Community Story Map Featured by ESRI, Global Mapping Software Leader

Families for Safe Streets’ work spotlighting the human cost of traffic violence is being held up as an example for other nonprofits by the global geospatial software leader ESRI.

Our Community Story Map, which features the stories of nearly 200 victims across the United States, was featured by ESRI as an example of the power of GIS software in creating policy change and solving social problems. We expect the recognition will expand awareness of our work and the heartbreak and devastation caused by inaction on traffic safety.

The map directs users to stories like that of Rashad Al-Hakim Jr, who was struck and killed at just 15-years old by a DUI driver as he crossed the street in front of his high school. Or that of Trevor Doom, a 26-year-old fire department captain, who was killed along with his fiancé, and three members of her family when they were hit by the driver of a semi-truck that had run a red light.

“The FSS Community Story Map has turned statistics into people, giving names to them and sharing their stories for all to access,” ESRI wrote in its description. “It provides an opportunity to unite a country around a cause and allows the grieving to attach photographs and stories to what were once faceless statistics.”

ESRI has over one million active users across 350,000 organizations across the world. If you’d like to add your story to the map, please visit this link.