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UPCOMING EVENTS:

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PAST EVENTS:

  • Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro talks to The Philadelphia Citizen co-founder Larry Platt in a virtual town hall.
WATCH: Six Things We Learned About AG Josh Shapiro
The state’s highest-ranking law enforcement official got real last night during a virtual chat with The Citizen, in partnership with Fitler Club
  • Filmmaker Mike Tollin (left) and writer and The Philadelphia Citizen co-founder Larry Platt in a virtual conversation about Tollin's ESPN documentary The Last Dance.
Watch: Virtual Chat With The Last Dance Producer Mike Tollin
The Citizen’s latest virtual event found two old pals sharing an intimate conversation spanning life, death—and basketball
  • Liz Moore, author of Long Bright River, engages in a virtual book club discussion with Roxanne Patel Shepelavy, co-executive editor of The Philadelphia Citizen.
Watch: The Citizen Virtual Book Club With Liz Moore
The author of Long Bright River took us behind the scenes of her haunting, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful novel
  • Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart in a split screen with The Philadelphia Citizen co-founder Larry Platt at a virtual town hall event during the coronavirus pandemic.
Watch: Chat With City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart
In The Citizen and Fitler Club Virtual Town Hall, the city’s financial watchdog shared one key to our future success: total transparency
  • Kiley Reid and Jeannine Cook in a split screen during a virtual book club gathering to discuss Reid's debut novel, Such a Fun Age.
Event Recap: The Citizen Book Club with Kiley Reid
The author of Such a Fun Age kicked off our new series with a provocative conversation about race, class and Philly love
  • Due Quach, of Collective Success Network and Calm Clarity; Michael Wong of Project SHIELDS; and Cheryl Molle, of the Philly Restaurant Server Relief Fund.
Event Recap: Helpers in the Pandemic
At last week’s event, we heard from three Philadelphians who have jumped in to make a difference—and learned how we can all do our part
  • MSNBC host Ali Velshi and The Philadelphia Citizen editor Larry Platt talk during a virtual Crowdcast event.
Citizen Virtual Town Hall Recap: Talking with Ali Velshi
The MSNBC anchor spoke to Citizen editor Larry Platt and a community of engaged social distancers about covering coronavirus from his apartment—and why this might be the moment America needs for real change

  • Philadelphia 76ers chief operating officer Lara Price and Citizen executive director Roxanne Patel Shepelavy sit down for an interview at The Hive in Philadelphia.
The Citizen Recaps: Lara Price and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen’s executive editor and Sixers chief operating officer talked about the key to helping women get ahead: Being a champion
Related from The Philadelphia Citizen:
  • Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Larry Platt address the audience at the second annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival in 2019
What We Saw at the 2019 Festival
Check out videos from the second annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival
  • Ali Velshi addresses the crowd at the Ideas We Should Steal Festival in Philadelphia
Solutions? We Heard Them
10 takeaways from The Citizen’s second annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival
Sara Lomax-Reese and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
At a women’s happy hour on Wednesday, The Citizen’s Executive Editor and the President/CEO of WURD radio talked about women’s power—and obligation—to change Philly, and the world
Jon Dorenbos with Larry Platt
The Citizen co-founder talked with the former Eagle, whose new book chronicles his journey from tragedy to triumph
What We Saw And Heard at Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2018
Watch Gov. John Hickenlooper, MSNBC's Ali Velshi, Rev. Michael Eric Dyson, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and more

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