As part of its efforts to improve equity and inclusion, the City of Bozeman is interested in gaining an understanding of what “sense of belonging” means to residents in our community, including the meaning of belonging and the factors that promote or hinder a sense of belonging. The City is especially interested in understanding the perspectives of residents who may have previously been excluded — either intentionally or unintentionally — from city processes and decision making. Students collected and analyzed qualitative interviews from 16 Bozeman residents that are a part of a specific community of interest and provided executive summaries of themes from the interviews.

Student presentations and executive summaries: Belonging_in_Bozeman_projects