Events
RECAP: Small Acts of Courage Book Launch with Ali Velshi
The MSNBC anchor and chief correspondent debuted his memoir, a series of stories about what it means to be a citizen of a democracy
By Lauren McCutcheon2024 Integrity Icon: Lesha Sanders
The Director of Philadelphia’s Problem-Solving Courts makes herself available 24/7 to ensure clients get the resources and support they need to turn their lives around
By Courtney DuChene2024 Integrity Icon: Tracey T. Williams
The deputy commissioner for the Department of Records is a career civil servant who’s fighting to protect homeowners and advocate for those in need of recognition
By Malcolm Burnley2024 Integrity Icon: Eric Kapenstein
The Deputy City Commissioner helping to oversee election integrity and efficacy cut his teeth in 2020 — and is ready to bring that fairness and accuracy to our next big election
By Lauren McCutcheonIntegrity Icon 2024: Deion Sumpter
The Director of the city’s Group Violence Intervention program has tapped into the keys to stopping gun violence in Philadelphia: compassion, industry, diligence, expansion — and never getting comfortable
By Christina Griffith2024 Integrity Icon: Adara Combs
The first-ever director of Philly’s Office of Victim Advocate has parlayed a decade in the DA’s office to bring dignity and much-needed help to victims and their communities
By Malcolm BurnleyThe Fix: City Workers Who Work For You
Announcing The Citizen’s 2024 Integrity Icons, city employees who serve us all with the highest trust, care, equality and ethics. Come celebrate these heroes with us on May 23
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyExcerpt: “You’re In This Fight”
How a peaceful march, a misguided cop and a rubber bullet turned Canadian-born (by way of Kenya, South Africa and India) Ali Velshi into a true American. An excerpt from Small Acts of Courage, the MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member’s new memoir, launching May 7, in Philly
By Ali Velshi