21st Century Green-Book Project
Building Safer, More Inclusive Public Spaces
About the Project
The 21st Century Green-Book Project is collaborating with a team from Carnegie Mellon University’s Spring 2025 IS Consulting Project Course to develop an innovative proof-of-concept app. This project reinforces our commitment to building a more inclusive and welcoming world by leveraging technology to track and mitigate bias incidents in public spaces.
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Our work focuses on three key objectives:
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Increase reporting on bias incidents to authorities and advocates that track bias incidents
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Develop a curated algorithm to determine welcoming, neutral, and at-risk situations or settings based on bias risk related to race, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and faith
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Raise public awareness on the economic costs of bias through an annual report
Methodology
The 21st Century Green-Book is for all who are at risk of bias crime.
Bias crime can happen to anyone, but some communities, like LGBTQ+ persons are more at-risk. The 21st Century Green-Book Project has three objectives for creating greater transparency to bias incidents in public spaces no matter who the perpetrator(s) or victim(s) might be:
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Increase reporting on bias incidents
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Raise public awareness on the costs of bias through an annual report
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Develop a curated algorithm to determine welcoming, neutral, and at-risk situations or settings based on bias risk based on race, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith, etc.
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The way forward is to empower people and businesses to fight bias in public spaces through commerce and trade.