Flourishing Hub

Within the Flourishing Hub, you will find a wide variety of resources focused on the community topic. As the platform continues to grow, resources will be added. If you have resources you believe would be helpful for the community, complete the Contact form in the Menu. Let’s grow the Grow Library together!

Why is this topic important? The Harvard Flourishing Index defines flourishing as, To have an overall satisfaction with life, a sense of meaning and purpose, and to have mental and physical health, relationship, and financial and material stability needs generally met. While the concept of flourishing can seem largely aspirational when cited as the goal of holistic community and individual development, the elements of flourishing are tangible, and can be measured individually or collectively in communities. Flourishing can also be pursued at varying levels of scale and partnership by a vast diversity of community stakeholders, including individuals, faith communities, nonprofit organizations, foundations, institutions of health and education, and more.

Flourishing Resources

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For Evansville Podcasts

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For Evansville is a nonprofit organization that helps churches, nonprofits, and community leaders work together to address systemic challenges in Evansville. Their podcast series provides a platform to learn about and understand the city well from a variety of leaders, residents, and change agents.
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Harvard Flourishing Program

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Founded in 2016, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science aims to study and promote human flourishing, and to develop systematic approaches to the synthesis of knowledge across disciplines. Site includes publications, a Flourishing measurement tool, education opportunities.
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Opportunity Insights

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Opportunity Insights, a research group based at Harvard University, has the mission to identify barriers to economic opportunity and develop scalable solutions that will empower people throughout the United States to rise out of poverty and achieve better life outcomes. Their team of researchers and policy analysts work together to analyze new data and create a platform for local stakeholders to make more informed decisions. This resource includes the Opportunity Atlas and Social Capital Atlas data resources with local and regional data, along with papers and courses.
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State of E

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For Evansville is a nonprofit organization that helps churches, nonprofits, and community leaders work together to address systemic challenges in Evansville. They have identified 5 primary areas of focus that act as a guide for pursing transformative impact together.
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Tepe Park Neighborhood, Evansville, IN Quality-of-Life Plan

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This plan demonstrates the commitment of residents, local organizations and the City of Evansville and is a positive step forward to restore the economic foundation, housing stability and quality-of-life in Tepe Park. This plan has been used as a model for other neighborhood revitalization efforts.
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