Topic: The Citizen Recommends
The Citizen Recommends: Germination Project Gala
Next week inaugurates the third year of the teen mentoring program. Meanwhile, its first class heads to college
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: Mural Arts’ Wall Ball
The city’s public art organization sets the stage for Monument Lab, a citywide look at our stories, both historic and contemporary
By Annie McDonough
The Citizen Recommends: Sister Power
WURD CEO Sara Lomax-Reese is hosting an event to highlight an important issue: black women
By Amanda Lien
The Citizen Recommends: Mimi Ito
The cultural anthropologist, speaking next week as part of a Drexel series on rethinking learning, wants adults to stop bemoaning kids’ use of technology
By Larry Platt
The Citizen Recommends: Sleep out with Covenant House
The city’s shelter for homeless youth is expanding, but more needs to be done. Join them by sleeping outside on a cardboard box to help out
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: Dine 4 Democracy
Dine 4 Democracy, powered by The Philadelphia Citizen, is launching a movement of engaged citizens, one dinner party at a time
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: I Am Jane Doe
The documentary about sex trafficking, produced by a local philanthropist, opens Friday and asks: What happens when child sex traffickers hide behind the First Amendment?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: John Maeda
He put the “A” in “STEAM.” Tomorrow he leads off a Drexel series featuring thought leaders who are rethinking learning
By Larry Platt
The Citizen Recommends: Cemeteries as Community Spaces
Snowshoeing, grave gardening and exploring West Philly’s Woodlands Cemetery
By Meredith Degyansky
The Citizen Recommends: The Public Classroom
A Penn Museum series, open to the public, explores race through the lens of science
By Gillian McGoldrick