Meet the Civic Innovators

The Citizen recognizes a few of the Civic Innovators bringing forth change in Philly

Meet the Civic Innovators

The Citizen recognizes a few of the Civic Innovators bringing forth change in Philly

BY Larry Platt

Oct. 05, 2017

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“What if we threw a party that didn’t pat ourselves on the back so much as shined a spotlight on those among us who are seeking to move our city forward? And made it just a little bit easier for you to become one of them?”

— Larry Platt

On Wednesday, we celebrate our two year anniversary with a civic impact birthday bash. We hope that you can join us!

You’ll have the opportunity to post on our Wall of Impact, and to meet some of the amazing civic innovators we’ve featured in The Citizen.

Read about some of them here:

Citizen of the Week: Lisa Miccolis
Why a coffee shop owner is hiring and mentoring those who have aged out of the foster care system.
  • Justine Haemmerli of Make it Right PHL
Citizen of the Week: Justine Haemmerli
The founder of Make it Right PHL woke up November 9 and decided to take action
  • roar for good, yasmine mustafa, athena smart jewelry
Meet The Disruptor: Yasmine Mustafa
The 33-year-old entrepreneur couldn’t speak English when she came to the States from Kuwait as an eight-year-old. Now she’s developing fashionable safety jewelry for women and spreading a message of kick-ass empowerment
  • Stacey Mosley of FixLIst in Philadelphia
Meet The Disruptor: Stacey Mosley
The city data scientist-turned-entrepreneur is taking on blight … because someone’s gotta do it
  • Jarvus Innovations
Meet the Disruptors: 'Techno Rebels' Jarvus Innovations
They’ve spent $600,000 on social impact ventures—and they’re growing. Ultimately, they want to build a spaceship ... while making the world better
  • Meet-The-Disruptor-Saxbys
Meet The Disruptor: Nick Bayer
For the Saxbys CEO, honored this month as Ernst & Young’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year, it’s about much more than the coffee
  • header image for Sylvester Mobley, Coded by Kids
Meet The Disruptor: Sylvester Mobley
The former Marine has willed into existence Coded by Kids, a free tech-ed program for inner-city youth. And he's got some big plans
  • Ricky Staub holds a prop gun alongside OG Law behind the scenes of Concrete Cowboy in North Philadelphia
Meet the Disruptors: Neighborhood Film Company
Ricky Staub was on his way to becoming a Hollywood giant. So why is he in Brewerytown mentoring the recently incarcerated?
  • Covenant House rescues hundreds of runaway youth each year, but turns away more.
Safety Net For The Safety Net
Covenant House rescues 500 runaway teens in Philadelphia every year. It turns away even more.
  • My MilkCrate founder Morgan Berman
Meet the Disruptor: Morgan Berman
Entrepreneur Morgan Berman turned her masters thesis into the sustainable living app MilkCrate through a combination of personal passion and deliberate collaboration. Now she’s expanding beyond Philly—and making payroll
  • Brian Linton United By Blue
Meet the Disruptor: Brian Linton
When he founded his company United By Blue, Linton wanted to make our waters cleaner. So far, they’ve cleared 203,000 pounds of trash.

RSVP for the party here.

 

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