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Current Events.
Updates from our work with communities, partners and programs.
Avoidance Mapping Featured at Public Policy Lab
Alongside colleagues from NASA and Parson’s School of Design, Perfect City’s Avoidance Mapping was featured as part of Public Policy Lab’s conversation “What Mapping Makes Possible.”
Participatory and Inclusive Neighborhood Democracy in NYC
We had a great time presenting a performance as part of the National Civic League’s Better Public Meetings event in our hometown of NYC! Participatory and Inclusive Neighborhood Meetings brought over a hundred Community Board members, artists and neighbors from around the five boroughs to 125th St in Manhattan, for an event that celebrated our wins and showed us where we can grow.
Aaron Landsman’s TedX Princeton Talk
Check out Aaron Landsman’s TedX Princeton Talk on Perfect City’s work.
First collaboration with Christina Seix Academy & Princeton
Perfect City wrapped up our inaugural collaboration with Christina Seix Academy, Princeton Athletics and The PACE Center for Civic Engagement.
City Council Meeting comes to Anchorage
Perfect City presented an excerpt of City Council Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska at a convening of community councils.
Under the Radar Festival — Avoidance/Belonging Mapping
Perfect City brought Avoidance/Belonging Mapping to the Under the Radar Festival in January 2026. The session invited audiences to chart their lived experience of the city.
Westwood Rising Experience launches in Dayton
The Westwood Rising Experience launched at the Dayton Public Library! Perfect City joined the Dayton Collaboratory and partners.
An afternoon with the Peoples’ Budget Office, Philly
A lovely afternoon with the Peoples' Budget Office in Philly, offering mapping, civic performance and roundtable conversations.
The City We Make Together
A book by Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett. University of Iowa Press ↗
Invisible Guides
Perfect City’s creative organizing led by young women in NYC. Watch on Vimeo ↗
Pilot workshop highlights — 2023
Boys and Girls Republic in NYCHA Housing, Lower East Side. Watch on Vimeo ↗
