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Upcoming SAVI Events
SAVI Talks: Understanding Urban, Suburban, and Rural Contexts for Ministries
Mark your calendars for SAVI Talks: Understanding Urban, Suburban, and Rural Contexts for Min...
December 5 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amModule 4A: Tell Stories with Data
December 11 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amModule 4B: Make Decisions with Data
This workshop will help you apply the skills learned in other workshops to your own real-world, data...
December 17 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amSAVI Data Literacy: Frame the Problem
Before you can begin using data to inform decisions, identify what you are trying to accompli...
January 13, 2025 at 2:30 pm - 4:30 pmSAVI Data Literacy: Find Existing Data
Answering the questions necessary to achieve goals requires locating and using the right data...
January 21, 2025 at 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Latest News from SAVI
Data and Drafts: High-Need, High-Paying Jobs
What does it mean to have “good job”? Over the past several months, WFYI reporter Sydney Dauphinais has dug into what it ...
Bangladesh visitors stop by Polis Center to learn about Encyclopedia of Indianapolis project
On August 2, The Polis Center hosted five visitors from Bangladesh traveling to the U.S. under the auspices of the U.S. Department of ...
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Updates
The Polis Center updated the Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis with new content from the editorial team and continued work on new ...
Data & Drafts: Developing a Real-Time Eviction Tracker
On August 11, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media, the Indianapolis Public Library-Central, and Sun King Brewing, Polis Interim ...
A Decade of Decline: College-Going Rates in Central Indiana
On July 20, Polis published a new article to SAVI authored by Polis Research Analyst Aaron Olson. “A Decade of Decline: College-Going ...
SAVI Office Hours
We will start holding monthly virtual SAVI Office Hours on July 28. Anyone needing one-on-one help using SAVI, working with their own ...
Indy East Promise Neighborhood Initiative
Polis officially kicked off its effort with John Boner Community Center and several community partners to support the Indy East ...
Data & Drafts: Fewer High School Graduates Attend College
On July 20, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library-Central, Matt Nowlin will present Data & ...
Who is in the Marion County Jail? Exploring Length of Stay through an Equity Lens
We analyzed more than 283,000 bookings into Marion County’s jails between 2013 and 2021. We used this data to discover how many people ...
The State of Tenants in Central Indiana
Indiana Senate Bill 230 would have required landlords to make necessary repairs to their properties. We examine the renters impacted ...