reRoot

[Migration Intelligence - Social Impact] As social, economic, and climate landscapes change, individuals and families might want to move to where they can find a community they know will be safe, welcoming, and prosperous. Yet, moving is a huge risk that not many can afford to take, and not everyone is aware of what opportunities may even exist. Having access to digestible migration-related information is especially challenging for minority and immigrant communities. Meanwhile, there is a spatial mismatch between where services and organizations are located and where minority and immigrant communities reside. reRoot is a decision-making support platform that uses the US Census data to assist minority and disenfranchised communities within the United States to migrate and make more informed migration decisions outside of existing networks and word-of-mouth. Our team formed in 2021 as part of The Opportunity Project (at) Harvard, a data sprint hosted by the metaLAB (at) Harvard and the U.S. Census Bureau. We shared a common interest in developing a product to meet the present-day needs of underserved communities. Currently, we are the finalist team at the 2022 MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge and aim to bring global impact.