We’ve heard from many in the higher education space searching for advice, feedback, and a place to brainstorm how to incorporate social justice into their current lesson materials. We at QSIDE have joined together to create a virtual environment where instructors can meet with our co-founders Jude Higdon and Chad Topaz to discuss their plans…

Community-based organizations (CBOs) in the United States, whose work and services focus on disrupting intergenerational cycles of poverty and incarceration, will be able to locate areas with large populations of Opportunity Youth through a free, interactive data-mapping tool launched this fall by The Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE). Opportunity…

The QSIDE Institute, with generous support from The RIOS Institute, has created the Social Justice Advocate Manual for Survival (SJAMS). This resource guide is designed to support both current and aspiring social justice workers, by offering proactive measures and strategies to counter the anti-DEI/anti-woke hostility often used to bully, intimidate, and discourage activists in the…

New research finds that Superfund sites – hazardous waste areas prioritized for cleanup by the U.S. government – show differences in remediation based on the racial demographics of the affected community. Specifically, Superfund sites proximate to large Asian and Asian-American populations tend to receive less remediation compared to other communities. The study, co-authored by QSIDE…

Seven very distinct and diverse communities from across the United States have each received a grant from ACT NOW to re-envision safety in their communities. ACT NOW began with a focus on reimagining policing and has evolved to include a stronger emphasis on deflecting youth from involvement in the criminal justice system. QSIDE will partner…

QSIDE has forged a partnership with the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) to build a robust research framework to identify effective practices for hiring people with criminal records, and to support those who were formerly incarcerated to thrive in meaningful employment. “Previous research indicates that meaningful employment decreases…

The broad goal of the CoP will be to bring individuals working in the disruption, diversion, and decarceration spaces who are interested in pooling our collective knowledge, practices, and resources to use data more effectively and efficiently in our collective work. We are so excited to grow this network and leverage our collective expertise to promote justice and decarcerate…

QSIDE Institute has published an open letter in response to the rise of anti-DEI legislation across the United States. We stand proudly in our work in the DEI space, on the shoulders of those who came before us, in solidarity with those committed to the moral imperative that it represents. Together, we can build a…

As part of our DATA2LIFT initiative, QSIDE Institute and InsightWorks are beginning to develop a data tool to synthesize research and model ROI for programs focused on decarceration. This interactive tool will be designed to help model return on investment for organizations and programs focused on disrupting cycles of intergenerational incarceration, particularly in Black and brown communities….

The Data Science, Police Accountability, and Community Engagement (DSPACE) Group aims to partner with communities to work towards data-informed police accountability. Within QSIDE, the DSPACE Group serves as the research-intensive branch in the realm of police accountability. The group is composed of mathematicians, statisticians, and data scientists who partner with activists and communities to answer…