Networking
Mpact Innovators Presents – Practical Self-Care: Elevate Your Workday
Horizons Rooftop Ballroom
Kickstart your morning with a revitalizing 30-minute session designed to recharge your body and mind—all from the comfort of your chair. We’ll guide you through simple, effective techniques proven to ease stress, boost energy, and add a bit more joy to your workday. No special gear is required—just bring yourself, whether in conference attire or whatever makes you feel comfortable.
Warning: Desk-based self-care may lead to unexpected bouts of meaningful productivity!
Facilitator: Shantelle Dreamer, 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher / Assistant Vice President, Sustainable Fleets Program Manager, WSP USA, Boulder, CO
Networking
Mpact Innovators Presents – Walking Tour: Color Me Back at Suburban Station
Meet in Lobby
Learn about an innovative partnership between SEPTA and Mural Arts Philadelphia to bring public art to transit stations through “Color Me Back,” a same day work and pay program that provides opportunities for work to Philadelphia’s economically insecure population. Walk less than a half-mile to Suburban Station and grab lunch before visiting Mural Arts’ studio space. Hear about the Color Me Back program’s successes for community members and the transit system. Then tour the art at the station concourse itself, the first of several locations of murals in SEPTA stations produced through this program.
Meet in Lobby. Limited to first 25.
Al’Lee Floyd, Manager, SEPTA Store & Experiential Design, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, PA
Emily Crane, Color Me Back Program Manager, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Networking
Mpact Innovators Presents – Walking Tour: Hub of Hope
Meet in Lobby
Go behind-the-scenes at Hub of Hope, an innovative community-oriented space that provides social and health care services to people experiencing homelessness. Located in the Suburban Station Concourse –one of the core SEPTA stations and part of the Center City Commuter Connection – the 11,000-square-foot facility offers meals, health care services and help finding a permanent home, among other services. After the tour, get lunch together at Reading Terminal Market, Philly’s oldest public market with more than 30 eateries.
Meet in Lobby. Limited to first 10.
Networking
Lunchtime Conversation – Lenape History and Culture
Salon 3/4
Bring your lunch for an informal and open discussion about Lenape history and culture in the Philadelphia region, with the Chief Keeper of Culture for the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. Hear about the “Walking Purchase,” through which the sons of William Penn acquired Lenape land in the 1730s, as well as a re-enactment of it in 2019: a Walking Purchase Healing Journey. Touching on past transportation modes – canoes and horses – the conversation will include time for questions.
Chief Barbara Bluejay Michalski, Chief Keeper of Culture, Vice President, Tribal Council, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Networking
Mpact Innovators Presents – The Mpact PK Slam
Bok 1901 South 9th St, Philadelphia, PA (entry doors at 800 Mifflin Street)
Don’t miss this Tuesday night tradition – the one everybody talks about! Creative, candid, energetic, the PK Slam features stand-up presentations in the style of PechaKucha™. This year’s venue: a former technical high school turned workspace for Philadelphia makers, businesses, nonprofits and artists – as well as a gathering space for the Philly community and beyond. Read our post about Bok!
Bok, 1901 South 9th St, Philadelphia, PA
Entry doors at 800 Mifflin Street
Small group tours will be available starting at 7:00 pm and 7:30 pm, max 15 people for each. Note: For Philly residents or conference-goers who come early or stay late, Bok offers tours every Wednesday at 5:00 pm, other than on nationally recognized holidays.
Getting to BOK
From Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown:
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via Bus: Walk to Arch Street and South 8th Street to catch the 47 bus southbound to 8th Street & Mifflin Street.
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via Train: Walk to Race-Vine Station to catch the B (Broad Street Line) southbound to Tasker-Morris or Snyder subway stations. Walk to Bok.
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via Bike: Just under 3 miles, via Race Street and South 10th Street. Bike parking is available on the west side of the building by the 1901 S 9th Street entrance. Bok also has an Indego bike share station at its northeast corner.
Note: In addition to transit and bike options, free mini-buses will run a continuous shuttle loop from 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm between the Sheraton and Bok.
Kelechi Chibuikem, Community Development Planner, Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha (METRO), Omaha, NE
Thatcher Imboden, Director, Community Development, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
Christine Mondor, Principal, evolveEA, Pittsburgh, PA
Erica Blonde, Equity and Engagement Manager, HNTB Corporation, Boston, MA
Elijah Hughes, Transit Planner, HDR, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Jaime McKay, Deputy Director, Transit Services of Frederick County, Frederick, MD
Muhammed Patel, Midwest Transportation Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Chicago, IL
Tim Chan, Group Manager – Station Area Planning, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Oakland, CA
Mary Kate Morookian, Transit Planner, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, Raleigh, NC
Emcee: John Heaton IV, Sustainable Transportation Planner, WSP USA, New York, NY
Emcee: Trinity Ek, Program & Partnerships Associate, Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution), Dallas, TX
Emcee: Corrie Parrish, Senior Planner, Kittelson & Associates, Inc, / Chair, Mpact Innovators, Portland, OR
