Breathing Life into Numbers: Introducing a Human Index for Funders

By using data to create compelling narratives, the American Human Development Project Index has helped garner support for people-centered policies.  This easy-to-use, yet methodologically sound tool is an alternative to GDP and other money metrics.  It reflects the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America by bringing together health, education, and earnings indicators into a single number.

Join American Human Development Project Co-Directors Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, and those with a keen interest in using the Index to address the challenges facing ordinary Americans, as we examine a new way to understand well-being and access to opportunity in America today.

Explore

• How the Index can be utilized to gain a better understanding of the root causes of socio-economic disparities.
• How opportunity is distributed in America and which groups are surging ahead while others face the greatest risks.
• What tangible steps can be taken, in today's tight fiscal climate, to build an infrastructure of opportunity that serves a new generation of Americans.
  

A Philanthropy New York Collaborative Program co-sponsored by the Social Science Research Council.

Presenters

• Sarah Burd-Sharps, Co-Director, American Human Development Project
• Kristen Lewis, Co-Director, American Human Development Project

Designed for

All interested funders.

8:45 - 8:55 AM     Check-in & Coffee
9:00 - 11:00 AM     Program

Registration

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