The week of
February 13, 2004
PHENND Events/Activities
Campus Leadership and Community Change: A Student Workshop
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WED, FEB 17, 2004! Attention students! Are you interested in making a difference on your campus and in your community? Do you want to build connections to students on other...
Other Local Events and Workshops
Philadelphia On Your Feet Project
On Your Feet Project (OYFP), a national 501(c)(3)-recognized nonprofit organization, is launching a chapter in Philadelphia. OYFP is entirely volunteer-run, and currently has chapters in New York and...
Leading Change in Half-changed World for Women in Medicine
The 2004 Kate Hurd-Mead lecture “Confessions of a Tempered Radical: Leading Change in Half-changed World for Women in Medicine” Janet Bickel, Speaker Janet Bickel, author of Women in...
Pre-conference workshop on Service-Learning at ACPA
The National Campus Compact and the PA Campus Compact will offer a one day pre-conference workshop as part of the Association of College Personnel Administrators (ACPA) conference on April 2 in...
Lobbying Toolbox for Activists
Lobbying Toolbox for Activists Tuesday, February 17, 6:00-9:00pm Project Home, 1515 Fairmount Ave. Co-sponsored by Project Home Do you want legislators to know your constituency?s needs? Has your...
Entering the Electoral Arena in 2004
Entering the Electoral Arena in 2004 Tuesday, February 24, 6:00-9:00pm Project Home, 1515 Fairmount Ave. Co-sponsored by Project Home Wondering if the 2004 election cycle can advance your...
Transportation focus group
Receive $50 for your opinions on Transportation in Philadelphia! Clean Air Council is sponsoring a study on transportation in the city. We are holding a focus group discussion to talk with city...
2004 Nonprofit Technology Conference
Join us at the 2004 Nonprofit Technology Conference March 25-27, 2004 | Philadelphia, PA What’s the Nonprofit Technology Conference? As a Philadelphia Area Nonprofit, you’ve probably...
Zero Tolerance: Our Schools and Our Kids
Join PCCY for a discussion on: Zero Tolerance: Our Schools and Our Kids With Annettee Fuentes, Journalist and Adjunct faculty, the Columbia School of Journalism & Gwen Morris, Executive...
Policy Update, Philadelphia Welfare Coalition
The Philadelphia Welfare Coalition invites you to a Policy Update: Come learn about: ? New TANF policy that helps clients pursue education and training, including college! ? and ? ? Changes in the...
Building Bridges Prejudice Workshop
ALL FOR 1 1 FOR ALL National Coalition Building Institute?Philadelphia invites you to BUILDING BRIDGES PREJUDICE REDUCTION WORKSHOP Sunday, Feb 29, 2004 9A-4P at Pnai Or in West Mt. Airy,...
Pennsylvania Budget Briefing
United Way of Southeastern PA to host Pennsylvania Budget Briefing The United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania will host a budget briefing to review and discuss health and human service-related...
Jose Marti: Reading American Culture in the Gilded Age
“Jose Marti: Reading American Culture in the Gilded Age” a lecture by Dr. Ivan A. Schulman Professor Emeritus of Spanish American and Comparative Literature, University of Illinois...
Clean Med 2004
[posted from Center for a Livable Future newsletter] CLEANMED 2004 April 14 thru 15, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wyndham Hotel This is the third health care conference on environmentally...
Innovative Community Planning Conference
[posted from Center for a Livable Future newsletter] INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY PLANNING CONFERENCE March 4 thru 5, 2004 Urbana, Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MARY KAY PECK, President...
New Resources
Evaluation Exchange
[posted from Promising Practices in After School listserv] Dear e-news subscriber, We are proud to announce that we are now in our tenth year of publication of “The Evaluation Exchange.”...
New Website: Good Work (economic development)
[posted from Sustainable Business Network newsletter] Good Work Website Good Work, a North Carolina-based nonprofit, offers a helpful list of links to organizations engaged in economic development,...
hOURS: local time currency group
[posted from Sustainable Business Network newsletter] Check out hOURS, a local time currency group hOURS is a “mutual credit” trading system. We use credits of our own creation as a...
A Resource Guide on Human Rights in the US
[posted from ] Something Inside So Strong: A Resource Guide on Human Rights in the US Human rights abuses occur in the United States. These abuses occur in cities and rural areas, in our homes, in...
