Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID’s racial disparities

Members of the Black Equity Coalition, a grassroots team of researchers and advocates, meet regularly to discuss how they can use data to uncover life-threatening disparities between white and Black Pittsburgh. (Top left to right) Kellie Ware, Karen Abrams, Tiffany Gary-Webb, Mark Lewis and Fred Brown.

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city’s residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

(Image credit: Martha Rial)

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