Linked Fate Data Collective
Welcome to Linked Fate Data Collective.
Linked Fate Data Collective (LFDC) is a data science lab for scholars, scientists, activists, organizers, and students working in unison for the greater purpose of data equity. We utilize publicly available, community-based and opensource data to expose injustice through data and storytelling. Our data projects aim to more accurately represent the diversity within our communities to reject oversimplified scholarship and establishing equitable practices for collecting, disseminating and visualizing data.
Linked Fate, a term that originated in African-American studies, describes block voting patterns in Black communities. In recognizing the collective power of our voice, block voting is a collective strategy that ties the fate of any one individual to the fate of their community. LFDC is inspired by this idea and the collective power of data as a tool to fight bias, injustice and scientific racism.
Environment.
Respect the research space and the people in it. LFDC is a safe learning environment where folks with little to no experience in data analysis and collection can gain tangible tools to then tell their own stories and the stories of the communities they care most about. We are a supportive space rooted in the deep honoring of each person’s unique and inherent value.
Location.
The beauty of data analysis is that it can be done just about anywhere, in community or at home in a simple office space. Accordingly, researchers and students have the option of conducting data analysis for Linked Fate Data Collective in their own space.
Join the Lab.
If you are interested in being a part of the Linked Fate Data Collective please please fill out the google interest form and we will be in contact with you after reviewing the completed form!