajal digital, paid pieces for Kajal print, and paid pieces for Gundi Studios digital. Lots of opportunities to get your work in.

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

50 years ago, students demanded that Brandeis University honor the humanity and scholarship of African and African American studies with a department. Six years ago, I graduated from that department. It lives on in dynamism and power. It must. #AAAS50

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

As #Data4BlackLives closes out, I agree w/ @albarrentine about the power of citizen scientists to pair local open data with their knowledge of their own communities.

We, who publish that data, must do the work of building capacity, awareness, and tools to make it usable.

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

And look for/ask for a Complete Count Committee in your community! A proactive way to make sure your community is represented. #Data4BlackLives

https://t.co/9zDnNFsABI

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

Both Terri Ann Lowenthal of @censusproject and Angela Manso of @NALEO remind us that Census field staff must come from ALL communities (both those color and white communities).

The Census Jobs site remains open: https://t.co/1wRXsjPUiB

#Data4BlackLives

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

“Under Title XIII, the Census provides deep protection. But only a sworn enumerator can guarantee that protection. ONLY give your information to a sworn enumerator.“ - @MariaDautruche

#Data4BlackLives

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

“Under Title XIII, the Census provides deep protection. But only a sworn enumerator can guarantee that protection. ONLY give your information to a sworn enumerator.“ - @MariaDautruche

#Data4BlackLives

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

A powerful Census call-to-action from @MariaDautruche to begin day 2 of #Data4BlackLives:

“As much personal fear as I feel, I am going to show up, fill out the form, and move on to fight for the America that I believe in.”

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

“If we rely on comminities to carry candidates into office, we need resources to organize in those communities in non-election years.” -@iamDeJuana

We must organize power/resources in communities of color, young, and old voters before we ask for their support. #Data4BlackLives

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

@iamDeJuana asks us “Who Counts?” and these key subquestions to build movements.

We also must ask "Who is interpreting and making meaning from data?" to uplift local knowledge as a credible source of data. #Data4BlackLives

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

@rahulbot Some of my favorite commitments:
- Empower youth to understand data as a tool for liberation
- “Give words to patterns we know are true”

And my favorite demand:
- For developers to treat minority experiences as more than edge cases

[Jay Dev @Jaydev_]

@rahulbot’s Just Data Cube is looking great! Can’t wait to see what is done with it next. Just added a commitment and demand to it.