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The annual Stinner Summit will be held November 15 at The Lodge at Hocking College and will focus on healthy Appalachian agroecosystems. Each year, the Stinner Summit gathers farmers, researchers, educators, policy leaders, and organizations from across the state. Learn more and register for the Summit here.
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Which places in America offer children the best chance to rise out of poverty?
The Opportunity Atlas answers this question using anonymous data following millions of Americans from childhood to adulthood. Now you can trace the roots of today's opportunity back to the neighborhoods where people grew up. See where and for whom opportunity has been missing, how it is changing, and use this data to inform local solutions to help more children rise out of poverty. Learn more.
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. (along with much of the rest of the world) has urbanized. Currently almost 80% of the entire country’s population lives in cities.
However country-wide statistics can mask variations between regions. This graphic maps the share of urban population by state, per latest estimates from the Census Bureau. According to them, an urban area must “encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000 people.” Learn More.
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The racial wealth gap is a powerful number—it captures the structural racism that’s been baked into the American economy and social institutions, continued uneven opportunities, and hopes for a future of shared prosperity.
But limited data on wealth exist. Well-respected national surveys like the Survey of Consumer Finances or Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) provide broad insights but don’t allow for the local data necessary to fully understand community members’ lives and the local root causes of wealth disparities. This makes it hard to develop trusted solutions to those problems.
The limited local data we do have are powerful. Recent surveys revealed the average white household in the DC metropolitan area has 81 times the wealth of a Black household. This research catalyzed action across the region, including the creation of DC Council’s Office of Racial Equity, motivating arguments for reparations, powering advocacy for racially just tax and budget decisions, and supporting community wealth building. Learn more.
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Register and join the Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement for the Engaged Scholarship Symposium! On November 1, this event will highlight faculty, staff, graduate students, and community partners who are co-creating scholarship. Through panel discussions and poster presentations, participants will learn more about the innovative and impactful work of community-engaged scholarship at Ohio State. Learn more.