Welcome to GeoCivics

How do we get to fair maps?

Is Gerrymandering About to Become More Difficult?  An interview with Moon Duchin

Choice Cuts: How competing redistricting requirements will shape Colorado's congressional map. by Evan Wyloge

Put your mapmaking skills to the test in this mapmaking competition

Apportionment Data Released by the United States Census Bureau

GeoCivics provides a suite of state-based resources to develop skills and knowledge for discussing the apportionment and redistricting process in the United States. The more voices participating in this process, the more the electoral districts will reflect the community.  These resources prepare and support students, teachers, and community members with interactive tools and geospatial data, leading to engagement in conversation about the construction of electoral districts. Paying attention to where lines are drawn, by whom, and under what circumstances informs how people are governed. Everyone in the community should be equipped to ask questions of people in each jurisdiction - federal, state, and local - charged with instructing the cartographers in this task.

Q&A with Rebecca Theobald, by Moe Clark, Colorado Newsline, April 9, 2021