Voice: Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Evening Stories on WURD
Evening WURDs host and Citizen contributor James Peterson launches a short story club on his program this Thursday night. Everyone is invited
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Calling All Nonprofit Leaders!
The Fitler Club Foundation’s new impact residency offers a year of membership, wellness and mentoring for the most worthy Philadelphians — those on the frontlines of helping others
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
More Worker-Owned Businesses
How about a workplace where you share the wealth with your co-workers — including your boss? Pittsburgh, Boston and other cities are helping local businesses become employee-owned, with benefits for all
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal Festival
Looking for a way to turn post-election blues into healing, inspiration and action? Join us this week at The Citizen’s 7th annual event celebrating heroic thinkers and problem-solvers
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The YIMBYS Have Won
San Francisco pro-housing activist and Philly native Sonja Trauss will return to her hometown on November 15 to herald a solution to our housing crisis. Here, she reflects on how to avoid the pitfalls of Bay Area unaffordability
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
How to Support Veterans
More than a dozen ways to give back to those who fought to keep you free
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
When Will We Start Listening to Working Class Voters?
Author Batya Ungar-Sargon and former PA Congressman Patrick Murphy will talk about the underappreciated voters who may have decided the 2024 election at our festival on November 15
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Choose Democracy
The 2024 election was the beginning, not the end, of saving our democracy. Here's what else you can do
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
A 24-Hour Marathon of Giving Local
The director of Austin’s annual event that raised $10 million for 700 local nonprofits — in one single day — talks about how it works at The Citizen’s 7th annual event on November 15
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Vote Like Mount Airy Votes
Voting divisions in Northwest Philly have among the most engaged voters in the city — including, in one division, 90 percent turnout. The reason is not what you might think
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy