DETROITography, is a project conceived and curated by Alex B. Hill, and places emphasis on the unique way that people within the city think about space and place, their own idiosyncratic demographics and pathways and memories, all offering an array of insights as to the exact location of Detroit embedded within history but at the same time, transformative related to dominant narratives of the city. DETROITography has run community data and mapping workshops since 2014 and regularly hosts community events. Multiple projects have crowdsourced knowledge and harnessed data volunteers to impact city policies and processes from neighborhood boundaries, property issues, voting access, and data sharing. This session will share example and opportunities to make data work for social good.