Topic: citizen event
Ideas We Should Steal Festival
Looking for a way to turn post-election blues into healing, inspiration and action? Join us this week at The Citizen’s 7th annual event celebrating heroic thinkers and problem-solvers
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyLessons in Voting at Michael Eric Dyson Book Launch
What do you get when you combine Philly-centered get-out-the-vote operations, Penn’s Empathy Lab, an interview with Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau — and a maverick t-shirt vendor? An awesome Citizen event, that’s what
By Lauren McCutcheonHow to Embrace Your Political Enemy
Penn students traveled all over Pennsylvania this summer to prove political empathy isn’t dead. (And find out what they learned at a Citizen event on September 17.)
By Natalie PompilioEliza Griswold Book Launch
The New Yorker writer shared her personal journey to authoring Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church — among many audience members who lived the story
By Lauren McCutcheonCircle of Hope Book Launch
New Yorker author Eliza Griswold followed a progressive local church through its last fraught days following the murder of George Floyd. Join us August 12 for a book release party and conversation about the lessons learned for America
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyWomen Build It
Why should women work construction? How does design by women differ from design by men? During the most recent Development … for Good event, we got answers from women changing Philadelphia’s built environment
By Lauren McCutcheon2024 Integrity Icon Awards
Last week, The Citizen honored five winners of our annual contest to “name and fame” City of Philadelphia workers who exemplify service, dedication and ethics. (They looked great too.) Check it out
By Lauren McCutcheonIntegrity Icon 2024 Awards Celebration
Meet and honor this year's city worker heroes
By Ralph ThornDevelopment … for Good — Build Baby Build
Can Philadelphia develop our way out of an affordable housing crisis? This week, The Citizen gathered experts on the matter to work out the answer to that very big question
By Lauren McCutcheon