City Rising is seeking a Poetic Inquiry Data Artist to assist with Beyond These Gates. The application deadline in July 10, 2026, Learn more about this residency and access the application here.
While the word data often brings to mind spreadsheets, dashboards, and reporting requirements, we believe the most important role of data is helping us better understand people, relationships, experiences, and systems. When used thoughtfully, data can help organizations move beyond assumptions, identify emerging needs, strengthen strategy, communicate impact, and make more informed decisions.
The Great Lakes Community Review Board has officially begun its first pilot protocol application review process, marking an important early step in advancing more community-led approaches to research ethics, accountability, and participation.
Many collaborative efforts fail—not because the people involved lack commitment or skill, but because they are operating from a limited frame. When collaboration is built on a siloed or program-centered perspective, it often focuses too narrowly on individual organizational goals, isolated metrics, or short-term outputs. The result is coordination without meaningful change.
Over the past several years, access to timely, usable eviction data has been inconsistent. Dashboards have gone offline, stopped updating, or lacked the level of detail needed to understand what’s actually happening across neighborhoods. Without clear data, it becomes harder to respond—harder to target support, shape policy, or even see the full scope of housing instability.
