The week of
April 5, 2002
PHENND Events/Activities
Student PHENND Meeting
Fri., Apr 26, 2002 – Student PHENND Meeting, 1 PM, La Salle University. Attention all students! You are cordially invited to attend the last Student PHENND meeting of the year. The meeting is...
Other Local Events and Workshops
CCP Video Conference on School Violence
Hello youth workers- Community College of Philadelphia is hosting a videoconference on Preventing School Violence. Here are the details, hope to see you there. Video conference on School-wide...
Interfaith Growth and Vision Conference
Dear Religious and Community Leaders: The Era of Faith Whether your opinion is for or against government and faith partnerships we can all agree that faith at center stage of public debate can...
Video/Web Telecast: Race and Class in Mainstream News
Join us in-person, on cable, or on the web “Drive-by Shooting: Race and Class in Mainstream News” Tuesday, April 23, 2:00 pm The CTC VISTA Project, The Community Media and Technology...
Paul Loeb “Soul of a Citizen: Teaching for Engagement”
The School District of Philadelphia, City Year Greater Philadelphia, & The Pennsylvania Service Learning Alliance Invite you to an afternoon with Paul Loeb: “Soul of a Citizen: Teaching...
Youth Summer Opportunities Fair
The Youth Summer Opportunities Fair will take place on Saturday, April 27, from 10am to 4pm, at University City High School. The YSOF is looking for any and all organizations interested in engaging...
Project HOME Neighborhood Action Plan
From Spaces to Places: Neighborhood Action Plan for Project Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2002; 6 pm, reception follows; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 100 N. 20th Street, 5th Flr Part of Urban...
Rebuilding Communities and Schools
Rebuilding Communities and Schools Part of the Neighborhood Revitalization Series Sponsored by Urban Studies Program, City Planning Department, GSFA, University of Pennsylvania April 11, 6pm Meyerson...
Neighborhood Reinvestment in Philadelphia
Symposium: Neighborhood Reinvestment in Philadelphia Part of the Neighborhood Revitalization Series Sponsored by the Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania DATE CHANGED to April 19, 2002...
Strategies for Older Suburbs and Boroughs
Building From Strength: Strategies for Older Suburbs and Boroughs April 30th 9am – 4pm Marriott Hotel, West Conshohocken Registration Fee: $35 A one-day conference for PA and NJ municipal...
Public Schools and Penn’s Role
K-12 students, Edison, and Public Schools, where does Penn fit in? University of Pennsylvania, Bennett Hall, 34th and Walnut, Room 222 Tuesday April 9th, 7 Join teachers, students, tutors and...
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Drexel University will be bringing the AIDS Memorial Quilt to campus April 25th-28th. We will be bring over 600 panels and 12 South African Quilts, along with two South African speakers. Friday the...
New Resources
New Guide: Democracy Owner’s Manual
The Democracy Center On-Line Volume 43 – March 30, 2002 ANNOUNCING! THE DEMOCRACY OWNERS’ MANUAL A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHANGING THE WORLD (including free advocacy materials on-line) New...
New Website: CityCares? AmeriCorps Partners in Technology
CityCares’ is proud to announce the launch of our national AmeriCorps Partners in Technology website. This new site highlights the programs, goals and achievements of Partners in Technology, a...
New Conference Material: Thinking about CBR, Some Questions as We
From Randy Stoecker, Moderator of Comm-Org I also just wanted to mention, in case you were interested, that I put on the web a copy of a keynote address I recently gave, titled “Thinking about...
New Website: Social Choice for Social Change TIAA-CREF Campaign
SOCIAL CHOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: Campaign for a New TIAA-CREF A call to invest Social Choice Account assets in companies and community development institutions that are models of social and...
New Local Website: Community Supported Agriculture
We are pleased to announce our web site for Community Supported Agriculture, listing five CSA farms serving Philadelphia, Swarthmore, and Ambler. Many thanks to Allison Pirie and Gabrielle Giddings...
New Papers: Perspectives on Theory and Practice
I am very pleased to announce the availability of a new collection of papers on COMM-ORG: Rabbi Moshe ben Asher, — Perspectives on Theory and Practice: A Collection This collection contains...
New Catalog: Training Opportunities from United Way of Southeast PA
Community Impact Training Institute, United Way of SE PA Download a copy of the catalog of training opportunities to build skills of professionals, community organizers, and citizens who work with...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Service-Learning Research Conference Proposals
The deadline for proposals for the Second International Conference for Service-Learning Research is April 19. The Conference will be in Nashville at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza hotel adjacent to the...
Bridging Boundaries and Borders in Leadership
(Nov 14-17) Call for Proposals: International Leadership Association Annual Conference Bridging Boundaries and Borders in Leadership November 14-17, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA (Submission...
Community Psychology & Development Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS DUE 6/15 SOUTHEASTERN ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE THEME: Social Justice and Social Change October 18- 20, 2002, Knoxville, TN The Community Research...
Community Technology Centers? Network Conference
You are invited to: COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS’ NETWORK (CTCNET) Access and Beyond: Advancing a Community Technology Agenda 11th Annual Conference June 14-16, 2002 Hyatt Regency on Town Lake...
Grant Opportunities
NEH Challenge Grants Program
National Endowment for the Humanities Offers Special Initiative to Help Fund Local History Resources. Deadline: May 1, 2002 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a special...
HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program
United States Conference of Mayors Invites Applications for HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program, Deadline: June 3, 2002 The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), the official nonpartisan...
Dominion Peoples Educational Grants: K-12 Math and Science (Bucks Co. Only)
Dominion Peoples Educational Grants for K-12 Math and Science Programs Primary Sponsor: Dominion Educational Partnership Deadline: 5/1/2002 Improving our children’s math and science skills is...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In developing grant proposals to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to the Program Announcement 02003 on Community-Based Participatory Prevention Research, which we announced...
Garth Brook’s Teammates for Kids Foundation
Deadlines: April 1 and October 1 Offers grants of $10,000-$50,000 to organizations helping children in the areas of health, education, and inner-city services. Foundation give grants “that...
The Public Welfare Foundation
Deadline: none, inquiries accepted all year Offers grants of $20,000-$75,000 in the areas of criminal justice, disadvantaged elderly and youth, environment, population, health, community and...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Soltane One-year Coworker
NOT SURE HOW YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR IDEALS? ARE YOU READY TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF FROM WORK OR COLLEGE, AND HAVE A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH NEW PEOPLE AND IN NEW WAYS? JOB OPPORTUNITY...
Community Economic Development Summer Associate, Project HOME
PROJECT/JOB DESCRIPTION PROJECT – Community Economic Development Summer Associate Project/Job Description: This part-time summary associate position will focus on two primary projects that are...
Campus Coordinator, Democracy Matters
Democracy Matters is accepting applications for paid internships through our Campus Coordinator program for 2002-03 academic year. We are a non-partisan organization of students and professors...
Associate Director, Neighborhood Gardens Association
I am pleased to announce that Neighborhood Gardens Association / A Philadelphia Land Trust has created a new Associate Director position. NGA is a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1986. The...
Miscellaneous
Looking for Scales for new book: Measurement Instruments for Service Learning Students
The American Psychological Association will publish the book "Measurement Instruments for Service Learning: Students." The book, which is focused only on students, will present scales in...
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