The Weld Found Podcast explores “belonging in an age of social isolation and disconnection.” Dr. Josh Packard brought Springtide Research Institute’s latest research on loneliness to this conversation with Tim Coons, the Communications Director at the Weld Community Foundation. In this time of social distancing through COVID-19, the pain of loneliness and social exclusion is
Jerry Ruff, our inaugural writer and managing editor, is retiring at the end of March. We’ve been so grateful to have his experience and guiding hand to help us develop our voice and perspective as we have built and launched Springtide over the last year. I’ve asked him to write a reflection at this moment for a
Springtide™ Research Institute is listening to the inner and outer lives of young people ages 13 to 25. As an unbiased research institute, we seek to help those who care about young people care better, by amplifying and honoring young people’s lived experiences through careful research and actionable insights. Our inaugural research report, Belonging:
As the United States and much of the global community comes to terms with social distancing, it’s worth taking a minute to pause and consider all of the people who feel lonely and isolated even during the best of times. We can learn important lessons by understanding these expressions of