What are the bold ideas that can transform Philadelphia? Who is pushing change and bringing solutions to the problems plaguing cities across the country? How can we create a more just, equitable and prosperous Philadelphia? Find answers at The Philadelphia Citizen’s third annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival™, an annual convening that brings the most innovative urban thinkers and global thought leaders together to share and discuss bold ideas that can move our city forward.
This year, conversations will address changing police culture, curbing gun violence, moving the needle on poverty, using capitalism for good, and art as a force for social change.
The final session on December 22 will feature:
Performance: A poetry reading from Philadelphia’s 2020-2021 Youth Poet Laureate, Cydney Brown
The Plutocrat Venture Capitalist Who Started the $15 Minimum Wage Movement
Venture capitalist and civic disruptor Nick Hanauer interviewed by MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi
How Access to the Legal Economy Can Curb Gun Violence
Former Obama Administration Education Secretary Arne Duncan, co-founder of non-profit CRED (Create Real Economic Destiny), Malik Tiger, CRED participant and Wendy Jones, founder of Youth Peace Center, interviewed by Citizen Executive Editor Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Moving The Needle on Poverty
Paul Born, co-Founder and co-CEO of the Tamarack Institute, in conversation with Greenlight Fund Executive Director Omar Woodard, moderated by United Way CEO Bill Golderer
Benediction—From Reckoning to Reconciling
Bestselling author, professor, preacher and public intellectual Rev. Michael Eric Dyson on his new book, Long Time Coming, and how we can all meet our moment, interviewed by Dr. James Peterson
Single day pass: $15