Topic: Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020
Great Ideas for Philly Since 2018
“Agents of Transformation”
We wrapped up our month long Ideas We Should Steal Festival with ideas, solutions and inspiration for creating a better Philadelphia
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDr. Michael Eric Dyson Dropping Science
Join us next Tuesday to hear the best-selling author and inspirational orator hold forth on his new book, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, in a conversation with Citizen contributor Dr. James Peterson
By Larry PlattHope Matters
Five takeaways from Week 3 of our third annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival—and ways we can all take action to make change in Philly
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyDriving Innovation in Education
Join us on December 15 to hear from Chicago Beyond’s Liz Dozier on how innovation fueled by empathy can upend how we educate children
By Katherine Rapin“Joy Is A Form of Rebellion”
Five takeaways from Week 2 of our Ideas We Should Steal Festival—and ways we can all make a better city
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy5 Things We Learned from Night One
We laughed, we cried, we learned so much. Here's just a teaser from the opening night of our 3rd annual Festival. Join us for the remaining evenings to be part of the solution.
By Jessica Blatt Press“You Can’t Be Afraid of the Mess”
After last year’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival, The Citizen awarded $50,000 to pilot a basketball-based gun violence reduction program in Philly. Its long journey has just begun.
By Jessica Blatt PressNick Hanauer & Ali Velshi
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi will join the venture capitalist who has made combating economic inequality his cause at our upcoming virtual Festival. Join us to hear Hanauer’s wisdom—then, act on it.
By Jessica Blatt PressChanging Police Culture
A retired police sergeant on abuse of power, systemic reform and the deadly problem with “Contempt of Cop”
By Christine Speer Lejeune