Topic: Teens
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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/2023/09/looting-791x400.jpg)
It’s Time to Declare War on Disorder
Looting. Unprosecuted shoplifting. ATVs running amok. A judge dismissing charges against a killer cop. Drag racing in the dead of night. Can we reverse the message that rules no longer apply?
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Cheryl_Ann_Waldington_with_Girls-791x400.jpg)
Citizen of the Week: Cheryl Ann Wadlington
The founder of Evoluer House has empowered 3,000 young girls of color in Philadelphia to attend college and succeed in life.
By Erin Flynn Jay![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Philly-Play-Captains-7-2-791x400.jpg)
Photo Essay: Fab Youth Philly’s Play Captains
42 teens ran neighborhood play spaces around Philly this summer, engaging younger children while learning to be leaders themselves. Here, a look at some of the joy they shared.
By Theo Wyss-Flamm![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/thread-header-791x400.jpg)
Threading a Future
Could a Baltimore nonprofit hold the answer to turning around the lives of Philly’s most at-risk teens—and our city at-large?
By Jessica Blatt Press![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Nasihah-Thompson-King-1-791x400.jpg)
Citizen Of The Week: Nasihah Thompson-King
As her Mastery-Shoemaker principal attests, the high schooler benched from basketball because of her hijab is a freedom fighter for our times
By Sharif El-Mekki![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/covenant-house-safety-net-1-791x400.jpg)
Safety Net For The Safety Net
Covenant House rescues 500 runaway teens in Philadelphia every year. It turns away even more.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy