Voice: Natalie Pompilio

PECO’s workforce development initiative is, little by little, making solid middle class careers easier to get for Philadelphians who look like their customers

The three-year-old Body Empowerment Project has helped students in 17 Philadelphia schools accept — and embrace — their physical selves this year. Support their work at their year-end party on April 25

Mural Arts Philadelphia and First Person Arts have partnered on a community project that explores the pain of suicide through theater and art. See the performance on March 16

Join us on January 30 to honor the Project HOME pioneers with a Lifetime Achievement Award

A Rail Park installation allows a grieving local writer to call her deceased parents and convey thoughts that are “carried by the wind.”

The Citizen’s 2023 Block Captain of the Year gets her neighbors to vote in record numbers, and makes sure the block isn’t just clean — it’s beautiful.

“Court doulas” from Partners for Justice have saved more than a million hours of incarceration — and millions of taxpayer dollars — nationwide. Now, they’re bringing their work to Philadelphia

Six Philadelphia heart and mind health startups compete this week for $50,000 in the Economy League’s Well City Challenge.

A poverty-fighting nonprofit presented its stellar outcomes at The Citizen’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival. Now it’s launching in Philly

Mini on-street parks in cities like Chicago build community and help businesses thrive. So why doesn’t Philly have more of them?