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Empathy Atlas

Launching August 2026

Liberation
Lines

Liberation is happening all around us. It’s our job to put it on the map.

This August, we are taking our communities’ stories into our own hands. Every point carries people’s lives, and every line helps reveal how we are connected. Through our own voices, choices, and data, we are mapping how far we have moved, what we have carried, and what liberation can look like across generations.

Map your line Answer one thing, or all of them. Every voice adds to the map.
In partnership withNorthStar of GISFootsteps to Freedom
A few of them
Aug 1
Emancipation Day
Caribbean & Canada
Aug 17
Marcus Garvey Day
Diaspora-wide · b. Jamaica
Aug 23
Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade
UNESCO · global

Three ways to take our story into our own hands

Our voices. Our choices. Our data.

Each one maps our community in a different way. Start anywhere. All three are open now, and take just a few minutes.

The big idea

We have the power to take our community’s stories into our own hands, and data and technology amplify that power.

Start with your line
EMPATHYAtlas
In partnership withNorthStar of GISFootsteps to Freedom

Liberation Lines is a project of the Empathy Atlas, supported by the National Geographic Society.
© 2026, in partnership with NorthStar of GIS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.