Mapping inequity, closing gaps.
S.C. Equity is a bespoke mapping service that specializes in place-based decision making and neighborhood analytics. Using innovative techniques in geospatial analysis and multidimensional equity assessment, S.C. Equity is able to help organizations tackling today’s greatest social and climate challenges make SMART, equity-driven decisions about their place-based projects.
S.C. Equity was founded by SC Reed in 2021 and launched in Spring 2024. You can connect with Reed via LinkedIn.
Big ‘E’ ℠ equity is a novel concept and technique around which founder SC Reed built S.C. Equity. It combines over 100 equity-related indicators into a composite index that pinpoints the neighborhoods experiencing the deepest and broadest equity gaps across a wide range of topics.
Big ‘E’ challenges all of us to think differently about how our missions can help disrupt cycles of inequity in the most over-burdened neighborhoods and build more resilient communities. If we prioritize the most burdened communities, doing what we can to close gaps within the scope of our mission, our work will be that much more impactful.
The S.C. Equity Big ‘E’ ℠ Index (SCEI) comprises over 100 equity indicators, with scores ranging from 0 to 100. Lower SCEI scores indicate neighborhoods with fewer resource and access gaps, fewer environmental and health hazards, and overall better socioeconomic outcomes. Neighborhoods with higher scores may experience many gaps of varying severity or a smaller number of very severe gaps. Neighborhoods scoring closer to 100 may experience many severe gaps.
If you’d like access to the full list of indicators and data sources used in the SCE Index, please request access here.
