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'Connections on the Road:' How to create healthier neighborhoods for everyone

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published August 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM EDT
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Ramona Colon, Maria Garcia and Angelica Perez-Delgado with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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We welcome a live audience as we bring the show to Ibero-American Action League's Community Resource Center, located in the El Camino neighborhood of Rochester.

Residents say they have concerns about poverty, drug use, and homelessness, and some neighborhood children don't like to play outside anymore.

We talk to a neighbor and local leaders about what it will take to change that, and about how neighborhoods thrive or suffer based on resources and funding. We welcome comments from the live audience as well.

Our guests:

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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