Events
Upcoming Events
Mapping for Change
Join National Geographic Explorer Nick Okafor for Explorer Classroom: Mapping for Change on November 20, 2025, at 10:00am to 11:00am or 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET. Designed for students in grades 3–8 (ages 8–14), this free, live, interactive online event explores how maps can tell powerful stories and inspire real-world solutions.
Mapping Justice: Youth-Driven Innovation Toward Environmental Resiliency Student Panel
Join us online for Mapping Justice: Youth-Driven Innovation Toward Environmental Resiliency, a live virtual student panel led by Nick Okafor. Happening on Monday, November 3, from 1:30–2:10 PM EST, this session showcases how young changemakers use mapping and storytelling to tackle environmental challenges in their communities.
Upcoming Workshops
No Upcoming Workshops
Learn more about our variety of workshops:
Race, Power, & Technology
Geospatial Justice
EcoGIS
Recorded Events
Discover how GIS and mapping justice fuel civic imagination and social change. These recorded conversations and learning experiences feature educators and innovators using geospatial tools to transform classrooms and communities toward a more equitable future.
GIS as a Tool of Civic Imagination
As part of Explorers Festival 2025, this powerful presentation by Nick dives into how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be harnessed to support equity, justice, and civic engagement.
Liberatory Innovation: Critical GIS as a Tool for Civic Imagination
This session featured a compelling lecture and presentation by Nick Okafor, founder and executive director of trubel&co, who discussed “Liberatory Innovation: Critical GIS as a Tool for Civic Imagination.”
Fast Forward Demo Day 2025
This session featured Nick Okafor, design researcher and founder of trubel&co, who shared insights on how data and technology can be used to advance social and environmental impact.
Transforming Classrooms with GIS and Mapping Justice
Dylan and Justin outlines Workshop: GIS in the Classroom + Intro to ArcGIS online + Mapping Justice. They showed how GIS connects location data with descriptive information, providing a foundation for mapping, analysis, and decision-making across industries.
2025 Florida Climate Week trubel&co Mapping Justice Alumni Panel
Mapping Justice: Designing Geospatial Tools for Social Change is a recorded Florida Climate Week panel where students and alumni share how they use GIS and data visualization to advance climate resiliency and social justice through community-driven projects.
