Bring Your Megaphone. Hurry.
By Kendra Bolton “Can you hear them?” she asked. “Sorta. It’s muffled,” her friend answered. “Can you see them?” “Hardly. If I look around that guy, kinda.” This conversation could be friends chatting in the very last row of a concert venue. It’s not. Replace ‘them’ with ‘Black women in politics.’ […]
MEASURE releases comic book aimed at educating parents and schools on criminalization of Black girls
Media Contact: Brittini Flatley brittini@wemeasure.org MEASURE’s Innocence Initiative seeks to eradicate adultification bias and resulting criminalization of young Black girls MEASURE, a non-profit organization that uses data and education to mobilize communities to eliminate social disparities, today announced the release of an original and important comic book, Hey Sis! Be You! The story […]
Public Safety Vision 2020: Evidence-Informed Solutions
This report presents the data and trends in spending on police and some of the outcomes that have resulted. In addition, this report presents findings of non-police interventions and explores ideas for public safety improvements. The solutions provided in this report are not an exhaustive list and only serves as a starting point for developing […]
Webinar – LBJ In The Arena: July 29: Rethinking Policing: Police Accreditation & Data Driven Policy
Join UT Austin’s, The LBJ School of Public Affairs , for their biweekly virtual session this Wednesday, July 29th, at 12pm CST via Zoom, that focuses on topics including systemic racism, policing reform and fair elections. “Longstanding tensions between Black and Brown communities and the police have come to a head with the killing of George […]
Disrupting Adultification Bias To Protect Black Girls
Let’s explore adultification bias, intersections and the impact in a public awareness webinar on July 29th at 6:30pm. Join us for a webinar training led by Jacqueline Miller as we explore the different methods of adultification bias, intersections and it’s impact. You’ll acquire knowledge on how to apply practical lessons learned in your place […]
International Best Selling Author & MEASURE Founder Sit Down For A Candid Discussion On Policing
MEASURE founder, Meme Styles Taliaferro, sat down with international best selling author, Stacey Barr, author of Practical Performance Measurement and How to Create a High-Performance Culture and Measurable Success Prove It! for a open discussion on the measurement of community policing in America. Meme says, the “innovativeness (of MEASURE) comes from a performance measurement approach […]
Pflugerville Takes Next Steps In Establishing Equity Commission Law
‘Following a year’s worth of discussions, the city of Pflugerville has taken the next steps in formalizing the Pflugerville Equity Commission. A draft of the ordinance was presented at Pflugerville City Council’s June 9th meeting with council set to vote on formally establishing the commission June 23rd.’ (Community Impact Newspaper) This process was community-led through the work […]
Understanding The Impact of CV-19 on People of Color in Austin, Tx
VIEW REPORT BELOW AUSTIN COVID-19 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY FINAL REPORT -2
US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
Overview (Demographics): In July 2017, 41.4 million people in the United States were black alone, which represents 12.7 percent of the total population. African Americans are the second largest minority population, following the Hispanic/Latino population. In 2017, most blacks lived in the South (58 percent of the black U.S. population), while 27 percent of the […]
Be Your Child’s Best Advocate
Black students in the Pflugerville school district are 3.5 times more likely to be charged with assault than other students, according to a recent study. Black students in the Pflugerville school district are 3.5 times more likely to be charged with assault than other students, according to a recent study. Measure, an Austin-based research and […]
