Ashveena Gajeelee
Project Manager, Justice, Health and Democracy Impact Initiative, Harvard University
New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States
This summer, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth partnered with New America, the Justice, Health & Democracy Impact Initiative at Harvard University, and the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Treasury to lead a sprint with The Opportunity Project, a U.S. Census Bureau program that leverages open data to solve challenges facing the nation. Through a 14-week technology development sprint, nongovernmental solutions teams worked with federal data stewards to build digital tools that measure household and community well-being in new and more accurate ways.
Madison AERP program shares first annual report
The City of Madison’s Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) program is one of the partner cities currently piloting an alternative response program and sharing data and insights with JHD AERP Principal Investigator Danielle Allen and Program Leads, David Knight and Benjamin Barsky. This week, the City of Madison shared its CARES annual report and held a press conference documenting the program’s impact in its first year a
Daisy Winner
Initiative Associate
Program Manager of Dean’s Special Projects, Brown University School of Public Health
Tony Guidotti
Research Fellow, Justice, Health, and Democracy Impact Initiative, Harvard University
Benjamin Barsky
Doctoral Fellow, Justice, Health, and Democracy Impact Initiative, Harvard University
David J. Knight
JHD Initiative Fellow and Project Lead, Columbia University
Stefanie Friedhoff
Initiative Director
Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown School of Public Health
Joshua Simons
Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and Democracy
Carr Center for Human Rights and Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
Anna C. F. Lewis
Research Associate,
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
