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<span style="margin: 0px">As we look to the future, and data and data sharing become a bigger part of our jobs, we need to look at it through a racial equity lens. This toolkit brings up many questions and ways to look at data and data collection to make sure
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"Centering racial equity is not a single, discrete step. Our<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box"><a href="https://1slo241vnt3j2dn45s1y90db-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AISP-Toolkit_5.27.20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 206, 189)">Toolkit</a><a href="https://1slo241vnt3j2dn45s1y90db-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AISP-Toolkit_5.27.20.pdf" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 206, 189)"><span style="margin: 0px"> </span>for
Centering Racial Equity Throughout Data<span style="margin: 0px"> </span></a><a href="https://1slo241vnt3j2dn45s1y90db-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AISP-Toolkit_5.27.20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 206, 189)">Integration</a><a href="https://1slo241vnt3j2dn45s1y90db-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AISP-Toolkit_5.27.20.pdf" style="margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 206, 189)"><span style="margin: 0px"> </span></a></em>describes
positive and problematic practices for centering racial equity across the six stages of the data life cycle:</p>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box">Planning</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box">Data collection</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box">Data access</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box">Use of algorithms and statistical tools</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box">Data analysis</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box">Reporting and dissemination"</li></ol>
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