Community Lens of Anderson

05/19/2026

Everyone is a stakeholder when it comes to our local public school system! Let your voice be heard.

Our Superintendent Dr. Joe Cronk is retiring on June 30, 2027. To assist the ACS Board of Trustees in the process of finding our next Superintendent they have released a survey developed by the University Search Team. They are asking all interested stakeholders, employees, parents, and community members, to please complete the survey by this Friday. Links to the survey can be found below:

English: https://indstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6u1XPsgk8EFGad8.

Spanish: https://indstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0JqYt00m1IChejI.

To request assistance with taking the survey please call (765) 641-2035.

Information from the survey will help to guide a series of Town Hall meetings the ACS Board of Trustees is hosting this summer. Click here for more information and to register for one of the Town Hall meetings: https://forms.gle/Tv71mbT5WyertwTt6.

05/06/2026

💭We want your feedback! If you’ve had a chance to check out our 2026 Voter Guides, it would be SO helpful if you filled out this google form: https://forms.gle/hK5Dn82fMiQxNgYKA

Your feedback improves our future voter guides!

🙌 We couldn’t do this without you, and we’d love your input! Thank you for taking the time to review the guides and make informed choices on election day!🗳️

05/05/2026

Voter centers close at 6pm! Madison County Voting Centershttps://cffce161-c07a-4573-944b-2069f71e80cc.filesusr.com/ugd/918579_306477bfd4e4404d9959a317715305f0.pdf

05/05/2026

🇺🇸 It’s the last day to vote in the primary!! Polls are open until 6pm.

🗣️ Use Your Voice!

🗳️ Cast Your Ballot!

We’d love to see your photos with your “I voted” stickers on or out in front of polling places and please tag us!

Check out the non-partisan voter guide at heartofindiana.org/advocate or visit communitylensanderson.org/voter-guides to prepare to vote in the upcoming primary!

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05/04/2026

📢Reminder! You have today, May 4, or tomorrow, May 5, to cast your vote for this year’s primary election. A couple of things to keep in mind and some heads up about how it works when you get to the polls (see image below or read this):

🔴🔵You will select the party you want to vote for. On the screen, it has a “D” for Democrat or an “R” for Republican. Make sure you select the letter that represents the party you want. If you make a mistake, let the poll workers know and ask for help to correct it.
✅ In Primaries, you are helping to narrow down the candidate(s) in the party you selected. The narrowed down list will then show up on the General election ballot in November. For example, if there are two or more Democrats or Republicans running for state representative, the primary votes will narrow these down to one of each party for the General Election in November.
🟡 If you choose not to select anyone for a position and/or you select fewer people than you are technically allowed to the image below will pop up on your screen. For example, you can select up to 8 Republican delegates in each district but you can choose to select fewer than 8 if you want to; you can select up to 39 Democratic delegates but you can select fewer than 39 if you want to. The screen doesn’t mean you’ve made an error. It is letting you know that you selected fewer than what you are allowed to select. If you meant to do that, you can proceed to the next screen with the “Next” button. If you meant to select the number allowed, you can go to the prior screen with the “previous” button.

Check out this guide at heartofindiana.org/advocate or visit communitylensanderson.org/voter-guides to prepare to vote in the upcoming primary!

04/28/2026

Believe it or not, election season has already begun!

📅Early voting began April 7
📅Election Day is May 5

There are even more voting locations starting this week!

If you’re not sure where to vote, our Voter Guides are a one stop shop on where to vote, how to vote, AND nonpartisan information about every candidate in the primary election!
🗳️Check out our Voter Guide today at heartofindiana.org/advocate to see where and when to vote in Madison County!

04/24/2026

One of the highlights of our 2026 Voter Guide is our Q + A’s with Federal, State, and Local candidates!

🤝These sections include questions we built based on common themes we found in conversations with our community. These were obtained via Heart 2 Heart talks and community tabling events with Heart of Indiana United Way and Community Lens of Anderson.
✅ All candidate answers to these questions are provided exactly as the candidate wrote them.
📍You can find these questions at heartofindiana.org/advocate

All Q+A sections are easily accessible via “buttons” on the website! Check out the guide and take the next step in making your voice heard!

04/18/2026

🎙️✨ Check out our newest episode of Anderson in Focus with CLA!

In this episode, we’re joined by Maria Alexander from Community Lens of Anderson, along with Ball State Practicum students Abigail DeSimone and Evan Hendrickson from Heart of Indiana United Way 🤝

🗳️ We dive into two local non-partisan voter guides recently released for the Primary Election—breaking down how they were created, what they include, and why they matter for our community.

Whether you’re interested in creating a voter guide for your own community 📝 or just want to learn more about the guides for Madison County and Muncie, this episode is for you!

🎧 Tune in to hear the full process from our guest speakers and get an inside look at these helpful resources.

📍 You can find the guides at heartofindiana.org/advocate or visit communitylensanderson.org/voter-guides to learn about your candidates!
https://youtu.be/TNowuBZo3u0?si=6JvZa9OuUkFb-xOH

The Making of a Voter Guide

04/11/2026

Angie Strickler, an active Anderson community member and CLA volunteer, has done monthly recaps of the Anderson City Council meetings and shared them through her personal page since January of 2023. She has graciously committed to continuing the recaps and allowing CLA to post them to our page to increase access to them and keep Anderson residents informed in an easy to understand method. We will share the recaps each month. As a reminder, the Anderson City Council meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6pm in the city government building.

Here is the recap of the March 12, 2026 city council meeting.

CLA’s podcast, Anderson in Focus, will come out tomorrow recapping the March meeting.