MBC’s Statewide projects examine trends and disparities affecting Black Californians across the entire state, from voter turnout to public health to organizational resources.
Users can explore community foundation’s territory, funding history, and type of support, whether a discretionary grant, DAF grant, or field-of-interest fund, giving a clearer picture of how philanthropic dollars are sustaining local media across the state.
Designed by MBC for the California Black Health Network in partnership with CHCF, the Health 4 Life: Healthy Black People campaign equips Black Californians with “How Do I…” resources to navigate the healthcare system, advocate for themselves and their loved ones, and take action against discrimination.
This platform centralizes California’s racism-as-public-health-crisis declarations using screen capture technology, stabilizing an accountability tool for activists, policy-makers and communities.
This map and StoryMap combines data visualization and narrative storytelling to humanize the impact of the Black Equity Fund in the Inland Empire, showing where the region’s Black community is excelling and where systemic need still exists.
Over the past decade, California has seen a growing Democratic trend in presidential elections, driven by an increasingly diverse population, including Black, Latino, and other voters of color, mobilizing around issues that matter most to their communities.
This dashboard visualizes California’s annual hate crime data from the Attorney General’s office, tracking prosecutions and convictions statewide — including cases like the racist graffiti incident at Hamilton Elementary School in Anza, Riverside County.
A statewide directory of California’s Black-Led Organizations, built to connect community members, funders, and civic leaders with the organizations doing the work on the ground.
MBC’s inaugural project: as the official California liaison between the Census Bureau and Black communities statewide, MBC led a collaborative effort with Black media outlets to drive reporting, outreach, and community engagement in support of a complete count for the 2020 Census.
This dashboard tracked the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities across the state — the only Black-focused tracking tool centralizing live data on infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and vaccinations.
The Racism as a Public Health Crisis Dashboard tracked county and city declarations across California municipalities, serving as the precursor to the Combating Racism as a Public Health Crisis platform before being discontinued.
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