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Book Club with (former) Sixers CEO Scott O’Neil

At a Citizen event a week before his resignation, O'Neil talked about going from "warrior to sage" in his work, his family and himself

By Jessica Blatt Press

Bridging the Wealth Gap

A local program has taught wealth-building skills to 1,500 students and the adults in their lives. Now, it's growing—with the support of powerful local institutions—to take the poverty-fighting work nationwide

By Jessica Blatt Press
Business For Good

Bungee Oblečení

Darrell Alston has walked many paths — athlete, rapper, inmate. All of them have led to the role he’s filling now, as CEO and lead designer of a new Philly-based high-end sneaker line

By Jessica Blatt Press
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Infrastructure Is the New Black

Five things we learned about infrastructure at The Citizen’s most recent virtual event

By Jessica Blatt Press

North Broad’s Next Chapter

The corridor stretching from City Hall to Germantown Avenue will never be “Avenue of the Arts”—or Northern Liberties or...any of the city’s “Hot ‘Hoods.” And that just might be a good thing.

By Jessica Blatt Press

Get (and give!) free reading help for kids this summer

Whether your child fell behind or could just use a bit of enrichment, there are plenty of Philly resources offering extra help between now and September. Plus: How to volunteer and donate, whether or not you have kids of your own

By Jessica Blatt Press
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The Future of Restaurants

An all-star lineup of local and national chefs and restaurateurs joined The Citizen to discuss how the pandemic has forever changed restaurants—and what diners can do to support the industry that fed us through the most trying of times

By Jessica Blatt Press
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MSNBC Anchor Ali Velshi on Biden’s first 100 days

The Citizen board member joined us virtually to reflect on the hope of bipartisanship, the broken GOP and government working as it should.

By Jessica Blatt Press
The Citizen Recommends

Moving Education Forward

Philly schools need innovation and innovators—TEDxIntrepidAveED, a virtual gathering on May 15th, will strive to enable and empower both.

By Jessica Blatt Press
Citizens of the Week

Germination Project Fellows

Local teens continue to blaze trails in far-ranging fields, from finance to science and beyond. Grownups: Consider yourselves warned.

By Jessica Blatt Press