Cary Weisgram of York Township Democrats will be offering his four-week course in map-making once again. This time around, participants will not have to juggle the holidays with figuring out census tables. If you fell off last time, you’re welcome to come back and join. The class will be conducted on Zoom Wednesday nights at 8pm from February 9th through March 2nd.
If you attended this class last time and enjoyed the content, please help spread the word. Cary is looking for all data nerds everywhere, but especially those who are volunteering with progressive organizations and other cool local causes who would benefit from doing spatial analysis.
Cary is a precinct committeeperson, and newly elected School District 44 board member. He helped organize the voter file, provide logistical maps and targeted voter metrics for seven candidates in the last municipal election. He wants to share as much of what he knows about data analysis and visualization with as many local progressive activists as possible.
Here’s the registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsduqrrz8rGtcHkCks2o4upW0A_x8N_pZN
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