Events

Past Events

  • Coffeehouse Meet-up for DTL Mapping Support

    Not sure where to begin, have some questions, or just want to map with others over coffee and conversation? Bring your laptop and join the Draw the Lines team at Biddle’s Escape on April 11th from 5pm-7pm for this informal mapping tech support session. Help to fight gerrymandering and have a chance to win cash prizes by becoming a Draw the Lines citizen mapper!

    April 11th, 2019
    5:00pm - 7:00pm
    Biddle's Escape
    401 Biddle Ave
    Pittsburgh, PA 15221
    Free

    Photo of Draw the Lines mapper
    Draw the Lines mapper experiments with redistricting
  • Williamsport Hearing - PA Redistricting Reform Commission

    Share your feedback with the commission to help them prepare a report for how PA should be drawn. Then visit with Draw the Lines to learn how to draw your map and enter our competition. You can come and go at any time before 7 pm to give your testimony.

    April 4th, 2019
    4:00pm - 7:30pm
    FCFP Philanthropy Center
    201 W. 4th St., Williamsport, PA 17701
    Free

  • Roman Catholic High School Awards Ceremony

    Draw the Lines is recognizing honors students from Philadelphia's Roman Catholic High School for the work they did drawing congressional maps in Fall 2018.

    March 22nd, 2019
    9:00am - 10:00am
    Roman Catholic High School
    301 North Broad Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
    Free

    Roman Catholic HS regional honoree D'kai Duncan, with Rep. Mary Isaacson and Committee of Seventy President David Thornburgh
  • Slay the Gerrymander Happy Hour

    Come learn about gerrymandering and redistricting reform with the experts! There will be light bites, bar games, and chances to win prizes!

    March 1st, 2019
    5:30pm - 7:30pm
    Biddle's Escape
    401 Biddle Ave.
    Pittsburgh, PA 15221
    Free

  • Fair Districts PA Town Hall

    Before the 2019-20 legislative session, FDPA is convening a Town Hall in Harrisburg to discuss various reforms to how Pennsylvania runs its government, and how to advocate for those reforms in Harrisburg and across PA.

    December 1st, 2018
    10:00am - 4:00pm
    State Museum of Pennsylvania
    300 North Street
    Harrisburg, PA
    $20

  • Data Day 2018

    Data Day was a family-friendly community fair held at the library. Draw the Lines explored the data in your everyday life, and how you can affect change through that data!

    October 6th, 2018
    11:00am - 2:00pm
    CLP – Main (Oakland)
    4400 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh PA 15213
    412.622.3114
    FREE

    Logo for Data Day
    Data Day 2018
  • Teacher Happy Hour

    A few southeast PA teachers joined Draw the Lines PA to learn how to take part in the Mapping Competition (where mapmakers can win up to $5,000) and for a happy hour and tutorial on using the free platform and curriculum in their classroom.

    September 28th, 2018
    3:30pm - 5:00pm
    Catalyst - 3440 Market Street, Suite 500
    Free