The Ideas We Should Steal Festival returns to Philadelphia in December
The second Almanac Ideas We Should Steal Festival
This year's lineup includes HBO's John Oliver, MSNBC'southward Ali Velshi The Beat D.C.'s Tiffany Cross and more than. Join us at the Comcast Applied science Center and be part of the solution.
October. 31, 2019
How did Oakland lower its gun violence rate by 50 percent?
How did Canada elevator more than 200,000 families out of poverty ?
What happens when citizens are given the hazard to participate in how government funds are spent ?
And most importantly, How tin we bring those ideas to Philadelphia?
These are the questions nosotros'll inquire—and answer—at The Philadelphia Citizen's 2nd annual Ideas Nosotros Should Steal Festival on Tuesday, Dec ten.
Similar concluding year, the event will feature trouble-solvers from around the land (and Canada!), sharing what they've learned about how to make change in their communities. (For the full list of speakers, get here.)
MSNBC's Ali Velshi—a Citizen board member—volition emcee the twenty-four hour period, which will characteristic HBO's John Oliver, on the rigor of laughter; New York Chaser General Letitia James, forth with PA's own AG, Josh Shapiro, on fairness, justice and the rule of constabulary; NewsGuard CEO Steven Brill on truth in media; and Philly businessmen Josh Kopelman, David Adelman and Michael Rubin on the business case for civic engagement.
Nosotros'll likewise have mayors—Dayton'due south Nan Whaley and Columbia, South Carolina's Steve Benjamin—on why mayors may have the answers to America'due south near pressing issues; and urban problem solvers—like Earth Business Chicago's Andrea Zopp, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform'south David Muhammad, and Tamarack Institute's Paul Born—on inclusive growth, poverty reduction and cutting homicide.
See what last yr'southward event was like:
The twenty-four hour period volition be more just talk. Nosotros'll update you on the status of last twelvemonth'due south winner of The Jeremy Nowak Urban Innovation Accolade, named in honor of our late chairman and generously funded by Leap Point Partners. We'll also enquire for your help in deciding which idea we should fund for this year's $50,000 award.
There volition be lunch, in that location will exist swag, in that location volition be entertainment; in that location volition be opportunities to schmooze and connect during—and long after—the event.
Terminal year we had a packed venue, so this year we're adding more seats, and more membership options, to bring as many people and viewpoints into the room at the Comcast Technology Eye'due south Ralph J. Roberts Forum, every bit possible.
Nosotros love to cheerlead civic-minded folks—like you lot—right here in Philly. Only through our "Ideas We Should Steal" column, we as well pay attention to how other cities might exist doing things better, equally well—with an eye to how we can bring those ideas to issues locally.
It's role of our mission at The Philadelphia Citizen: to re-ignite citizenship in the American city where republic was born, spotlight the people who uplift and improve life in Philadelphia, and move the needle to make this urban center the best—safest, most equitable, near inclusive, most innovative—it can exist.
We can't wait to run into you lot at the Festival.
Tuesday, Dec 10, 8am–5pm, $35 for current members , $65 for new members , Comcast Engineering Heart, Ralph J. Roberts Forum, 1800 Curvation Street.
Source: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/ideas-we-should-steal-festival-2019/
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