Photo by Laura Van Ness Morris
An initiative to transform Philadelphia’s neglected, tax delinquent properties into the city’s greatest asset in the battle to stabilize and grow thriving neighborhoods was chosen as the winner of the inaugural Public Policy Challenge, presented by the Fels Institute of Government. Click here to read more »
Photo by Lauren Hansen-Flaschen
The Round Robin – the latest phase of the Challenge – was held Tuesday, February 16th. Ten teams of students from throughout Penn presented their proposals for turning policy ideas into action through a civic campaign, and five were chosen to advance to the Finals. Click here to read more »
Teams are getting ready for their first real hurdle: the Round Robin. Each team will pitch its initiative to several panels of judges on Tuesday night, but only 5 teams will advance to the Finals.
If you want to know more, check out the full list of confirmed judges and the information page that we’ve posted for them. Should be an exciting time!
The Challenge has kicked-off and teams are hard at work on their policy initiatives. A lot of folks helped get this thing started – thanks to you all!
The first Workshop, which will introduce teams to the Civic Campaign concept, is tomorrow, Tuesday 2/2. If you’re curious to see what’s going on, stop by any time from 5:30 to 8:30pm – Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room.
