Last Thursday, August 11th Connect the Dots hosted a happy hour - the first of what we hope to be many. This was not a regular networking-and-get-along Happy Hour (which we love, of course!) - ours was a challenge-based Happy Hour, and it was great! We...
Connect the Dots CEO Marisa Denker spoke about our project, Framing the Future of the Roundhouse, with WHYY and the Philadelphia Inquirer: “A typical engagement process might go right into what the Roundhouse should be, whereas we are trying to spend a lot of time thinking...
Join Connect the Dots, Amber Art & Design, and the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for our first public event Framing the Future of the Roundhouse! Thursday, August 4th at Franklin Square from 1 to 5 PM. Free activities and art workshops for all ages and...
Sylvia Garcia-Garcia is Connect the Dots’ Project Manager of Public Engagement, based in Philadelphia. She is a bicultural multilingual experienced social impact professional, passionate about centering representation and sustainability. Sylvia holds a Master’s in Strategic Thinking from Tec de Monterrey and has since worked as...
Sylvia Garcia-Garcia recently joined Connect the Dots as Project Manager of Public Engagement, based in Philadelphia. She is a bicultural multilingual experienced social impact professional, passionate about centering inclusion and sustainability. Sylvia holds a Master’s in Strategic Thinking from Tec de Monterrey and has since...
Our team is so excited to have been selected to lead the engagement process surrounding the Roundhouse alongside our partners at Amber Art and Design! Our multidisciplinary team includes planners, artists, experts in trauma-informed engagement and public mental health, placemakers, historic preservationists, and a wide...
Our founder Marisa recently spoke with CitizenLab’s team about the latest trends at the intersection of government and technology , with a focus on public engagement. You can read the full interview below to see what she thinks about the role of online engagement in...
Connect the Dots strives to create welcoming and accessible engagement activities that provide historically disinvested neighborhoods with safe spaces for participation in the public process. While we seek to end discrimination every day, March 21 has been observed as the International Day to End Racial...
This March, we sat down with Marisa Denker, CEO & Co-Founder of Connect the Dots to talk about Connect the Dots’ Irish roots this St. Patrick's Day! We get asked about our “Irish Side” pretty regularly, and there’s a great story behind how CTD got...
This March, CtD’s Marisa Denker joined the panel for Women in Transportation’s Philadelphia & WTS Central PA chapters’ event, ENGAGINGLY SO: Bringing Accessibility and Representation into the Public Engagement Process - alongside friends and partners across Pennsylvania committed to accessible and representative public engagement in...