Community Development and Resilience
We collect and analyze data with communities to ensure their voice is heard.
Featured Project
Community Catalyst
Needs Assessment for Race Equity and Health Justice Fellowship Program
The Restuccia Health Justice Fellowship is focused on building the power and capacity of emerging advocacy leaders and their organizations to reshape the health system so it is reflective of and responsive to communities and what they need and want. According to Community Catalyst, the fellowship's primary objective is “to equip diverse teams within local, state and national health advocacy organizations with the tools, resources and teamwork they need and want to build health and wellness for everyone.”
Our Contributions
Select a representative group of key informants working in the area of health equity and justice in the New York region and conduct interviews.
Design an organizational needs assessment survey to understand how to adapt the national fellowship program based upon the assets and needs of the New York region.
Provide recommendations to adapt the fellowship program to the political, cultural, social and economic conditions of the New York region.
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Community Catalyst Welcomes Applications for Race Equity and Health Justice Fellowship
New York City, USA Case Study
Participatory mapping approaches to coordinate emergency response
Example Publications
Wridt, P., Seley, J., Fisher, S. & DuBois, B. (2014). Participatory mapping approaches to coordinate the emergency response of spontaneous volunteers after Hurricane Sandy. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 3(3), 1-19.
Wridt, P. (2010). A qualitative GIS approach to mapping urban neighborhoods with children to promote physical activity and child-friendly community planning. Environment and Planning B, 37(1):129 – 147v.
Wridt, P. (2004). An historical analysis of young people’s use of public space, parks and playgrounds in New York City. Children, Youth and Environments, 14(1).
Wridt, P. (2004). Block politics. Children’s Geographies, 2(2):199-218.
Save the Children UK (2001). Evaluation of Child Protection Interventions for Street Children in Lobito and Luanda, Angola. Co-authored with Marcos Candido Carvalho.
Wridt, P. & Carvalho, M. C. (2001). Educating Brazilian street children. In Children’s Ways of Knowing: Learning through Experience, Robertson, M. and R. Gerber (eds.). Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Council for Educational Research.