Voice: Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Michael E. Mann is Coming For Your Climate Doomism
One of the most famous — and famously attacked — climatologists in America is now the founding director of Penn’s new climate change institute. He has a few things to say to those who doubt we can still save the earth
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThe 20-Minute Neighborhood
Paris, Portland, Houston and even Detroit are planning neighborhoods where residents can walk or bike to everything they need for a healthy and vibrant life. Is now the time to do the same in Philly?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyWatch Our Higginbotham Mural Kickoff
The Citizen, Mural Arts and Penn Law unveiled artist Shawn Theodore's design for a new mural tribute to Judge A. Leon Higginbotham in West Philly. Watch the fun here.
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyInvesting in Women
The authors of The XX Edge — which lays out why investing in women-led organizations is socially important and profitable — bring their message to The Free Library on Wednesday
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyMake The World Better Fundraiser Concert
Japanese Breakfast headlines the event to support Connor Barwin’s parks nonprofit, now run by former first son Jesse Rendell
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyEquity and Growth
At a Citizen event on Wednesday we heard from three civic leaders who just might hold the key to building a strong middle class here in Philadelphia
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyCan Philly Solve Its ATV Problem?
ATVs, buggies and dirt bikes are wreaking havoc on Philly streets and fueling a sense of disorder. What cities are smartly confronting the problem?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyStronger Every Day
Tashawn Strother’s son was shot. Two years later, she tells the incredibly moving story of her family’s long journey to healing as part of the Center for Gun Violence Reporting’s Credible Messenger Project
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyEquity and Growth — Oxymoron No Longer?
Join us Wednesday for a conversation about how to help all Philadelphians thrive, with businessman Michael Forman, union leader Ryan Boyer and City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDear Teachers
This school year was hard. You know who made it easier for the rest of us? Teachers
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy