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Fourth Annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival

Join us December 13th and 14th for ideas from across the country to foster “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Prosperity” here in Philly

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Festival Speakers

We welcomed thought leaders from across the country for the December 2022 Festival

By Josh Middleton
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

“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 Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Dr. 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 Platt
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Hope 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 Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Driving 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
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

“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 Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

5 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
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Nick 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 Press
Ideas We Should Steal

Reduce Gun Violence with Jobs

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s anti-violence program has helped reduce shootings in Chicago’s South Side by 33 percent—while citywide, violence has spiked. The key? Economic opportunity

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy