{"657175":{"#nid":"657175","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Yanni Loukissas\u2019s research is featured in \u0022BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr.\u0026nbsp;Yanni Loukissas\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026rsquo;s research is featured in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/analytics\/bipoc-youth-learn-map-making-to-build-disaster-resilience\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026quot;BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Government Technology portal Dr.\u0026nbsp;Loukissas explains \u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;In this program, we are developing a curriculum based on previous work our co-principal investigator Nisha Botchwey did to develop a youth advocacy program, called\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/yeah.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYouth Engagement and Action for Health (YEAH!)\u003C\/a\u003E, for middle school students around healthy communities. The new program will focus on disaster resilience and integrating community mapping workshops using\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/loukissas.lmc.gatech.edu\/uncategorized\/atlanta-map-room\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMap Spot\u003C\/a\u003E. Map Spot came out of a collaboration between data artist Jer Thorp and me to develop local spaces for grass-roots map-making, where people can creatively and collaboratively explore data. Map Spot empowers people to understand, but also challenge and even redefine the stories that maps and data tell about their lives and about the places they live. Youth will use Map Spot to develop and present infrastructure recommendations that can make their communities more resilient in the face of intersecting disasters.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Yanni Loukissas\u2019s research is featured in \u0022BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience,\u201d"}],"uid":"35490","created_gmt":"2022-04-12 00:36:11","changed_gmt":"2022-04-12 00:36:11","author":"amg30","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651771":{"id":"651771","type":"image","title":"Civic Innovation Challenge - Mapping2","body":null,"created":"1634577760","gmt_created":"2021-10-18 17:22:40","changed":"1634577760","gmt_changed":"2021-10-18 17:22:40","alt":"Civic Innovation Challenge - Mapping","file":{"fid":"247275","name":"Civic Mapping.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Civic%20Mapping_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Civic%20Mapping_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":198284,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Civic%20Mapping_0.jpg?itok=QFW3v9ty"}}},"media_ids":["651771"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/loukissas.lmc.gatech.edu\/uncategorized\/atlanta-map-room\/","title":"More about MapRoom"}],"groups":[{"id":"275211","name":"Digital Media Program of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}