Nearly a century ago, a federal government agency called the Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded the "residential security" of neighborhoods across the United States. Areas deemed "hazardous" were colored red, and the legal practice of redlining was born.

Redlining continued for decades and contributed to many disparities in cities across the U.S. Recently, the Mapping Inequality Project digitized HOLC maps, allowing researchers to connect present-day, place-based data to the different neighborhood grades.

Join the Social Science and Justice Research pilot UWIRC and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) on March 7, 12-1 pm via Zoom to learn about redlining's impact on Birmingham. We also welcome students and faculty who are interested in how to use the Mapping Inequality Project to study present-day disparities in redlined neighborhoods across a variety of policy outcomes (e.g. health, education, criminal justice).

PRESENTERS:

• Dr. Lonnie Hannon, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
• Dr. S. M. Qasim Hussaini, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology & Oncology
• Dr. Peter A. Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and Co-Director of SSJR