How do we create real, lasting change in Philadelphia?

That’s the question that animated last Thursday’s inaugural Ideas We Should Scale Showcase , held at Lincoln Financial Field, with local funders, elected officials, and nonprofit leaders hearing from three organizations on the cusp of big things.

The Citizen’s first-ever Ideas We Should Scale Showcase was a companion event to our 8th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival presented by Comcast NBCUniversal. Instead of putting the spotlight on innovative solutions from outside the city — something that we’ve been doing for eight years as part of the signature Festival, along with the popular Ideas We Should Steal column — the Citizen’s newest event aims to do the opposite: Shine a light on homegrown changemakers with brilliant i

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