Tools

MASSCAP Trainings: Recorded Webinars

MASSCAP
This resource contains all the past recorded webinars from MASSCAP (Understanding Immigrant Rights, Community Action Impact, Succession Planning, and More!)

Operationalizing Racial Equity & Inclusion at Living Cities: Tools for Getting Started and Keeping At It

Living Cities
These are some of the resources and contacts LC has shared with organizations who are looking to embed racial equity and inclusion into their work.

Opportunity Zone Eligibility Tool

The Opportunity360 team created the tool below to help states and others interested in opportunity zone eligibility to determine which tracts in their state or region are eligible and how eligible tracts relate to other federal programs and designations.

Advancements in measuring bicycle and pedestrian accessibility

State Smart Transportation Initiative
Jennifer Boldry from People For Bikes and Spencer Gardner from Toole Design Group discussed their new open source Bike Network Accessibility tool, and Chris McCahill from SSTI showed how pedestrian accessibility measures have been applied in Sacramento, Calif., Madison, Wisc., and Virginia.

Racial Identity Caucusing: A Strategy for Building Anti-Racist Collectives

Crossroads
This toolkit describes methods for anti-racism work and the value of caucusing

Mapped: How the US Generates Electricity

Carbonbrief
Carbon Brief has plotted the nation’s power stations in an interactive map to show how and where the US generates electricity.

Understanding Systemic Racism

Race Forward
"What Is Systemic Racism?" is an 8-part video series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society: Wealth Gap, Employment, Housing Discrimination, Government Surveillance, Incarceration, Drug Arrests, Immigration Arrests, Infant Mortality

Rejecting Bigotry, Demanding Action

Opportunity Agenda
Together with UnidosUS, The Opportunity Agenda completed public opinion and messaging research with this goal in mind: to tell a story of American diversity that reflects our values and our aspirations as a country stronger because of our myriad backgrounds, ethnicities, races, experiences – because of the parts of us that may make us different, but ultimately also make us stronger. This research provides guidance for those using their platforms to reject bigotry while demand action.

Greening Our Grid

MAPC
“Greening our Grid” is a fact sheet and a case study detailing MAPC’s new strategy to use municipal aggregation to help build new renewable energy in New England

Perfect Fit Parking

MAPC
Parking is a point of contention in communities across Metro Boston, yet many deliberations about the topic occur in the absence of hard data about how much parking we have, and how much we need. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has begun a multi-phase initiative to develop the data and tools that communities need to establish informed, sustainable, and economical parking policies.

Rolling Back Inclusion

The Democracy Collaborative
In order to help communities across the country—both rural and urban—speak up in a moment in which the administration has made clear its intentions to scale back or dismantle these key federal frameworks, we will be tracking the new federal attacks on inclusive community development here, along with state-level measures enabled and encouraged by the new federal context.

All America Conversations Toolkit

National Civic League
All-America Conversations are designed to help cities and other groups understand residents’ aspirations for the community, the divisions facing the community and, most importantly, the small, specific actions that give people a sense of confidence that we can work across dividing lines.

Racial Wealth Audit

The Institute on Assets and Social Policy; Demos
This interactive online tool uses real-world examples to help policymakers and advocates explore and understand the causes and effects of the racial wealth gap.

MAPC Local Access Score

MAPC
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)'s active transportation network utility score for each segment of roadway indicates how useful that street segment is for connecting residents with schools, shops, restaurants, parks, and transit stations.

Glossary for Senior-Related Housing and Healthcare Terms in Massachusetts

The Community Builders, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, and LeadingAge MA
This glossary is intended to provide a primer on housing and healthcare terms, so that professionals in both housing and healthcare can work collaboratively to ensure that there is sufficient and high-quality housing and services for older adults.

Health Disadvantage Index Tool

Public Health Institute
Mapping tool allows user to explore health disparities in a region

Documentaries about Gentrification

Gentrification Learning Community
These films can be used to learn about issues of gentrification in America

Gentrification Learning Community Resources

Gentrification Learning Community-Mel King Institute
This compendium of resources studied by the gentrification learning community includes broad perspectives for defining and tackling issues of gentrification

Community Development Acronyms

MACDC
List of definitions for common terminology for community development and affordable housing

Racial Equity Tools

Center for Assessment and Policy Development
This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.

TAP Resident Programs Catalog

MassHousing TAP Program
Catalog offers on-site workshops and programs for residents to TAP members

Metrics for Healthy Communities

Build Healthy Places Network
Website gives sample logic models for cross-sector health oriented initatives

Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide

Government Alliance on Race & Equity
Resource guide includes lessons learned from practitioners on how to advance racial equity in governments

MeasureUp

Build Healthy Communities Network
Explore tools and resources to help you measure and describe your program's impact on famillies and communities

Social Justice Communications Toolkit

Opportunity Agenda
This toolkit provides communications strategies for promoting equity and social justice

Beyond Confrontation: Community-Centered Policing Tools

PolicyLink
This series of toolkits can help communities and law enforcement understand strategies to build mutual trust and respect, increase safety in communities, and minimize senseless killings and excessive use of force by police.

Creating Opportunities for Families Through Resident Services: A Practitioner's Manual

Enterprise, Freddie Mac
Manual provides guidance on how to create and offer effective services for residents

MA Coalition Finder

The Community Health Training Institute
Find local coalitions working towards healthier communities in Massachusetts

CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tool provides examples of best practices for how health centers can engage in community improvement projects