The ROZ Group, Inc.

09/25/2025

Missed our in-person Town Halls? We’re going virtual!

Join The Free Library of Philadelphia and The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation TONIGHT for a Virtual Town Hall and help shape the future of our libraries.

TONIGHT
Thursday, September 25
6:00–7:30 PM
Hosted on Zoom
RSVP now at freelibrary.org/input

We’ll share updates, key takeaways from past sessions, and invite YOUR feedback on our programs, services, and spaces. Every voice matters! Let’s envision the library our communities deserve.

08/27/2025

Philly, we're listening!

We are excited to be partnering with the newly re-opened Kingsessing Library for tomorrow's town hall. Join us tomorrow at 6:00pm to share your thoughts and dreams for the Free Library of Philadelphia.

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-library-of-philadelphia-town-hall-kingsessing-library-6pm-tickets-1560121879539?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwY2xjawMcOQ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEySEdRZVlvb3NWVHdMaGdqAR5v7Ue2giceReAZfwRU_VNLiOAnyfVMlyE5C0cMG-Jon1TJXWJSHuzhBOuDTA_aem_kb9FBM3y3VeufjxG5ZvKfw

Town Hall on the Free Library's strategic plan this Thursday at Kingsessing Library. Register on eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-library-of-philadelphia-town-hall-kingsessing-library-6pm-tickets-1560121879539?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/25/2025

The library is an essential part of the city.

🗓️ Join us TOMORROW for a town hall!
📍 August 26, 6pm at Pelbano Recreation Center

Your voice can help shape what comes next. The Free Library of Philadelphia and the Free Library Foundation want your ideas for our strategic plan. Help ensure that our libraries truly meet the needs of all Philadelphians for years to come. This is an opportunity to tell us about your library experiences and expectations.

RSVP at freelibrary.org/input and see the full schedule for a series of Town Halls!

07/10/2025

07/10/2025

🚨 Artist Spotlight: Nekisha Durrett 🚨

One of the Final Five.

The William H. Gray III Memorial Foundation is proud to introduce Nekisha Durrett one of five outstanding artists selected to develop full proposals for a major new public memorial honoring Congressman Gray at Philadelphia’s historic William H. Gray III 30th Street Amtrak Station.

Nekisha’s concept, titled “Crystal Stair,” is a powerful, 30-foot sculptural column inspired by Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son”—a poem Congressman Gray recited often and credited as formative in his life. In Durrett’s words, the piece seeks to “make a legacy rooted in faith, equity, and service visible and unmistakable in monumental form.”

Inside and out, “Crystal Stair” is a living, breathing tribute—designed not just to honor the past, but to engage future generations. With raw materials and mosaic imagery, it reflects the labor, resilience, and sacred vision at the heart of Gray’s journey—from pulpit to policy, from community to Congress.

This is the first in a series introducing the finalists and their bold visions.

🔗 Learn more about Nekisha and the other finalists and their memorial artistic concepts on the Gray Memorial Foundation’s website: https://lnkd.in/eGidsnwP

🗣️ Share your voice! Public feedback on the finalists’ proposals is open now: https://lnkd.in/eB753S3j

📍 Later in July, all five artists will present their memorial concepts live to invited guests and stakeholders in Philadelphia. The event will be livestreamed—stay tuned for details!

07/01/2025

The ROZ Group, Inc. celebrates a milestone this month, July 2025 – 20 years as a consulting firm and strategic partner. I am most proud of the opportunities we have had to impact historic legacy, arts and culture, education, and the environment. We are buoyed by a posse of awesome collaborators and a great staff and for that I am grateful.
As a small business, we have gone through the highs and lows that come with growth and fluctuating economies. Yet through it all, we have remained steadfast in our mission: To cultivate and manage ideas that connect the past, the present, and the future in order to advance the visions and strategic goals of the organizations that partner with us.
We invite you to contact us to see how we might support your goals. Please visit www.therozgroup.com to learn about our amazing client work.

07/01/2025

We are postponing the town hall on Wednesday, July 2 at the Kingsessing Library. As you may know, a strike by District Council 33 began last night, which includes more than 9,000 city employees and impacts library staff across the city. As a result, we’re pausing our town halls.

We remain fully committed to hearing from you. As soon as new dates are confirmed, we’ll share the updated schedule and continue our outreach to make sure your voice is heard. We appreciate your understanding and patience, and we’ll keep you posted with new information.

Thank you for standing with us and for helping shape the future of our libraries. We look forward to seeing you soon!

06/06/2025

Philly, We're Listening! Share Your Ideas with The Free Library. We are reimagining the future of public libraries in our city and we want to hear from you.

The Free Library of Philadelphia and the Free Library Foundation want your ideas for our strategic plan. Help ensure that our libraries truly meet the needs of all Philadelphians for years to come. This is an opportunity to tell us about your library experiences and expectations.

We invite you to a community conversation! Please join us for a series of Free Library Town Halls: June 16, June 23, July 2, and July 16. Please sign up in advance here freelibrary.org/input

06/23/2023

“My main goal in life is to build a good library of Black history—knowledge is a form of Black power and this is my part in it.” - Charles L. Blockson

The ROZ Group celebrates the life of Mr. Charles L. Blockson, who passed on June 14, 2023. He leaves behind the world-renowned Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University, one of the most prestigious collections of African American 2D and 3D artifacts in the United States. Blockson donated his collection to Temple in 1984 because of the university’s diverse student body and its location of in the heart of the North Philadelphia’s African American community. Thanks to Blockson, students who study the African diaspora have access to items dating back to 1581. His legacy will play a large role in keeping the world informed about Black excellence. He was a giant of history, an embodiment of love for the community, and made much of our work possible.

05/22/2023

TRG was proud to provide outreach support to The Mann Center for the Performing Arts for their first-ever HBCU Fest this past Saturday. Despite the weather, thousands of people showed up to chat with the college reps, take in some great performances, and meet members of the D9 orgs up close and personally.

Salute to an outstanding effort all around!

04/26/2023

On a beautiful Friday evening, we joined our clients Mental Health First Connects for a Meet & Greet reception at their new temporary home in Chestnut Hill, while construction gets underway on their permanent location just a few doors up on Germantown Avenue. The decor is so beautiful in the temporary space that we imagine it will be difficult for them to part ways with their current digs.

And earlier this week, we captured images of members of the GreenLiving Phl Executive Committee (in-person and via Zoom) in conversation with Philadelphia mayoral candidate Allan Domb. The primary is set for May 16, so make sure your voter registration is current to participate.

04/21/2023

It's been an amazing flurry of activity with our clients over the past week, as the TRG team has assisted them with their community engagement efforts.

We share another look at Philanthropy Network Greater President Christine Robinson's keynote address at last week's Faces of Philanthropy award breakfast. Philadelphia Children's Alliance hosted its first-ever PREVENT Conference, training our city's citizens to be better partners in preventing child sexual abuse. And, as PCA approaches their annual Bear Affair fundraiser on May 4 (bearaffair.org for tix), we directed a video project that will debut at the event, acknowledging the inner turmoil that parents face after learning that their child has been assaulted.

We celebrate these dynamic leaders and the necessary work that their organizations accomplish, for the good of us all.