Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Driving Innovation in Education

Join us on December 15 to hear from Chicago Beyond’s Liz Dozier on how innovation fueled by empathy can upend how we educate children

By Katherine Rapin

The Crisis of Millennial Health

Independence Blue Cross and The Economy League have launched an innovative approach to addressing the surprising health needs of an entire generation

By Katherine Rapin
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020

Celebrate the surviving and thriving of the native people in our communities this weekend

By Katherine Rapin
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Mindful of Race

A workshop this weekend that combines mindfulness and anti-racism implores attendees to stop talking and start doing the work

By Katherine Rapin

Full-Circle Support

The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle supports Black-led, Black-serving nonprofits while disrupting the field of philanthropy

By Katherine Rapin

“The Endurance Race is On”

Checking back in with an anonymous ER doctor, on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic

By Katherine Rapin
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City Nature Challenge

This Earth Day weekend, boost your mood during Covid-19 by enjoying the nature around you—and helping science while you’re at it

By Katherine Rapin
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How To Be a Helper In This Pandemic

Feeling helpless? Hear from citizens who have jumped in to help their community—and share how you’re doing your part, too

By Katherine Rapin

Community Cure

As coronavirus upends our lives, community organizers aren’t waiting for the government to help us—supporting each other is the only way through

By Katherine Rapin

“Really, Stay Home”

An anonymous local ER doc on what it’s like being on the front lines of coronavirus—and what the rest of us can do

By Katherine Rapin