Lizzie Shackney
a selection of my maps, tools, dashboards, analytics & research projects, and writing
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Data analysis + interactive and static maps to show the disproportionate impact of Act 135 for the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic at Penn Carey Law.
Analysis and mapping to track underenrollment in Philadelphia's Do-Not-Solicit Program, designed to prevent homeowners from being harassed by wholesale homebuyers.
Mapping overlapping race and Sec. 8 Voucher discrimination in Philadelphia for the Public Interest Law Center.
Results of tracking polling places closures and changes in TRLA's service area prior to the 2020 election. TRLA, 2020.
Map of drainage and irrigation districts and infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley. TRLA, 2021.
App developed to help farmworker advocates plan outreach & conduct research on housing and worksites. TRLA, 2021.
Guide for TX homeowners on mortgage assistance options during COVID-19 pandemic; interactively drafts a letter. TRLA, 2021.
Map of Census Data in Travis County to help Travis County 2020 Census outreach planning.
Crowdsourced map of improper notices to vacate in Austin during the COVID-19 pandemic. TRLA/BASTA, 2020.
Dashboard tracking eviction filings and case outcomes in Travis County during COVID pandemic. TRLA/BASTA, 2021.
Crowdsourced map of library and public wifi hotspots in Texas during COVID-19 pandemic. TLSC/TSLAC/TRLA, 2020.
Map of lynchings for Jefferson County Memorial Project, a coalition that aims to document racial terror in Birmingham.
Story map of VOTE's formerly incarcerated members and allies.
Writing
Published & Professional
The Hillcrest Documentation Project, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
The Right Tax Refund Can Alter These Low-Income Families’ Financial Futures, Slate Magazine
Teen Organizers in Birmingham Are Working to Build an Inclusive Movement, Teen Vogue
For Liberty and Justice for All, Vote to End Non-Unanimous Juries on Nov. 6, VOTE blog
Social Mix or Maquillage?: Institutions, Immigration, and Integration in Marseille, Undergraduate Thesis, Wesleyan University
Personal
The Designated Mourner, performed and recorded as podcast. Part of My Bad, My Good, Jewish Women’s Theater
The Club, performed as monologue in It’s a Life, Jewish Women’s Theater
Senior Class Welcome at Wesleyan University’s 185th Commencement Ceremony
About
I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and studied government at Wesleyan University.I've lived in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, where I coached middle school debate, conducted vision screenings for kids, ran free tax preparation sites, politically organized and community organized, directed justice tech projects, and occasionally wrote some things.Currently, I live in Philly, I just wrapped up law school, and I am finishing a Masters in Urban Spatial Analytics at the Weitzman School of Design next spring. I organize with Philly DSA.I’ve created interactive & static maps for the Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic at Penn Carey Law, the Public Interest Law Center, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), & the Jefferson County Memorial Project.