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Upcoming SAVI Events

Module 4B: Make Decisions with Data
This workshop will help you apply the skills learned in other workshops to your own real-world, data...
April 29 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Value of Place: How to Enhance Your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping and Spatial Analysis Tools
This webinar introduces powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data,...
May 6 at 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Module 1A: Frame the Problem
Before you can begin using data to inform decisions, identify what you are trying to accomplish and ...
May 13 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Women and Aging
The May 16 State of Aging Report forum will explore Central Indiana trends in the socioeconom...
May 16 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Module 2A: Find Existing Data
Answering the questions necessary to achieve goals requires locating and using the right data and to...
May 28 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Jun 23, 2022 |

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 ...

Jun 22, 2022 |

Indiana Senate Bill 230 would have required landlords to make necessary repairs to their properties. We examine the renters impacted ...

Jun 19, 2022 |

This report examines more than one million loan applications filed in Central Indiana from 2007 to 2020 to investigate racial and ...

May 19, 2022 |

Join us June 16 at 9 a.m. for a virtual event about Jail Diversion in Indianapolis. In 2015, criminal justice reform in Indiana ...

Apr 19, 2022 |

As part of our collaboration with the Central Indiana Senior Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, State of Aging ...

Apr 6, 2022 |

New data shows the number of subsidized rental homes in Marion County is stagnant, while the need for units affordable to extremely ...

Apr 6, 2022 |

On April 14, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library, we will present Data & Drafts: Home ...

Apr 4, 2022 |

The Urban Institute awarded Polis an $80,000 grant as part of an 18-month cross-site study funded by the Tableau Foundation to analyze ...

Apr 1, 2022 |

The TechPoint Mira Awards Gala is April 23, at which winners will be announced. The Polis Center is nominated for the Community Impact ...

Mar 28, 2022 |

“The Riverside neighborhood on the west side used to feel like family to Alisha Madden, who moved there several years ago after a ...