The Data
Gallery.
A standing exhibition of community-led research, Black Papers, field studies, historical timelines and policy briefs, curated from a decade of measuring what matters.
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Community in the Loop: Engaging Austin Residents on AI Accountability
Residents shape what algorithmic accountability looks like inside city government.
March 2026
Research & Technology · Human Rights

Highlighting Lived Experiences of People Living with Pre-Diabetes & Type 2 Diabetes
Lived experience as primary data, a portrait of chronic illness in our community.
December 2025
Health & Wellness

Hotel Occupancy Tax
Where the tourism dollar goes, and where it should.
February 2025
Arts & Culture

Interrogating Public Safety Metrics
What we measure decides who is kept safe, and from whom.
September 2024
Human Rights · Research & Technology · Social Justice

Bridging the Nonprofit Board Representation Gap
A reckoning with who governs the institutions that serve us.
April 2024
Social Justice

The State of Black Lives in Austin
A definitive index of disparity, resilience, and possibility.
March 2024
Economic Growth & Wealth Building · Social Justice

Innocence Initiative Policy Brief (2023)
Wrongful conviction, by the numbers, and the names behind them.
July 2023
Social Justice

Re-Entry Roundtable Historical Timeline
Three decades of organizing for life after incarceration.
June 2023
Social Justice

It’s Time Texas Historical Timeline
A movement for healthier communities, mapped year by year.
June 2023
Health & Wellness

Foundation Communities Historical Timeline
Affordable housing as infrastructure for dignity.
June 2023
Economic Growth & Wealth Building

Austin Community Foundation / Black Fund
Capital, redirected, a fund built for and by Black Austin.
June 2023
Economic Growth & Wealth Building
Innocence Initiative Policy Brief (2020)
The original brief that opened the door to systemic review.
June 2023
Social Justice

Centering Parent Voices: Unpacking History of Injustice
Parents trace the history of injustice shaping their children's schools.
February 2023
Social Justice

Foundation Communities Housing Stability and Use of Services: Community-Led Survey Results
A community-led survey on housing stability, told by the residents living it.
January 2023
Research & Technology

Disrupting the Jezebel Stereotype to Protect Black Girls
Confronting the narratives that strip Black girls of their childhood.
January 2023
Social Justice

Women of Color Should Have a Voice & Choices in Their Pregnancy Journey
Reproductive autonomy as a measure of health equity.
November 2022
Human Rights

Addressing the Digital Divide in Austin: Residential Technology Study
Mapping who is connected, who isn't, and what it costs to be left offline.
October 2022
Research & Technology

Diversity Awareness and Wellness In Action: Direct Cash Assistance Is Good Medicine
Direct cash as care, evidence that trust is good medicine.
September 2022
Health & Wellness

Drivers Contributing to the Decline of the Black Population in Austin
What pushed Black Austinites out, and what it would take to come home.
June 2022
Social Justice

Hire + Retain Black Teachers
A workforce strategy for the classrooms our children deserve.
May 2022
Education

Measure ACCC Equity Report
Equity at the Austin Animal Center, examined as infrastructure.
December 2021
Environment

Central Texas 2-1-1 Calls: Winter Storm Uri
Who called for help during Winter Storm Uri, and what they asked for.
June 2021
Human Rights

Centering the Experience of Black-Led Nonprofits in Austin
What it costs to lead change while underfunded and overlooked.
June 2021
Social Justice

The George Floyd Act: Police Use of Force and Accountability Omnibus Bill(Thompson/West)
An omnibus bill on use of force and accountability, plain-language.
March 2021
Social Justice · Human Rights

The Costs of Police Violence: Measuring Misconduct
The fiscal and human ledger of police misconduct in Austin.
February 2021
Social Justice · Human Rights

Decolonizing Thanksgiving Through Community Voice & Gratitude
Community voice and gratitude, beyond the colonial holiday script.
December 2020
Arts & Culture

Who’s Answering The Call?
When you dial for help, who actually shows up.
December 2020
Human Rights

Maternal Health Equity Report
Measure and the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative developed a survey to assess the unique needs of pregnant people during COVID-19, specifically Black women and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) families. This survey helped to gather lived-experience data from BIPOC mothers' lived experiences in Central Texas.
December 2020
Health & Wellness

