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Trailblazer Elaine McGuire is leading the charge to attract and train more electricians like her: Black women.

Corporate investors are scooping up one in four homes for sale in Philadelphia, locking out individual bidders. Can ordinary citizens still afford to own a piece of their own city?

The Philadelphia Citizen's Ideas We Should Steal Festival® presented by Comcast NBCUniversal returns for its eighth year on November 14. 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. This year’s #IWSSFEST lineup includes changemakers and innovators who don’t get stuck in the mud of day-to-day despair; instead, they find pathways to progress and make changes to improve our world one solution at a time, including: Gun control activist and author Fred Guttenberg and Former Tea Party Republican Congressman Joe Walsh in conversation about finding common ground; Joan Williams, UCSF Law Professor and author of the new book Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back on who will fight for the working class; Co-founder of Philly Sisters Alex Niedbalski-Sykes on how women’s sports can grow a city; Former Democratic Party Chair Donna Brazile on where a divided country goes from here; Dreama Gentry of Partnership for Rural Impact on what Philadelphia can learn from Appalachia; Pam Harris, President of NYC’s Sanitation Foundation, on the city’s ad campaign that makes littering a social taboo … and more!

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. Hear from: Gun safety activist and author Fred Guttenberg and Former Tea Party Republican Congressman Joe Walsh in conversation about finding common ground; Joan Williams, author of Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How To Win Them Back, and Sean O’Brien, Teamsters General President, on who will fight for the working class; Philly Sisters’ Alex Niedbalski-Sykes and former Commanders President Jason Wright on how women’s sports can grow a city; former Democratic Party Chair Donna Brazile on where a divided country goes from here … and more! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eeYN4F_G

A new report makes the case that the right tax incentive structure — even in regulation-heavy CA — changes everything when it comes to building affordable housing. https://bit.ly/4tQu0zH

Through partnerships with the City and HRP Group, the Center for Employment Opportunities is helping formerly incarcerated Philadelphians on the path to a better life. https://bit.ly/3QoUklZ