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On March 26, 2025, Generocity, in partnership with the Committee of Seventy, will host a special newsroom on Civic Education & Advocacy, offering an interactive forum to discuss voting, policy-making, and community engagement.

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.

Join the Committee of Seventy for an event celebrating women in public service in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

Civic Learning Week brings together students, educators, policymakers, and leaders in the public and private sectors to highlight and further energize the movement for civic education in states. The Committee of Seventy and PA Civics are excited to be part of this national effort to prioritize civic education in order to sustain and strengthen our constitutional democracy.

It's not as simple as you think. (20 minutes)

by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM, the Committee of Seventy, along with WHYY News, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and other civic partners, is hosting an in-person forum between the two Democratic candidates for Philadelphia District Attorney: incumbent District Attorney Larry Krasner and former Municipal Court Judge Pat Dugan. The conversation will be moderated by Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, legal analyst and journalist, and Cherri Gregg, civil rights attorney and award-winning journalist.

by Cynthia Levinson

The medal, the second-highest civilian award given by our government, recognizes extraordinary efforts to protect American democracy.

The Committee of Seventy welcomes back to school this week students and educators across the City and the Commonwealth.