The week of

May 13, 2005

Other Local Events and Workshops

Free Business Law Seminar

LawWorks and The Partnership CDC present: FREE BUSINESS LAW SEMINAR May 17, 18, and 19 at 6:00 PM at Penn Alexander School Community School (Entrance is located on 43rd St., between Locust and Spruce...

Bring a Computer, Ask a Question

Workshop Title: Bring Your Computer, Ask A Question Date: Saturday May 21st, 2005. Time: 2:00 PM till 5:00 PM Place: Nonprofit Technology Resources 1524 Brandywine Street Philadelphia PA 19130 Price:...

Service Learning trip Fundraiser for Gratz High School

Fund Raising Event For What? Our Simon Gratz High CommuniTech Club, CTC, students are traveling to Jamaica June 18 ? 28, 2005, to complete a service-learning project. Our CTC students are going to...

Online Tools for Nonprofit Boards

[posted from CTCNet Philadelphia] Online Tools for Nonprofit Boards Tuesday, May 24 3:30 United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania When Boards Work Smarter, Organizations Work Better: A look at the...

Author Thomas Frank at Free Library

THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd – 7:00 pm – THOMAS FRANK Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street 215-686-5322 Molly Ivins has called Thomas Frank’s “New York Times” bestseller,...

Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation

REMINDER – ALL INVITED TO PARTICIPATE!!! 2nd Annual INTERFAITH WALK FOR PEACE & RECONCILIATION Sunday, 22 May 2005 1:00pm PEACE/UNITY – EMBRACE HOPE, NOT FEAR Join us as we gather at...

TreeVitalizer Trainings in Suburbs

Subject: TreeVitalizer trainings Become a TreeVitalizer… … learn to plant and care for trees in your community! Join our Course in Community Tree Tending! Become part of the...

Family Court Parent Project Workshop

ATTENTION-PARENTS!! Or Grandparents, Stepparents, Foster Parents and Care Takers How does your teenage child?s behavior need changing? Join us in the Family Court Parent Project? at Workshop. We can...

Flea Market Supporting Multicultural Education

Calling all Junk Collectors, Artists and Friends of MYX! We need your donations for the MYX AND MATCH MART: A Flea Market Supporting Multicultural Education Saturday, June 11, 2005 12:00 PM –...

Off of Welfare: How Working Families Are Faring

PathWaysPA invites you to a Self-Sufficiency statewide meeting Please join us for a forum addressing ?Off of Welfare: How Working Families Are Faring,? featuring keynote speaker: Lissa Bell, Senior...

Winning the Battle of the Story: Media training for activists

THE SMARTMEME STRATEGY & TRAINING PROJECT COMES TO PHILLY!!! WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE STORY: JOIN US FOR AN ILLUMINATING, MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION ON STRATEGY, STORY-TELLING, AND CREATIVE...

Safe Night Philadelphia

Philly Schools Announce “Safe Night” School District of Philadelphia officials, Philadelphia elected leaders, community leaders and parents have announced details of the first ever...

Youth Empowerment Summit 2005

The Teen Leadership Assistants of the Free Library of Philadelphia are excited to announce the sixth annual Youth Empowerment Summit: YES 2005. The Summit is being planned by and for Philadelphia...

Reading Group: Why the Poor Pay More

Young Involved Philadelphia Reading Group Discusses Brookings Study on Why the Poor Pay More Wednesday, May 25th, 6:00 – 7:45 Philadelphia City Institute Free Library 19th and Locust Streets...

New Resources

Communicating Effectively Through an Interpreter

[posted from ] Communicating Effectively Through an Interpreter This 28-minute video is designed to help providers in: choosing an appropriate interpreter, recognizing the signs of professional and...

New Fair Lending Data released

[posted from Community Development Banking list] Below, please find a press release on the report we just released on the new 2004 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. We also released a report about a...

