The Philadephia Citizen

The Philadelphia Citizen

What happened. What it means. And what you can do about it.

BECOME
A MEMBER

Menu

●

Events

●

Ideas We Should Steal Festival

●

Do Something Guides

●

Podcasts

●

Philly Mag

●
Topics
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Education
  • Housing & Development
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Jobs
  • Food
  • Arts
  • Sports
  • LGBTQIA
  • Youth
  • Events
  • Activism
  • Voter Information
Series
  • Art For Change
  • Business for Good
  • Citizens of the Week
  • Big Rube’s Philly
  • Generation Change Philly
  • Ideas We Should Steal
  • Integrity Icon
  • Memo To Madam Mayor
  • Mystery Shopper
  • Real Estate Development for Good
  • The Fix
  • The New Urban Order
  • Your City Defined
  • Ultimate Job Interview
Eagles Season
  • Strong Mental Health with Lane Johnson
  • Education with Jason Kelce
  • Civic Health with Connor Barwin
  • Criminal Justice with Malcolm Jenkins
Voices
  • Malcolm Burnley
  • Courtney DuChene
  • Jemille Q. Duncan
  • Michael Eric Dyson
  • Charles D. Ellison
  • Jon Geeting
  • Christina Griffith
  • Bruce Katz
  • Olivia Kram
  • Diana Lind
  • Elaine Maimon
  • Lauren McCutcheon
  • James Peterson
  • Larry Platt
  • Jessica Blatt Press
  • J.P. Romney
  • Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
  • Ali Velshi
About
  • About
  • Masthead
  • Board of Trustees
  • Donors & Sponsors
  • Advertise
  • Annual Reports
  • Careers
  • Topics
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Housing & Development
    • Business
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Youth
    • Public Safety
    • Arts & Culture
  • Podcasts
    • CitizenCast
    • How To Really Run A City
  • Events
  • Ideas We Should Steal Festival
  • Do Something Guides
  • Become a Member
  • Social
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • TikTok

Home » citizen event » Page 6

Topic: citizen event

Citizen of the Year Awards

Sarahi Franco-Morales

The South Philly native has helped feed hundreds of families, translated at City Council meetings, advocated for fair housing and employment, and tutored kids to read. And she’s only 18

By Jessica Blatt Press

MEET THE 2023 CITIZENS OF THE YEAR

Join us in honoring the most impactful Philadelphians of 2023 at a dinner featuring MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and actor and activist George Takei

By Jessica Blatt Press
Built To Heal

Architecture as an engine for change

with MASS Design Group Co-founder Michael Murphy and Inquirer critic Inga Saffron

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

Join Us! Integrity Icon 2023 Awards Celebration

Meet and honor this year's city worker heroes

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
Newer posts

TERMS

By signing up for The Philadelphia Citizen newsletter:

  • You agree to receive our weekly e-news roundup, invitations to exclusive events, including our Citizen Speaks series, and occasional breaking news updates.
  • We agree to only ever use your information to send you Citizen news, updates, and offers. We will never give or sell your information to a third party.
  • You can unsubscribe at any time.

Tu Huynh

Program Manager, Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy

Maria Andrea Giraldo Gallo

Former Director of Language Access Programs, Office of Immigrant Affairs

Ryan Barksdale

Community Relations Officer, Philadelphia Police Department

Yessenia Gutierrez

Former Compliance Officer, the Office of Worker Protections

Kea R. Greene

Communications and Community Engagement Manager in the Office of Criminal Justice

Tu Huynh

Program Manager, Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy

Tu Huynh has spent his lifetime supporting artists and art that reflects who we are as a city, our darkest times and our hopes for the future.

Maria Andrea Giraldo Gallo

Former Director of Language Access Programs, Office of Immigrant Affairs

Maria Andrea Giraldo Gallo is a multilingual immigrant from Colombia who welcomed refugees arriving to Philly by plane and by bus, with support in their own language and culturally sensitive resources like prayer mats. She recently moved to a new position.

Ryan Barksdale

Community Relations Officer, Philadelphia Police Department

Ryan Barksdale brings free food to families affected by cancer, hosts community block parties, organizes basketball games and Christmas gift drives, and gives his personal cell phone number to all.

Yessenia Gutierrez

Former Compliance Officer, the Office of Worker Protections

Yessenia Gutierrez returned hundreds of thousands of dollars to the wallets of Philadelphians, helping them navigate complex systems to get the money they deserve. She recently moved to a new position.

Kea R. Greene

Communications and Community Engagement Manager in the Office of Criminal Justice

Kea Greene is a social justice leader who (among other things) has helped nearly 150 Philadelphians expunge criminal records that have been holding them back from transformative jobs and opportunities.

 

Integrity Icon 2023 is The Philadelphia Citizen’s third annual contest to name the non-elected city employees who have demonstrated the highest ethics and integrity in their work. In partnership with Accountability Lab—which has run Integrity Icon competitions throughout the world since 2012—The Citizen has made Philadelphia the first and only American city to participate in the program.

After a citywide nominating process earlier this year, a panel of civic leaders selected five workers who best embodied the simple but powerful criteria: a high-integrity public service employee is respectful and caring; knows their work makes a difference to people’s lives; acts in a trustworthy and transparent way to solve problems the best they can; treats everyone equally, without regard to politics or influence; and goes above and beyond to provide good service to Philadelphians.

MEMBERSHIP TERMS

All memberships to The Philadelphia Citizen are renewed annually. Recurring membership charges will reflect the stated price of basic membership or Super Citizen membership at time of renewal. Price is subject to change with prior notification. All members agree to receive our weekly newsletter, members-only communications, invitations to exclusive events and occasional breaking news updates.

By signing up for the Super Citizen membership, you agree to have your information shared with partner organization(s), including: first name, last name and email. In this agreement, you accept communications from partners which may include newsletters, exclusive event invites, discount codes and emails containing other Super Citizen Member perks. We will never give or sell your information to a third party outside of this partner program. By signing up for a basic membership, we agree to never give or sell your information to any third party.

You can opt-out at any time.

For questions about membership or to opt out, please email membership@thephiladelphiacitizen.org.

SIGN UP!
By signing up to our newsletter, you agree to our terms.
About ● Contact ● Privacy Policy ● Terms & Conditions

2400 Market Street, Suite 200 • Offsite at Fitler Club • Philadelphia, PA 19103

Copyright © 2026 The Philadelphia Citizen. All rights reserved.

Advertising Terms

We do not accept political ads, issue advocacy ads, ads containing expletives, ads featuring photos of children without documented right of use, ads paid for by PACs, and other content deemed to be partisan or misaligned with our mission. The Philadelphia Citizen is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization and all affiliate content will be nonpartisan in nature. Advertisements are approved fully at The Citizen's discretion. Advertisements and sponsorships have different tax-deductible eligibility.

Photo and video disclaimer for attending Citizen events

By entering an event or program of The Philadelphia Citizen, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur. Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with The Philadelphia Citizen and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising. By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media. You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event premises.