An Engine of Data-Powered Progress
for Black Minnesotans.

Solving for the Future

By merging community data with predictive analytics, Octavia will empower social-sector leaders to solve big, interconnected challenges, from education to wealth to health.

Feed

Aggregate data sets from multiple agencies that serve Black Minnesotans.

Combine

Synthesize rich data with a Black community lens to control for bias and harm.

Structure

Refine data using AI to make it usable for analysis and reporting.

Sandbox

Use predictive analytics to test programs, policies, and impacts in real time.

Innovate

Co-design new models and solutions in response to community conditions.

Activate

Lead a Radical Black Agenda of upstream solutions that can change the trajectory.

Octavia unlocks
futures none of
us could
achieve on
our own.

A Project of the
African American
Leadership Forum

AALF is a statewide think-and-do tank creating radical Black Futures in Minnesota where opportunity and justice are actualized. Visit the Forum website.

Learn about the promise of predictive data for our sector.

“Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact”

Stanford Social Innovation Review

“AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities”

Nonprofit Quarterly

“AI for Social Good: Improving Lives and Protecting the Planet”

Report from McKinsey Digital

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An Engine of Data-Powered Progress for Black Minnesotans.