New Report: Youth Social Change Programs
SOCIAL CHANGE PROGRAMS ATTRACT HARD-TO-REACH, ALIENATED YOUTH WITH MUCH SUCCESS, FINDS NEW REPORT FROM THE INNOVATION CENTER In an audio press conference on Wednesday, January 28th, the Innovation...
New Project: Community Development from Within
[posted from National Service-learning listserv] Community outreach has become a recognized and entrenched part of the agenda for higher education. Thus far, the concept of community development has...
National Clearinghouse on Service-Learning for Healthy Aging
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is pleased to announce the work of CCPH Fellow Debra Sheets. Debra created The National Clearinghouse on Service-Learning for Healthy Aging (). The...
Partnership for Reading offers free literacy resources
[posted from Public Education Network newsblast] PARTNERSHIP FOR READING The Partnership for Reading is offering free literacy resources for educators, teacher educators, administrators,...
New Articles: Community College and Community
The latest issue of Community College Journal of Research & Practice has some articles that may interest you. The issue is now available on the Taylor & Francis web site at This issue...
Delaware County Connect
There is a new list-serv to support Delaware County Non-Profits called “Delaware County Connect”. Go to our new Website to subscribe! The purpose of this list is to provide an...
New Report & Tool Kit: How to Stop Sprawl in Your Community
[posted from Center for a Livable Future newsletter] NEW REPORT & TOOL KIT: HOW TO STOP SPRAWL IN YOUR COMMUNITY The David Suzuki Foundation has released a new report and tool kit entitled...
Partnerships Classifieds
Horizon House Education Plus
Horizon House Education Plus program, funded by Pew Charitable Trusts, offers supports to adults with mental illness to help them complete a certification or degree program of their choice leading to...
Be a Peer Reviewer for CNS
[posted from National Service-Learning listserv] Opportunity for Engagement in National Grantmaking Competitions The Corporation for National and Community Service seeks peer reviewers and...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
7th Annual International Crime Mapping Conference
[posted from Comm-Org] Subject: 7th Annual International Crime Mapping Conference Please do not respond to this e-mail. If you have questions concerning the Crime Mapping Conference, visit the...
Conference on Community-Driven Research
Save the Date! Saturday, April 17, 2004 First Annual Conference on Community-Driven Research in the National Capital Region Inter-Cultural Center, Georgetown University This year’s conference...
2004 Community Reinvestment Conference
[posted from Community Development Banking listserv] The Community Affairs Unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is proud to present the 2004 Community Reinvestment Conference, to be held...
International Youth Leadership Conference
International Youth Leadership Conference, Prague 2004 Attention all students between the ages of 18-24: We would like to formally invite you to Prague this upcoming summer to participate in the 6th...
National Gathering: Educators for Community Engagement
Announcing A New Website and a Milestone Event! Educators for Community Engagement invite you to attend the 10th Anniversary of the National Gathering, in Berea, Kentucky, on the edge of the Southern...
Grant Opportunities
Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Awards
*Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Awards* Deadline: February 23, 2004 The Youth Service America and The Bubel Aiken Foundation are proud to announce the Clay Aiken ABLE to SERVE Awards, offering twenty-five...
Carol M. White Physical Education Program
Carol M. White Physical Education Program This grant competition is currently open. The deadline for applications is March 22, 2004. The purpose of this program is to initiate, expand, and improve...
AmeriCorps State Program grants
Please allow me to alert you to a national service grant opportunity, and encourage you to consider it for your organization. If for whatever reason you do not feel that this meets your needs at this...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Program Coordinator, Delaware Valley Earth Force
[emailed 02/03/2004] Program Coordinator. Full Time with benefits. Will work with the Director of Education to enhance the effective delivery of programs that provide educators and young people with...
Development Director, Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County
[posted from Women’s Way fe-mail 2/6/2004] Development Director, Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County (MCHC) has a...
Program Director, The Leeway Foundation
[posted from Women’s Way fe-mail 2/6/2004] Program Director, The Leeway Foundation Leeway?s Program Director is responsible for developing and administering the Foundation?s programs in...
Miscellaneous
Call for Nominations: 3rd Annual CCPH Award
*Please circulate widely* CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for 3rd ANNUAL CCPH AWARD! MARCH 31, 2004 DEADLINE The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) award recognizes exemplary partnerships between...
Award for High School Seniors Involved in Community Service
Nominations Invited for Yoshiyama Award for High School Seniors Involved in Community Service Deadline: April 1, 2004 A program of the Hitachi Foundation (<a href=""></a>), the...
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