Voice: Kiersten A. Adams
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The Citizen Recommends: BlackStar Film Festival 2023
The Philadelphia-born pillar of excellence in film celebrates BIPOC-made movies and the people who make them — with care for all
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The Citizen Recommends: In Color Birding Club
The intentionally welcoming outdoors club celebrates birding season with events in spring, fall (and other seasons too) — for all people
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How to Be a Trans Ally in Philly
Here, a look at ways we can all support the transgender community in Philadelphia.
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Citizens of the Week: Crescent Foundation
As people with sickle cell disease live longer, they need more and different support. A group of young patients in Philly is here to give it to them.
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Home is where the art is
In the time of Covid-19, Fresh Artists has taken its public school art program to where the students are: In their own homes
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The Citizen Recommends: The Chase Series
Philly native John Butler III creates children’s books with characters all kids can relate to
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The Citizen Recommends: A Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Join the director of Philly writers hub Blue Stoop as she debuts her new book, a coming-of-age tale about murder, self-discovery and being a woman in America
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The Citizen Recommends: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity
The African American Museum in Philadelphia’s exhibit features the work of 55 women and non-binary people of the African diaspora
By Kiersten A. Adams