Topic: Religion
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Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali Velshi![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sister_Mary_Scullion_Joan_Dawson_Project_HOME-791x400.jpg)
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson McConnon
Join us on January 30 to honor the Project HOME pioneers with a Lifetime Achievement Award
By Natalie Pompilio![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Visionary_Women_at_work-791x400.jpg)
The Citizen Recommends: Visionary Women
Whatever your faith, or lack thereof, Interfaith Philadelphia’s program for women can change your worldview — and your confidence to change the world
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Level-Up-Campbell-and-kids-791x400.jpg)
Level Up to Healing
Week after week, Pastor Aaron Campbell’s five-year-old after-school program offers more than 300 young people the security, skills and confidence to live — and thrive — through the city’s violence
By James Peterson![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Vote-and-attonement-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Of Voting and Atonement
A Philadelphia rabbi’s Yom Kippur message: Your ballot could be the one that preserves the fundamental ideals of America
By Seymour Rosenbloom![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sullivan-Progress-Plaza-1-791x400.jpeg)
The Citizen Recommends: Leon H. Sullivan Month
This October, Philadelphia celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of the Nicetown-Tioga pastor and champion of global civil rights and Black entrepreneurship
By Karen J. Hamilton![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/david-holifield-TLZKlOBOsLs-unsplash-1-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Towards a New Kind of Tolerance
A local business owner is tired of reminding colleagues to respect her Jewish holidays. Take note: They start next week.
By Corie Moskow![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-10.56.43-AM-791x400.png)
Listen: Ali Velshi on the British Empire’s brutal legacy
You may love the pomp and circumstance surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's passing, but you cannot love the monarchy's legacy the world over.
By Ali Velshi