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Power map
- create a narrative that can be shared with journalists
- making connections between people, funds, organizations, etc.
- visual way for people to understand data
- corporate websites are filled with info
littlesis.org
- explore other people's map
- create powermaps
- webinar for making divestment power maps for universities
- when making your connections add links as citations for proving your case
- sponsored by Public Accountablity Initiative (PAI)
- free tools, can make private tools
- using google sheets or open libre sheets for collecting data
- you can drag the entities around; people tend to read left to right
Little Sis Trainings:
- Webinar slides:
- Webinar recording:
- SFERS Retirement Board
- who is on the board and what are their connections
- Decarceral Reform Powermap: CA Board of Parole Hearings
- who are these people?
- how do they get appointed
- where did they work before they were appointed?
- call to action is let Newsome know we need more public defenders, social workers, and public interest people on the board
- state where the data is from
- City Administrator's Office - Public works Organizational Structure
- Clone: SF City Hall Corruption: Mohammed Nuru
- make the case that oversight is needed
- who did Paul Guisti contribute to?
- powersearch.sos.ca.gov
- calaccess website
- Clone: SF City Hall Corruption: Mohammed Nuru
- How does SF Defund Police?
- SF2020 Public Safety Budget
- organizing power map
- Republican Billionairs are Buying the SF Board of Supervisors
- looking at Rep billionaires and their PAC connections
- funding moderate candidates
- narrative who is paying for who
Sreadsheet
- Election campaigning for judges
- spreadsheet as a map
- research:
- who appointed
- what is their cohort
- year appointed
- resource
- trellis.law
- has bios
Why use power maps instead of existing sites?
- such as followthemoney.org
- https://www.opensecrets.org/
- maplight.org
- these tools do not always have enough info
- opposition sometimes files forms using incorrect spellings
- entities and relationships are data that is available on linkedin
- using as a tool for researching backgrounds, connections, and sharing as popular education
- using networks on linkedin as a way of sharing information/causes
Trellis - Judge Database
- costs money
- just google search: Judge Name trellis.law to get one judge per search to avoid paywall