Topic: The Citizen Recommends
The Citizen Recommends: Cadence Community Bike Build
Help get bikes—and biking—into the lives of Philly kids
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: Fabricio Rodriguez at TEDxPhilly
The professional organizer on activism for social change
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: Ronnie Polaneczky at TedXPhilly
The Daily News columnist on letting go of being right
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: Yasmine Mustafa at TedX Philly
The Roar for Good founder’s “birth lottery” life story wowed the crowd. See it here.
By Larry Platt
The Citizen Recommends: Raising Ms. President
A documentary looks at why women don’t get into politics—and why they should
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: People’s State of the Union
Interactive theater company Just Act uses the audience as “spect-actors” to address social problems
By Angela Gervasi
The Citizen Recommends: MLK Day of Service
Some ways to do service on Monday
By Stephen St. Vincent
The Citizen Recommends: Organize Your Own
An exhibit explores a shared history of activism among blacks and whites—and points to a possible future
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
The Citizen Recommends: The Mummers
A millennial Philly transplant discovers—and embraces—our changing New Years tradition
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
The Citizen Recommends: School of (black) Thought sweatshirts
A social justice-minded print shop sells aspirational college gear that celebrates black intellectual life
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy