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Our Search to Find What’s Working
Springtide Research Institute just completed the second phase of the What’s Working project, a multi-year campaign, sponsored in part by Lilly Endowment,...
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What inspires young people to care?
This weekend, Americans will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to commemorate the life and legacy of the famed civil rights leader. Across the country...
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Gen Alpha and Religion: What 13-Year-Olds Say 
Today’s young people are maturing in a society that has experienced a decades-long decline in religious affiliation. Yet, Springtide data repeatedly show...
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Advice for Youth Leaders: What Works in Connecting with Young People 
Since 2022, our team has executed a multiyear research effort titled “What’s Working,” supported in part by Lilly Endowment Inc., to discover how faith-based...
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What can I learn from qualitative research?
Springtide specializes in helping groups and organizations discover meaningful insights about the young people they serve. In this blog post, Senior Research...
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What’s Working: Servant Year 
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...
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What’s Working: The Place
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...
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Cultivating Care: How to Engage with Young People in Civic Life
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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Voting: What Young People Say
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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“Let’s just agree to disagree”: How Young People Navigate Political Conversation
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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What’s Working: Together Lab
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...
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“I saw it on social”: How Digital Life Affects Political Participation
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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“It’s kind of a personal thing to me”: Young People and Issues That Resonate
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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“It’s just too divisive”: Young People and Political Identities 
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how...
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Letters to our Younger Selves: How to Be Happy
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...
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What’s Working: GatherDC 
This post continues our series to showcase our learnings in a multi-year campaign titled What’s Working to discover how faith-based organizations are working...
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