About
Birmingham is facing a multitude of challenges; MCDC is designed to build our community’s capacity to develop solutions to solve those challenges.
The Magic City Data Collective is supported through a one-year grant to UAB from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. UAB is partnering with the Birmingham Business Alliance and the Birmingham Education Foundation to build and launch the project.
![Regions field Birmingham](https://sites.uab.edu/data-collective/files/2021/05/birmingham-regions-field.jpg)
Individual Impact
- Career exploration
- Self efficacy
- Data literacy skills
Institutional Impact
- Cross-sector collaboration
- Scalability across curriculum
- Responsive programming
Economic Impact
- Diverse data workforce
- Cultivation of data sector
- Enhanced local capacity
Community Impact
- Data driven decisions
- Shared problem solving
- Sustainable model
Timeline
Planning
January – April 2021
- Project team formation
- Sponsor recruitment
- Skills assessment
- Stakeholder engagement
Implementation
May – August 2021
- Project deployment
- Data career network
- Sustainability planning
Impact + Scale
September – December 2021
- Culminating event
- Scale across curriculum
- Skills assessment
- MCDC 2.0
Our Team
![Emily Wykle headshot](https://sites.uab.edu/data-collective/files/2021/05/Emily-Wykle.jpg)
Emily Wykle
Project Manager
Director of External Affairs
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
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Quiwintre Fyre
Outreach Manager
Program Director
Ed-Foundation
![Emily Jerkins headshot](https://sites.uab.edu/data-collective/files/2021/05/Emily-J.jpg)
Emily Jerkins
Strategy & Data Community Manager
Vice President of Strategy & Research
Birmingham Business Alliance
![Lauren Rast headshot](https://sites.uab.edu/data-collective/files/2021/08/rast-lauren-600x600-headshot.jpg)
Lauren Rast
Learning Manager
Assistant Professor of Physics
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Please contact Emily Wykle at ewykle@uab.edu if you have questions or would like to partner with us on this program.