Cassandra Ogbevire, our 2022-2023 BIPOC Research Fellow, recently shared commentary with Sojourners Magazine, where she discussed how the findings of Navigating Injustice were reflected in her own experience as a Black Christian. Navigating Injustice explored how religious and racial identities impact mental health for young Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC),
Since our inception, Springtide has aimed to offer research and actionable insights to help those who care for young people to care better. One of the main questions we’ve pursued is – how can we best connect with Gen Z? In the past three years, we’ve discovered a few answers:
Social science has long proven that the development of our identities is impacted by our parents are, the ZIP code where we were born, our household income, and society’s standards for what to think, feel, say, and do. People with certain identities tend to experience more structural and interpersonal discrimination
Of the thousands of young people we surveyed for our research on Gen Z, faith and mental health, one-third said they are not flourishing (another term for succeeding or prospering) in their mental health. Yet, more than half of all nonbinary young people tell us they are not flourishing, compared
Springtide interviews young people from a variety of backgrounds and demographics for our studies, and as you might guess, our religious and spiritual lives can be influenced by where we grow up, who we grow up around and how we identify. Our 2022 report, The State of Religion and Young
Gen Z may not fill seats at weekend religious services, but that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in the higher power on which many of those services are focused. A large majority of young people surveyed for our 2022 State of Religion and Young People report say they have a
A question we frequently hear at Springtide is “why don’t young people want to come to church?” Our data does show many young people don’t attend religious services regularly, that doesn’t mean they don’t consider themselves religious or spiritual. In fact, 68% of the young people we surveyed in 2022
A common misconception about young people, and Gen Z in particular, is that they are moving away from belief in a higher power and no longer claim any sort of religious or spiritual ties. After surveying and interviewing thousands of young people, our data show that is definitely not the
The Springtide Ambassadors Program (SAP) launched in January 2021 with our inaugural group of youth and young adult ambassadors entering an online cohort that stretched over a 15-month commitment. Representing different backgrounds, identities, and regions of the United States, SAP members create and curate original content for varied platforms, including
Each of us discovered different ways to handle our mental, physical, and spiritual health during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic still continues, many of us have now combined pre-pandemic practices with elements we discovered during the past two years. Here, Research Advisory Board (RAB) member Seher Siddiqee tells about