Beyond words: how body mapping brings human connection to evaluation
Author: Yu-Shan Chiu, Director of Practice and Innovation Traditional approaches to evaluation often rely on surveys, interviews, or focus groups. Yet for communities that have navigated hardship, displacement, or systemic oppression, sitting in a room answering standard questions can feel clinical and triggering. Language barriers can further mute the nuanced truths of lived experience. The […]
Equity isn’t achieved through a document: designing evaluation that enhances equity impact
By Emma Roberts and Yu-Shan Chiu Evaluation can help identify how to achieve better impact. But for many of us who are committed to advancing equity, there’s a tension at the heart of our work. Too often, evaluation is treated as a process designed to produce a single end product: a report. Reports can be […]