ALL REGIONAL VOICE OUTCOMES

School Session Outcomes

Hosted at Bosse High School, Evansville, IN

Date: October 29, 2024

Total Participants

Participant Demographics

We actively and intentionally engage people with diverse perspectives and experiences to ensure that ALL voices are heard in addressing the pressing needs of today and building a collective preferred vision for tomorrow. Demographic data are collected from participants and compared to publicly available data for the region to ensure the sample population accurately represents our community.

Hover over the graph icon in the top left corner of each section to compare VOICE data to public data.

 

Passions

In this exercise we asked participants what they are positive or passionate about. Diverse participants have many different passions, but there are common themes.

Click a word/phrase in the word cloud below to see the direct quotes of participants’ passions connected to that theme.

Carry Forward

In this exercise we asked participants, considering our region’s history, what aspects they would want to carry forward into a preferred future.

Click a word/phrase in the word cloud below to see the direct quotes from participants connected to that theme.

Leave Behind

In this exercise we asked participants, considering our region’s history, what aspects they would want to leave behind (NOT carry forward) into a preferred future.

Click a word/phrase in the word cloud below to see the direct quotes from participants connected to that theme.

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Visions

In this exercise we had participants draw in a group and then individually write and speak their vision of a preferred future for our region. These themes are summaries of what was said. 

Use the filter button to view data by different demographic groups. Select a major theme in the visual below to see the minor themes included in it and the direct quotes from participants connected to that theme. 

Group 1 Visions

    • better food banks, safer parks, better management on guns, free health services
    • healthier community, elders are trying to make a living for themselves or family
    • free health care, people working together in peace and kindness, no homeless people, no racism or judgement among others
    • better communities and inclusion for everyone

    Group 2 Visions

    • better sports programs, lower housing rates
    • no AEA tutors, homework helper
    • i feel we should give back to the community
    • school

    Group 3 Visions

      • better sports program, better grades and test scores, fix up the school
      • better sports, lower housing prices
      • be inclusive, have better SAT scores at Bosse, Bosse finally getting wins, Bosse gets money, community center

      Group 4 Visions

      • stop the gun violence, park open longer
      • improvement inside the school, such as a better look inside and out. the building being nice can help with students’ attendance and achievement. hopefully there’s not as much violence, hate, discrimination, and stereotypes and hopefully more love, togetherness, and more positive educated people.
      • Bosse high school having more funds to be able to have more student support to bring more spirit wins and inclusion. also, for the community I would want to have public basketball courts/volleyball to participate in
      • my vision for evansville’s future is we need Dave & Busters, Top Golf, go karts and arcades, riverfront open till 1am or 2am, bigger mall, better restaurants like raising canes and waffle house
      • money, more bus transport, and good energy, less gun violence
      • we have better technology, workers get paid more and we have less inflation

      Group 5 Visions

        • less violence overall, unemployment rates down, increased gun restrictions, clean streets
        • bigger music community, justice, equality, unity, religious freedom, kindness
        • we just overall want better community
        • more music funding, freedom, more ap options in bosse, animal shelters, homeless help, stem programs in schools, tax breaks, healthcare for all, more money for teachers, gun control and free rehab/mental health services, free hygiene resources in the school, public softball/baseball/sports complexes, clubs for teens in public.
        • Evansville needs to remove all anti-homeless architecture and more safe attractions, such as karaoke, trivia, and music. These activities will promote inclusion