Voice: Syra Ortiz-Blanes

Reality Check with Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
WURD host Charles D. Ellison and the Philadelphia Citizen's Executive Editor Roxanne Patel Shepelavy talk about the recent City Council primary election—and what it says about Philadelphia's electoral culture and voter turnout.
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
The Citizen Recommends: To The Polls
StreetsDept’s Conrad Benner, along with Mural Arts, uses street art to encourage voting at a pre-election exhibit opening this week
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
The Citizen Recommends: Clinica de Migrantes
On Sunday, HBO re-airs a documentary highlighting a volunteer Philly health clinic for immigrants. On September 15th, join area restaurants in supporting the work of Puentes de Salud that is more vital than ever
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Citizen of the Week: George Boyd
The Plymouth Meeting retiree read about the plight of a Puerto Rican hurricane evacuee family. Then he stepped up to help
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
CitizenCast: Business for Good
On Wednesday, an audience of entrepreneurs, innovators and go getters joined a panel of experts to talk about how doing well and doing good go hand in hand. Listen to the conversation
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Beyond the Books
Fairhill’s Lillian Marrero library branch brings the poorest Philadelphians services that expand the definition of literacy far beyond the stacks. It’s a model for the future of libraries
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
The Citizen Recommends: Philadelphia Mini Maker Faire
This Sunday, join Philly's creatives for a day celebrating the ideas and innovations that keep the city moving forward at the Philadelphia Mini Maker Faire
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Las Voces de María/The Voices of María: The Burdoy Luis Family
In the last of a series on Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees, a family missing home finds a new family in Philly
By Syra Ortiz-Blanes