Integrity Icon 2026

Dr. Mandy Manna, Farming Phenom

For creating meaningful agricultural opportunities outside of the classroom and opening doors to career pathways beyond Philadelphians’ imaginations, Dr. Manna is one of this year’s Integrity Icons. Come celebrate all the winners on June 3

By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good

Paratodo

Francis Young’s groundbreaking menswear line is heading back to Paris Fashion Week — but makes its biggest impact on hyper-local causes

By Courtney DuChene
Meet a Health Hero

John Matthews of Ride Hard, Breathe Easy

The 2025 finalist for the Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge, presented by IBX, turned his cross-country bike ride for his mom into a nonprofit that has raised $1.2 million for lung-cancer patients, families, and researchers

By Courtney DuChene

Fixing Market East … in a Single Summer?

Can a half dozen pop-ups revive Center City’s most troublesome corridor?

By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good

Medical Guardian

The Philadelphia-based medical alert system wants to help seniors live independently for longer — and stave off the need for home health aides. Can it?

By Courtney DuChene
The Citizen Recommends

Becoming American, Philadelphia’s Story

One Black history project the current administration cannot erase: a new documentary on African Americans from the time of William Penn to the Civil War — with flashes forward to modern day Philly

By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good

FiXA, the Home Repair Connector

What if you didn’t have to bug your friends and family for home repair help and contractor references? A Philadelphia based, women-owned company has your back

By Courtney DuChene
RECAP

2026 Citizen of the Year Awards

The annual event featured Jane Golden, Leigh and John Middleton, Dr. Paul Offit, along with a block captain, youth leader, educator, social justice champion and groundbreaking scientists

By Courtney DuChene
Citizen Recommends

Total Impact Summit

This year’s convening focuses not just on the causes, but on the places where they happen

By Courtney DuChene

Observation, Meditation, Creation, Connection

Exploring a new art program at the Barnes Foundation for people with Parkinson's

By Courtney DuChene