Real People. Real Time. Real Results.
Delivered by ICARE Academy, That's The Plan Productions and Reeph Rosay LLC — with Aikan Acts on the film.
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A paid cohort. A finished film. A marquee premiere.
Cameras, sound, and story all summer — then "Your Win Is My Win" on the Lansdowne Theater marquee, August 13, with their names in the credits.
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Hammers to Cameras, live in the field.
Students running media and operations at Freeway's FreeFest — interviewing performers, vendors, and the crowd on camera.
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Registration where the people already are.
Music, culture, and trusted presence used to register, educate, and turn out first-time voters — strictly nonpartisan.
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A day on the city's calendar, created by young people.
Student-led since February 23, 2015, and recognized by Philadelphia City Council — with 54 leaders honored by ICARE's youth.
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A cohort of Philadelphia young people spent the summer not in a program but in a production. They trained on cameras, sound, and story, built a SAG short film with That's The Plan Productions, ICARE Academy and Aikan Acts, and premiered it on a historic marquee — families in the seats, a red carpet outside, their names in the credits.
SAG Short Film — That's The Plan Productions × ICARE Academy × Aikan Acts
A summer camp lesson about celebrating each other's successes helps a group of students discover the value of lifting each other up.
Premiere night, in full.
Lansdowne Theater · August 13, 2026 · Photography courtesy of ICARE Academy
Under the marquee — the cohort, their families, and the facilitators who walked with them.
The cohort under the marquee. Their names were in the credits.
The room, applauding. Families, neighbors, and the people who showed up.
A full house for a film made by young people in one summer.
The talk-back — the cast, on microphones, answering for their own work.
Facilitators and partners on the carpet.
The lobby, premiere night — one cohort, one win.
The facilitators behind the summer.
Premiere-night arrivals outside the Lansdowne.
The host, keeping the room moving.
0+ first-time voters registered.
400 people voted for the first time.
Registered by I.C.A.R.E. to Vote since the 1st Annual W.E.B. DuBois Day, February 23, 2015.
I.C.A.R.E. to Vote, a campaign of ICARE Academy, Inc. Strictly nonpartisan.
And counting.
I.C.A.R.E. to Vote is ICARE Academy's civic activation campaign — music, culture, and trusted community presence used to drive voter awareness, education, and turnout. Launched at the 1st Annual W.E.B. DuBois Day, February 23, 2015. A decade of documented activation.
A campaign of ICARE Academy, Inc. · Strictly nonpartisan — registration, education, and turnout only.
Three ways we show up
From one table to a full-day festival.
Music, culture and trusted community presence, sized to the neighborhood. Strictly nonpartisan: registration, education and turnout only.
The Stop
A neighborhood pop-up: a table, a team, a DJ, and voter registration where the people already are.
- A table
- A team
- A DJ
- Voter registration
The Block
A single-day neighborhood production: host, performances, partner tables, an activation zone.
- A host
- Performances
- Partner tables
- An activation zone
The Summerfest
The signature full-day festival: main stage, curated performers, community partner footprint — a high-visibility legacy civic activation.
- Main stage
- Curated performers
- Community partners
Pictures show relative scale. They are not attendance figures.
Ten years, one line.
- 2014The 400 create W.E.B. DuBois Day
- Feb 23 20151st Annual — DuBois's birthday
- 2015 →I.C.A.R.E. to Vote begins registering first-time voters
- Feb 23 202410th Annual at Dobbins High School
- 2026"Your Win Is My Win" · TTP × ICARE Academy × Aikan Acts · Lansdowne Theater, Aug 13
- 2026Philly FreeFest · Navy Yard
- Nov 20 2026ACBC Business Roundtable · CITY Trust presentsJoin us November 20 and 21 →
This has been happening for ten years.
Student-led since February 23, 2015. The last node is the next one.
RECORD · ICARE Academy program records and event register.
What we will reportAs the work proceeds we plan to report what we can measure: space put back into use, people trained, jobs and businesses supported, and materials reused.
Over a decade of honoring the people who care.
54 Philadelphia leaders honored by ICARE's youth — at the celebration that became a recognized day on the city's calendar.
54 People Honored For Their Care For Creating A Culture That Outlasts Their Lifetimes
In 2014, The 400 — the Youth Leadership Team of I.C.A.R.E. Academy — created W.E.B. DuBois Day: an annual, student-led celebration educating Philadelphia on DuBois, his philosophy, and The Philadelphia Negro, while honoring the leaders advancing positive human life through education.
The first celebration was held February 23, 2015 — DuBois's birthday. The event reached its 10th Annual at Dobbins High School on February 23, 2024, produced with dynamic student A/V design and student public speaking from the Four Hundred Legacy Project & Leadership Council.
Philadelphia City Council has recognized and saluted the day, with resolution language designating the last Monday of February as W.E.B. DuBois Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Created by young people. — researched, produced, and presented by ICARE's young people.
Alliance of the Living students in Council chambers with city officials — the resolution in their own hands.
Honorees with Nathaniel Pyfrom on W.E.B. DuBois Day, holding the City Council resolution.
The W.E.B. DuBois Day flyer — February 23, 2018, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
Organizers and partners on the ground — the federation before it had a name.
Networking in the park — the people who kept showing up.
Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. reads W.E.B. DuBois Day into the record.
The official City Council reading designating W.E.B. DuBois Day in Philadelphia.
Every name, as presented.
54 people got honored by kids.
W.E.B. DuBois Day, student-led since February 23, 2015 — a day recognized by Philadelphia City Council.
Compiled from ICARE Academy's "20/20 Vision" honoree deck and honoree register. Titles as presented at the time of honor.
RECORD · Years recovered from ICARE Academy honoree records. Columns accumulate; segments are category.
Titles as-presented at the time of honor. Count: 54 honorees on record, compiled from ICARE Academy's "20/20 Vision" honoree deck and honoree register. Portraits from ICARE's DuBois Day honoree decks.