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Techpoint Mira Awards
The Polis Center has applied for a TechPoint Mira Award in two categories this year: Community Impact and Pandemic Pivot. The Community Impact award celebrates people or organizations that have helped...
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SAVI Talks: Economic Opportunity, Social Mobility, and Race
On Thurs., March 25, from 9:30-11 AM, we will present SAVI Talks, the first of a series of public forums this year taking a deeper dive into the issues of economic opportunity, equity, and social...
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GIS Data Harvest Program
As part of the Indiana Geographic Information Office’s GIS Data Harvest Program, Marianne Cardwell and Jim Sparks have been reaching out to all Indiana counties to obtain the counties’ address points,...
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Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
We are aiming for a soft launch of the Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis in March and will soon begin user testing and quality control. This soft launch will be the “quiet” phase in which we share...
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In November, we mentioned that Marianne Cardwell and Jim Sparks were working with Data Science graduate students Taraka Srikrishna Kantipudi, Yamini Sri Vandana Penamakuru, Rajeni Nagarajan, and...
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Using GIS to Describe and Measure Risks and Vulnerabilities from Flood and...
Kevin Mickey is delivering a one-day virtual workshop, ‘Using GIS to Describe and Measure Risks and Vulnerabilities from Flood and Earthquake Hazards,’ on Feb. 2. It will be the first of a series of...
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SAVI Talks: Economic opportunity, social mobility, and race
On Mar. 25, from 9:30-11 AM, we will present “SAVI Talks: Economic opportunity, social mobility, and race,” the first of a series of public forums this year taking a deeper dive into the issues of...
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Polis nominated for TechPoint Mira Award Community Impact award
The Polis Center has been nominated for the TechPoint Mira Award Community Impact award. This award celebrates people or organizations that have helped to push Indiana’s tech community forward and is...
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SAVI Talks Equity in Economic Opportunity, Social Mobility, and Race
The income of the family you’re born into makes a big difference in how much you will earn as an adult. But, your race and the place your grow up also affect your economic opportunity. Join The Polis...
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SAVI Equity Data & Information Hub
Our 2020 SAVI Coronavirus Data and Information Hub was hugely helpful in a year of much change. Our 2021 research is focused on equity and we are creating an Equity Data & Information Hub which...
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SAVI TALKS: Equity and Aging
Older adults in Central Indiana experience aging differently based on their race, ethnicity, income levels, and other factors. Systemic inequity – which includes systemic racism and biases against...
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The State of Aging Report examines growing old in Central Indiana
Is Central Indiana a good place to grow old? Are the basic needs of older adults in Central Indiana being met? What are emerging trends and issues related to older adults in Central Indiana? A...
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Polis works with State GIO on Data Harvest update, improving economic...
Since 2008, the Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO) has led the effort to obtain four framework datasets from Indiana counties to generate statewide GIS data layers. These four layers – address...
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Responsive Congregations
As part of the Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 (RUC 2.0) project, the SAVI team is developing a new feature that allows users to map their own data. For example, a church can map its membership to...
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Council District Crime Prevention Grant program
The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), the City of Indianapolis Office of Public Safety, and the city-county council launched a new Council District Crime Prevention Grant program. The crime...
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Great Families 2020
In April, we completed the final Great Families 2020 (GF2020) evaluation activities. A United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) program, GF2020 aimed to improve financial stability among families in...
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OUR NEIGHBORS, OURSELVES: From Congregational Mission to Community...
The Polis Center is researching a new project, Religion and Urban Culture 2.0 (RUC 2.0), which seeks to understand how Indianapolis congregations are responding to the dramatic changes we all have...
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Congregations, Pandemic, and the Digital Divide
The pandemic shined a bright light on the digital divide among congregations. Students of congregations specifically, or service organizations more broadly, already knew there were wide disparities in...
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Congregations and Mass Violence: More Questions than Answers
On April 15, 2021, Indianapolis was thrust into national, even international, headlines because of the shooting at a FedEx truck facility near the airport. We asked our researchers to observe how their...
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IGIC awards Data Harvest project Special Achievement Award
Indiana Data Harvest homepage. The Data Harvest project updated by the state Geographic Information Office and Polis received the Special Achievement award at the Indiana Geographic Information...
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