Exhibits & Events

The Philadelphia Citizen's Ideas We Should Steal Festival^® presented by Comcast NBCUniversal returns for its seventh year on November 14 and 15. As always, we’ve scoured the country for the changemakers and innovators whose transformative ideas could fuel much-needed progress in our city. The mission: to share powerful ways we can work together to create a city that meets today’s particular challenges and opportunities, so that all Philadelphians can thrive.

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This year’s festival features speakers such as Universal Basic Employment CEO Devin Cotten; professor and author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson; Pulitzer-Winning Author of King: A Life,

Jonathan Eig; Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon, author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women; MSNBC’s Ali Velshi and Trymaine Lee; producer and director of Punch 9 for Harold Washington Joe Winston, president and CEO of Partnership for NYC Kathryn Wylde; Brookings’ Andre Perry, author of Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities; and many more!

Secure your spot and use code CITIZENFRIEND for $10 off at www.thephiladelphiacitizen.org/iwss

Questions? Please contact events@thephiladelphiacitizen.org

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