The week of
August 23, 2002
Other Local Events and Workshops
Coalition of Labor Union Women Annual Conference
Upcoming CLUW Conference – September 27th – Philadelphia National CLUW is coming back to Philadelphia! CLUW national interactive conference – Desiging Our Own Future – to be...
STRENGTHENING MULTI-ETHNIC FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
STRENGTHENING MULTI-ETHNIC FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES: A Violence Prevention Parent Training Program — FREE PROGRAM Sponsored by Southwest CDC/New Start Family Resource Center 6328 Paschall...
CTCNet Regional Conference
The CTCNet Regional Conference for the Delaware Valley is scheduled for Friday, September 20, 2002. Please visit for registration and conference information. I look forward to seeing you there....
Coming to Moore College: Author Richard Florida
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life Richard Florida & Community Design Collaborative September 03, 2002 Moore College of...
Citizen Academy — “Grow Your Community”
Grow Your Community: Fairmount/Francisville Sunday, August 25th, 9am – 12:30pm Meet on the corner of 19th and Poplar Street* Have you ever helped an elderly neighbor mow her lawn, or picked up...
Film Screening: American Standoff
[Delaware Valley Progressive Calendar] Screening of American Standoff (film about Teamsters’ strike at Overnite Trucking) Wednesday, 8/28 6:00-8:30 Asian Arts Initiative 1315 Cherry St., 2nd...
Second Annual African Community Health Fair
Second Annual African Community Health Fair Come Join the Philadelphia Department of Public Health for a Day of Health and Community Awareness for Philadelphia’s African and Haitian Immigrants...
New Resources
New Paper: Housing Organizing for the Long Haul: Building on Experience
[Comm-Org] Housing Organizing for the Long Haul: Building on Experience by Larry Yates This is a paper that draws on the history of housing organizing to develop lessons for the craft today. You can...
PhillyBlocks Town Meeting Minutes available online!
The August 8th PhillyBlocks Town Meeting on Blight, Safe Streets, Trash, and Kids is now online. It’s a Real Audio file (for the first time on our site) and you can hear the whole meeting if...
New Website: Dialogue to Action Initiative
The Dialogue to Action Initiative website keeps leaders in dialogue and deliberation informed, involved and inspired. Whether you utilize the dialogue process for peace building, improving intergroup...
New Website for Teachers: Brick by Brick
[Public Education Network] BRICK BY BRICK: DESIGNING TEACHER WEB PAGES Web pages are a great way to reach outside your classroom to connect with people and resources around the globe. There are many...
New Website: PTA Spanish Language Website
HISPANIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE AND ONLINE SPANISH-LANGUAGE RESOURCES “Los buenos padres no nacen. Se hacen.” With this slogan, meaning, “Good parents are not born. They are...
New Publication: Activities for Children and Young People Booklet
Best Practices Institute’s newest publication: A compilation of 66 original community-building activities assembled at last Spring’s “Tips, Trips, and Triumphs” workshops....
New Book: Civic Society in Cyberspace
[CTCNet] We have finished a new study relating to public computing and the digital divide, and we would welcome comments from listmembers. Williams, Kate and Abdul Alkalimat. “A Census of...
Grant Opportunities
Women’s Sports Foundation Accepting Applications
Women’s Sports Foundation Accepting Applications for Funding Programs Deadline: Various The Women’s Sports Foundation, a national nonprofit, member-based organization dedicated to...
Microsoft Grant Announcement
Microsoft Grant Announcement Applications due September 16, 2002 Please find attached a copy of the Microsoft Charlotte TEC Grant Application. If you are aware of a local 501 C 3 (non-profit)...
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Announces 2002 Grant Competition Deadline: October 1, 2002 The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a program of the Aspen Institute, was established in 1991 to expand...
Scholarship Opportunity for High School Students
Sovereign Bank, in partnershipwith the Philadelphia Eagles, will recognize outstanding high school students in selected areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey through the Sovereign Scholars Program. A...
Miscellaneous
Call for Papers: Service-Learning Review
[K-12 Service Learning listserv] Call for Papers: "The Service-Learning Review" "THE SERVICE-LEARNING REVIEW" The New Journal of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse!...
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