“Equity mapping” has been around for at least 10 years and focuses on collecting information about topics like environmental exposure or access to healthy food. An equity map combines information about how data related to specific issues are spatially distributed and how they overlap with other demographic, economic and social vulnerability data. These maps are generally intended to help policy makers to understand where and how communities are impacted and where programs should be located. Let’s discuss what our communities should look like and how we get there.

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