Health
This Election Day, Let’s Vote and Vax
Want to increase vaccination rates and voter turnout? Philly 3.0’s engagement director has an idea for that
By Jon GeetingThe Optimist
Every day, Kevin Mahoney, CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System, is rethinking the future of health care and partnering with anyone who buys into his vision. All this despite that 1.98 college GPA.
By Christine Speer LejeuneBreaking Barriers to Black Health
Get Fresh Daily founder and recent Well City Challenge winner Jiana Murdic is making healthy food accessible to her community—with a special focus on Black moms like her
By Maddy Sweitzer-LammeHow Kindness Is the Key To Happiness
At The Citizen’s most recent virtual event, author/entrepreneur Brad Aronson and Dr. Vera Ludwig shared the science and stories behind doing good for others
By Jessica Blatt PressPat Croce is Back and He’s Zen as F#@*!
After six years on an intense spiritual quest, the former Sixers owner and Philly cheerleader is back with a new mission: kickstarting a health and wellness movement for cancer patients
By Larry PlattIs Kindness the Key to Happiness?
Find out next week at a Citizen event with author/entrepreneur Brad Aronson and Penn neuroscientist Dr. Vera Ludwig
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyFear Is Not Irrational
But, The Citizen’s executive editor notes, it is, also, not all there is.
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyLet Them Speak
There have been 161 reported rapes in Philly already this year. Here, a victim of rape shares how the system has continued to fail her and other survivors.
By Grace ShallowA Weekly Smile
An intergenerational program from Penn Memory Center and Temple University combats isolation in older adults and gives students valuable caregiving experience—and now, it’s gone virtual
By Christina GriffithYo, Mayor Kenney—Vaccinate Election Workers!
In every other county, poll workers qualify for vaccines. Philly 3.0’s engagement director launched a petition urging Philly to do the same.
By Jon Geeting