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First Annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival

We’re bringing problem-solvers from around the country to Philly on November 30th. Join us!

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Running While Female

Headhouse Books hosts a conversation with three local women who are running for office. Could this be the year women make their political mark?

By James Meadows
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Blackademia

WURD hosts the top black academics from four area universities for a conversation about their impact and responsibility to the city around them

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Philadelphia Inclusive Arts Festival

An inaugural arts festival highlighting inclusivity starts tomorrow with a goal of raising the voices of the underrepresented

By Jamie Bogert
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Social Justice Symposium for Teens

The annual Free Library event, started by librarian Erin Hoopes, returns this weekend with an agenda for change

By Patrick Bilow
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The Future of Sports Tech & Sports Betting Conference

Venture capitalist Wayne Kimmel and former Phillie Ryan Howard look to make the burgeoning sports betting industry their own

By Larry Platt
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QUEST

The North Philly-based documentary airing tonight on PBS marks the beginning of a conversation about inner-city trauma, race, class and politics.

By Jamie Bogert
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Amity and Prosperity

Author Eliza Griswold, whose book tells the story of fracking’s impact on rural Pennsylvania, comes to The Free Library tonight

By Patrick Bilow
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Volunteering Untapped PHL

The Millennial-focused group is helping out at Philadelphia Community Corps on Saturday. Join them in doing good—and make friends while you do

By Colin Lodewick
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Mission Story Slam

Calling all nonprofit and do-good business leaders: Share your successes, your failures, your hilarious mishaps—and maybe win some money

By Jamie Bogert