Our Black Girls Need Us
A call to protect, listen to, and invest in Black girls.
December 2020
Youth Empowerment · Social Justice

Volunteer Spotlight
Honoring the volunteers who carry community work forward.
December 2020
Press

MEASURE Spotlight
Profiles from inside the Measure community.
December 2020
Press

Bring Your Megaphone. Hurry.
A call to amplify, with urgency.
December 2020
Press

MEASURE releases comic book aimed at educating parents and schools on criminalization of Black girls
A comic book confronting the criminalization of Black girls in schools.
December 2020
Education · Youth Empowerment

Public Safety Vision 2020: Evidence-Informed Solutions
Evidence-informed solutions for public safety, written for the moment.
December 2020
Social Justice · Human Rights

Webinar – LBJ In The Arena: July 29: Rethinking Policing: Police Accreditation & Data Driven Policy
Rethinking policing, accreditation, and data-driven policy.
December 2020
Social Justice

Disrupting Adultification Bias To Protect Black Girls
Confronting the bias that ages Black girls out of childhood.
December 2020
Youth Empowerment · Social Justice

International Best Selling Author & MEASURE Founder Sit Down For A Candid Discussion On Policing
A candid conversation on policing, with Measure's founder.
December 2020
Press · Social Justice

Pflugerville Takes Next Steps In Establishing Equity Commission Law
Pflugerville moves to codify an equity commission into law.
December 2020
Social Justice

Understanding The Impact of CV-19 on People of Color in Austin, Tx
Documenting the disparate weight of COVID-19 on Austin's communities of color.
December 2020
Health & Wellness

US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
Recognition from HHS Office of Minority Health.
December 2020
Health & Wellness

Be Your Child’s Best Advocate
Tools for parents to advocate alongside, and for, their children.
December 2020
Education · Youth Empowerment

Resolution 0508 – Recommendations to the Pflugerville City Council
Recommendations to the Pflugerville City Council, in full.
December 2020
Social Justice

Dollars and Sense: An Evidenced Informed Analysis of Austin Crime and Policing Data
An evidenced-informed analysis of Austin's crime and policing data.
December 2020
Social Justice

Community Policing Defined
Defining what community policing actually is, and isn't.
December 2020
Social Justice

Dollars & Sense
Following the public-safety dollar, end to end.
December 2020
Social Justice

Evidence Informed Recommendations.. Homelessness
Evidence-informed recommendations on homelessness, beyond decriminalization.
December 2020
Human Rights

RES-0508 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE
Recommendations to the City of Pflugerville, formal record.
December 2020
Social Justice

TRAVIS COUNTY YOUTH JUSTICE & THE IMPACT OF COVID-19
How COVID-19 reshaped Travis County youth justice.
December 2020
Youth Empowerment

The Central Texas ISD Convening
School districts gather to confront systemic inequity together.
December 2020
Education

Finalized: Hey Sis! Just Be You!
Hey Sis! Just Be You! - a love letter to Black girls.
December 2020
Youth Empowerment

Girlhood Interrupted
Georgetown's landmark study on the adultification of Black girls.
December 2020
Youth Empowerment

How to Advocate for your child
A practical guide for parents navigating school systems.
December 2020
Education

Maternal Health Equity
Maternal health, framed as an equity emergency.
December 2020
Health & Wellness

State of Black lives in Texas
An index of Black life across Texas, measured plainly.
December 2020
Social Justice

2019 Kids count data book
The 2019 Kids Count data book on child well-being.
December 2020
Education · Youth Empowerment

The Innocence Initiative 2020
The 2020 Innocence Initiative, original release.
December 2020
Social Justice

AUSTIN COVID-19 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY
Austin's community feedback survey on COVID-19, in residents' words.
December 2020
Health & Wellness

Shadow Discipline in Texas Schools
Shadow discipline in Texas schools, what gets recorded and what doesn't.
December 2020
Education

TNTP Opportunity-Myth_Web
TNTP's Opportunity Myth, on the gap between what's promised and what's taught.
November 2020
Education
Curator’s note
“Data is not neutral. Every chart is a choice, about what counts, who counts, and who gets to decide. This gallery is a record of those choices, made alongside our community.”
