What is Under Heaven is for All: Using non-profit data for immigrant advocacy

Kerr, Nathaniel Westlake

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Title

What is Under Heaven is for All: Using non-profit data for immigrant advocacy

Author(s)

Kerr, Nathaniel Westlake

Contributor(s)

• Doussard, Marc
• Fang, Fang

Issue Date

2021

Keyword(s)

• non-profit organizations
• organizing tactics
• geospatial modeling

Geographic Coverage

Boston, MA

Abstract

This project arose from 2 months of work over the summer of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) hired me to assist with onboarding of a new fundraising staff member as well as research on community demographics and programmatic impact. As part of this work, I analyzed a dataset related to an income replacement program for local immigrant families affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. My capstone project attempts to build on this initial analysis with more detailed, geospatial modeling of this dataset paired with Census bureau data. This work highlights ways in which non-profit service data can be repurposed for advocacy, in keeping with historical community organizing efforts in Boston’s Chinatown.

Series/Report Name or Number

MUP Capstone

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

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