Stephanie Fuentes joined Connect the Dots in April 2023 as a Project Manager for Community Engagement. Her background in arts administration serving in roles at a community arts center and in local government brings experience in community engagement from an arts & culture point of view....
Sophia Peterson joined Connect the Dots in February 2022 as a Project Assistant before becoming a full time Community Engagement Associate in June 2023. She graduated with a degree in Political Sociology from Swarthmore College in 2023. During her time at Swarthmore, she worked as...
Accesibilidad Cultural Si eres parte de o trabajas regularmente con la comunidad Latinx en Estados Unidos, seguramente te ha pasado esto. Ves stands o mesas de información en las calles y no entiendes de qué se trata, sabes que no todos lo entienden. Algunas veces hay...
Looking Back We’ve recently reached the end of our involvement in Bus Rev for 2023 - as the process passes over to SEPTA to lead the public hearings stage sharing the final recommendations, we wanted to reflect on the moments that made us smile. From 2021...
TLDR: A successful community engagement strategy is about many moving pieces that are not always considered such as learning about the needs and abilities of specific communities and sub-communities, removing practical participation barriers, and use of inclusive, non-traditional engagement tactics. Introduction Successful community engagement and outreach strategies...
Position Description Connect the Dots is a women-owned stakeholder/community engagement firm that innovates participatory processes to connect diverse voices to decision-making. Our work focuses on building meaningful engagement and outreach methods that elevate community voices in participatory processes. Through our creative and iterative approach, we incorporate...
What an exciting year this has been – this year feels like so many years in one. It has been at once one of the most challenging years and the most rewarding… It seems like just yesterday that we were trialing coworking spaces in January –...
Our team at Connect the Dots worked with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on their just-released study Mobility Choices: Transportation Conversations in Three Black and Latino Communities in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The study sought to develop a better understanding of the complex decision-making...
Meet our newest colleague, Robby Alva, who recently joined Connect the Dots as a Community Development and Engagement Associate! Based in Philadelphia, Robby comes from a multicultural and international background, and has been informed by his professional and personal experiences to dedicate his career to...