Community Conversations: Clean, Green, and Accountable

​Community Conversations: Clean, Green, and Accountable

​Community Conversations is a citywide series hosted by Every Voice Every Vote. These gatherings bring residents, leaders, and partners together to build connections, share lived experiences, and turn community research into solution focused dialogue. Each conversation creates space to identify ongoing challenges and explore how Philadelphians across neighborhoods, government, and media can work together toward equity, accountability, and a stronger future for our city.

​Moderated by: Erica Atwood,Fairmount Ventures

​Featured panelists*:

• ​Zoraida Cordero
  The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

• ​Julie Hancher
  Green Philly

• ​P.O.C.
  Revive Radio and Media

• ​Councilmember Jamie Gauthier
  Philadelphia City Council

• ​Lois Williams
  Clean Philly Now

​*More community leaders, policymakers, and journalists will be announced soon.

​What This Conversation Will Explore

• ​How Clean and Green initiatives are shaping quality of life across Philadelphia neighborhoods

• ​Where residents see progress and where gaps remain in cleanliness, sustainability, and city services

• ​The role of businesses, cross-sector collaboration, and community leadership in advancing sustainability goals

• ​How residents, policymakers, journalists, and organizations can work together to strengthen accountability and shared solutions

​Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

​Thank you to our media partners Green Philly and WURD Radio

​Special Thanks to Our Generous Donors:

​25th Century Foundation

​Arctos Foundation

​Comcast NBC Universal

​Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

​Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation

​Judy and Peter Leone

​The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

​The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

​Philadelphia Health Partnership

​William Penn Foundation

​Wyncote Foundation