Mapping Puerto Rican Communities – GIS in Action
Event Organizer: Center for Puerto Rican Studies
Cost: Free
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 at 6 PM ET
Join CENTRO for a conversation on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within the Puerto Rican community. Come learn from GIS experts working both in the archipelago and in the diaspora on the benefits of using this technology to reach and share information with the community. Panelists includes Dr. Maritza Barreto Orta, the principal investigator of Instituto de Investigación y Planificación Costera de Puerto Rico, Rafael Capó Garica, director of Memoria (de)Colonial, Marcos Echeverria Ortiz, creator of Where We Were Safe, and Nicole Hernandez, graduate student at Arizona State University.
This event offers attendees not only the opportunity to learn innovative ways in which Puerto Ricans are using GIS technologies but also highlights the importance digital literacy has in todays society and how can it be leveraged to enhance community engagement and the production and transmitting of knowledge.
Event Image: Baseline (pre-storm) view of Puerto Rico night lights – Nasa Scientific Visualization Studio
This event has been made possible by the generous support of the United States Senate and House of Representatives (Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Espaillat)