Engage Communities

– identifying key indicators of community change – strengthening efforts to improve neighborhoods.
– coordinating community contributions to indicator use, to local research, and to how these are published and distributed.
– empowering communities via direct technical support and access to data.
– maintaining and improve data as a resource for major community initiatives.

– Facilitating productive spaces for shared learning from different perspectives.
– Delivering reliable data and rigorous analysis that clarifies issues and suggests meaningful action.
– Participating as an independent partner in policy discussions, guided by quantitative and qualitative data.
– Educating stakeholders by transparently sharing knowledge and skills.

– Serving the community of Durham with the Neighborhood Compass.
– Providing a primary community resource that is regularly-updated and serves all partners equally.
– Incorporating new data sets with strong community resonance and longitudinal importance.