Voice: Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Total Impact Conference
ImpactPHL’s latest event wants to help investors do good with their money
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyNow Comes The Hard Part
By appointing his first school board, Mayor Kenney has taken responsibility for schools. How can we know if he’s succeeded?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyKensington Avenue Storefront Challenge
Shift Capital launched a contest to bring nine new businesses to the neighborhood’s main strip. Is this what smart development looks like?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyMouthful
Season two of the Philly Young Playwrights podcast starts today. You don’t want to miss it
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThreat Assessment Teams
The best way to stop a school shooting has nothing to do with guns, or locks, or school police. It’s to prevent them from happening beforehand
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyChildren’s Cabinet
Mayors around the country are launching city-wide efforts to get all stakeholders thinking about what’s best for kids. Can it work here?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyGood Neighbors
A Citizen and Free Library event on Monday explored the perennial urban question: How do we make communities everyone can live in?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyChampions of the Vote
A group of Fairhill residents are launching an effort to bring voters to the polls in May. Turns out, they’re the change they’ve been waiting for
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavySaving The Future, One Kid At A Time
An innovative Juvenile Justice Hub proposed by two Philly cops is a finalist for a Bloomberg Philanthropies grant. It’s time, they say, for smarter policing
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyJudy Wicks’ Not-Shark Tank
The legendary Philly restaurateur and activist has coralled her baby boomer friends to help new entrepreneurs get ahead. It’s her way of creating the city she wants to live in
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy