SSIREP fellows Skye Leedahl, Melanie Brasher, and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz and students Travis Doumaney and Kristin Sodhi analyzed responses from The Rhode Island Foundation’s Together RI event. In the Spring of 2018, the Rhode Island Foundation conducted a series of pasta dinners in every town in Rhode Island. Rhode Islanders were invited to sit down with their neighbors and talk about what they liked and disliked about the state, while writing down their opinions and completing a survey. The Rhode Island Foundation asked SSIREP to analyze these discussions and surveys. SSIREP’s Together RI report is a deep examination the discussions at these events . This report was written by SSIREP fellows Skye Leedahl, Melanie Brasher, and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz and students Travis Doumaney and Kristin Sodhi. Read the full report here.