Event Archive
November 18, 2016 • Open to the Public
Citizen Mouth Off 2016: Poverty, Philadelphia's Greatest Crisis
Established cross-sector moderators will lead discussions with advocates doing real, on-the-ground work fighting poverty. The goal of each conversation is to formulate or refine solutions addressing poverty.
November 17, 2016 • Open to the Public
112th Anniversary Luncheon with John Dickerson
112th Anniversary Luncheon with John Dickerson, best-selling author & host of CBS News’ Face the Nation
November 14, 2016 • Open to the Public
Born to Run: A Beginner's Guide to Running for Office
Ever wonder how lesser-known candidates fund their campaigns? Wondering what being in office is really like? Or just wondering how to get your own campaign up and running?
November 08, 2016 • Open to the Public
2016 Election Returns Watch Party at City Diner
City Diner is the place to be after the polls close on Nov. 8th!
November 07, 2016 • Open to the Public
Voices of Voting on November 7
Targeted to middle and high school students but open to the general public, Voices of Voting is a short play commissioned by the Committee of Seventy and written and directed by award-winning Philadelphia artistic director David Bradley that ties the personal struggles and political courage of the 1960’s campaign to secure the vote to the present-day challenge of engaging young people in our electoral process.
October 26, 2016 • Open to the Public
Citizens' First Vote Celebration
The Committee of Seventy and the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians are co-presenting Citizens' First Vote, a lively celebration of the first ballot cast by naturalized citizens, featuring food, music and an opportunity to share the joy of voting for the first time.
July 25, 2016 • Open to the Public
American Experiments on July 25
The best ideas from America's civic tech and political reform communities to help reinvigorate democracy in the US were showcased in American Experiments on July 25.
July 24, 2016 • Open to the Public
Girls and Boys on the Bus
Chris Satullo, former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Director of News and Civic Engagement at WHYY, now Civic Engagement Consultant for the Committee of Seventy, led a conversation with national print, electronic, digital journalists covering the 2016 race.
May 31, 2016 • Open to the Public
Joy of Voting
Parades, street theatre, open-air debates, and festivals – these were once part of America’s culture of voting and it’s time to revive them.
April 13, 2016 • Open to the Public
The Latino Vote Town Hall
AL DÍA will be hosting insiders from within the Latino community to discuss the increasingly important Latino vote.
