Description: John Crowley | Humanitarian, Technologist, Researcher, Writer | Opening data across the disaster cycle
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Candor has consequences. Telling the truth about what has happened around my work in data analytics, data literacy, and data policy has not be possible. Some work is too sensitive; some politics too unstable; some relationships too important to risk joining in a polemic. All one can do is provide glimpses--something that (to me) has seemed incomplete and unworthy of my time. And yet, it is time to start writing again... Continue reading →
On the one-yer anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, I published an op-ed in TIME Magazine's Ideas section outlining a potential path forward. When I penned those words, I had no idea that a whole generation of teens would be the change we need, nor any idea that their voices would speak with such courage towards power structures that had deflected them only five years ago. Onward. Those of us with bullet holes in our hearts know it is time for reasonable measures to protect our schools and communities. C
The Open Data for Resilience Initiative Field Guide launched at the White House Climate Data Initiative on 19 March 2014. Continue reading →