Smartphones and Emotions: The Connection for Young People

Springtide Research Institute’s Head Writer & Editor Dr. Angela Patterson and Research Intern Alana Rivera co-authored an article published by Psychology Today. You can see an excerpt of this article in part below, but we encourage you to visit their site to read the piece in its entirety. There is no

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What’s Working: Second Reformed Church 

This post continues our series to showcase our learnings in a multi-year campaign titled What’s Working, a  Lilly Endowment Inc.– supported project to discover how faith-based organizations are working to engage Gen Z. Over the course of 2024, we’ll visit organizations across the country that are revamping traditional methods and

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Letters to Our Younger Selves: Girl Power

Our newest offering, Thirteen: A First Look at Gen Alpha, uncovers what today’s 13-year-olds (who are the oldest of Generation Alpha) think, feel, and believe about their identities, religion and spirituality, media and technology, US politics, and COVID-19. In conjunction with this release, we invited members of the Springtide Ambassadors

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A Third of Latina/o Young People Care about Immigration, but Fewer See It as a Top Priority for Voting

Understanding the electorate increasingly means understanding Latina/o populations—especially Latina/o young people. This is because early projections indicate that Latina/os will make up a record 15% of all eligible voters in November 2024. Eligible voters who are Latina/o also tend to be younger than eligible voters overall—31% of Latina/o eligible voters

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What’s Working conversation with Inclusive Collective

What’s Working: Inclusive Collective

As part of our multiyear campaign titled What’s Working, sponsored in part by Lilly Endowment Inc., we’re talking with faith-based organizations across the country to discover how they’re working to engage Gen Z. Inclusive Collective offers campus ministry at colleges and universities across the Chicago area. Inviting young people from

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New Report Sheds Light on the Eldest of Gen Alpha

The oldest of Gen Alpha have now entered their teen years, and we wanted to learn more about their experience.   Our latest report, Thirteen: A First Look at Gen Alpha, shares an initial glimpse into the newest generation. We asked more than one thousand 13-year-olds across the US to share

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