Voices of the #DataValues movement

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The case for Data Values

We’re excited to launch a new agenda for how data is collected, managed, funded, and used with the aim of helping and empowering people instead of harming or excluding them. As rapid shifts in technology and data reshape our organizations, societies, and lives, the #DataValues Manifesto is calling for urgent action to create a fair data future for all.

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Experiences

“My message for anybody
is don't think you're
powerless. It's people
who change policy.”

Gwen Phillips

Indigenous Data Governance Expert
"When we come out and
tell our stories, we're not
doing it for ourselves,
we're inspiring others."

Eric Ndawula

Lifeline Youth Empowerment Center
“If outsiders are coming in
and deciding and prescribing
what needs to be done,
you're never going to be
able to really target the
needs of the community.”

Natalie Grover

Data-Pop Alliance

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Images of the seven Data Values Advocates

Meet the new Data Values Advocates

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Context matters: a conversation on misleading statistics

An image of a woman looking at a computer with a squiggly voice line and words in white appearing above her head.

You're the one with the power to make change.

An image of a camera zooming in on a person in a crowd of people.

The road to privacy hell is paved with good intentions.

A beach with a black cable that appears from the sand and disappears into the water.

How NOT to reproduce analog inequalities in digital spaces