Service Learning and Community Engagement: Government Data

"The American Democracy Project (ADP) is a network of more than 250 state colleges and universities focused on public higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy. ADP was established in 2003 as a nonpartisan initiative of AASCU in partnership with The New York Times."

"The American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP) is an alliance of community colleges, colleges and universities, P-12 schools and others dedicated to building “democracy colleges” throughout higher education. "

"This effort is part of the Association of American Colleges & Universities(AAC&U)'s ongoing commitment to help all students achieve the essential outcomes of a 21st century liberal education, including personal and social responsibility - an important cornerstone of the LEAP essential learning outcomes advanced by AAC&U. This national initiative is in partnership with the Department of Education and the Global Perspectives Institute."

"helps communities and the nation solve tough problems through research, engagement and communications."

"The "Who Represents Me: NYC" online service is a joint effort between the Center for Urban Research at The Graduate Center / CUNY and the League of Women Voters of the City of New York."

Lesson Plans and Service-Learning Project Ideas Related to Justice, Civil Rights and Advocacy: This step-by-step guide helps teachers to teach background of justice and advocacy, provides local and online community resources, and sparks ideas for actions related to advocacy, justice, and civil rights

“The NYC Open Data portal is a powerful tool that ensures transparency and fosters civic innovation within our City to help improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers.”

Find Demographic, Economic, Social, and housing information about your neighborhood in others in NYC.

"InvestigateNYC culls online research tools from a variety of city, state, and federal agencies. From here, you can look up all kinds of things about your own neighborhood, including air quality, communicable disease and STD rates, the locations of nearby superfunds, brownfields, and hazardous waste sites, former and current crime rates, the types of 311 calls being made in your neighborhood, demographics, demographic change, median income, poverty rates, death trends, drinking habits, ongoing and upcoming capital projects, who your elected officials are and what they do, what districts you live in, and more."

"The 2012-2016 (5-yr average) Census, including the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), is drawn from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). It provides detailed data on race, ethnicity, income, poverty, occupation, schooling, ancestry, family structure, language,health insurance and more down to the census tract level (and Infoshare provides this data for zip codes, too!)."

"The Health Department makes data available to researchers and the public through various tools while always protecting the confidentiality of the individuals who have provided them."