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Shari Williams (she/her) is the director of equitable neighborhood planning at Detroit Future City, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Detroiters. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she designed an infographic highlighting the economic disparities caused by heir properties in Detroit. She also developed a social media toolkit that partners could leverage to underscore why reforming the heir property system is a crucial strategy for building economic wealth and stabilizing neighborhoods in Detroit.

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Shirani Jayasuriya (she/her) is a community organizer and communications manager at Ride New Orleans, an advocacy organization dedicated to transit equity and centering the needs and experiences of transit riders. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she developed an open data portal and dashboard focused on transit and ridership data in the region.

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Lina Blanco (she/they/ella) is the communications and cultural strategist for the North Bay Organizing Project. For the National Equity Atlas Fellowship project, she created an interactive digital story and a printable fact sheet for housing justice partners and elected officials. The resources highlight disparities in housing affordability and displacement in Sonoma County due to recent climate disasters. It also underscores the importance of adopting tenant protection policies before climate disasters and other emergencies to mitigate displacement and promote a just recovery.

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