New Report: School Nutrition Success Stories

[posted from Community Food Security listerv] Making It Happen-School Nutrition Success Stories (MIH) illustrates a wide variety of approaches that schools have taken to improve student nutrition....

Use Research Knowledge to Advance District-Wide Service-Learning

In the third issue of our District Lessons series, Dr. Shelley H. Billig of RMC Research Corporation describes how service-learning supporters can apply research knowledge to advance service-learning...

Helping Your Child Learn to Read en Espanol

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast] LA LECTURA ES LO PRIMERO: COMO AYUDAR A SU HIJO A APRENDER A LEER The Partnership for Reading is pleased to announce the Spanish translation of the...

New Report on Afterschool Programs in Urban Areas

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast] THE AFTERSCHOOL HOURS: A NEW FOCUS FOR AMERICA?S CITIES Vigorous leadership by mayors and city council members can yield big dividends through...

New Report: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Philadelphia

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast] THE QUEST FOR QUALITY: RECRUITING & RETAINING TEACHERS IN PHILADELPHIA The School District of Philadelphia hires a large number of new teachers...

Building State Early Childhood Systems

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast] BUILDING STATE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS Capitalizing on the exciting early childhood systems-building momentum sweeping the country, the...

Defining and Improving High School Graduation Rates

DEFINING AND IMPROVING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES “What Counts: Defining and Improving High School Graduation Rates” takes an in-depth look at the complex issue of high school...

Partnerships Classifieds

Archery and gym equip available

Cindy Rubino of Arcadia University writes: Hi, here?s something different, our athletic department is looking to donate a complete archery set [great condition] as well as several pieces of PE...

Plant trees in Morris Park

Help Morris Park Tree Tenders Plant Hundreds (and Hundreds) of trees!!!!!! Dates and times for the tree plantings in Morris Park (66th St & Sherwood Road in West Philadelphia): Tuesday, May 17...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Annual Development Banking Conference

Dear Development Finance Colleagues: This is a reminder that early registration ends May 17, 2005 for National Community Investment Fund’s Annual Development Banking Conference on June 15...

Summer Institute in Arts Management

Creative Assets Is The Theme for Summer Institute in Arts Management 2005 The Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts announces its annual three-day summer institute: ?Creative...

Zero Waste Action Conference

GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) is pleased to announce its second annual Zero Waste Action Conference. May 23-25, 2005 New York, New York ?Building Zero Waste Communities: Tools to Take Home?...

International Service-Learning Conference

The University of Indianapolis and Stellenbosch University are cosponsoring the International Symposium on “Service-Learning: Models for the 21st Century: Intercommunity, Interdisciplinary,...

Annual Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) Meeting

You are invited to the 4th annual Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) Meeting, Saturday, June 25 from 10:00 4:00 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Held in conjunction with the...

Grant Opportunities

Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program

[posted from Higher Ed Service-Learning listserv] New Mentoring Funding Available from SAMHSA From the SAMHSA website: Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program Application Deadline: May 31,...

Course Development Grants: Emergency Management and SL

I would like to draw your attention to the PA Campus Compact web site (<a href=""></a>) where we have just announce a Request for Proposals to integrate service-learning and...

Practicum Partnership Program Adoption Initiative

[posted from Higher Ed Service Learning listserv] Practicum Partnership Program Adoption Initiative RFP Now Available As the population of the United States grows increasingly older, so does the need...

Merck Childhood Asthma Network: Call for Proposals

Please see the announcement below about the Merck Childhood Asthma Network: Call for Proposals. There may be opportunities in here for a CBPR approach, as evidence-based interventions are adapted and...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

AmeriCorps*VISTA, Good Shepherd Mediation Program

[emailed 5/11/2005] Good Shepherd Mediation Program is recruiting for Americorps VISTA volunteers The Good Shepherd Mediation Program (GSMP) is a non-profit neighborhood justice center located in...

Project Coordinator, Delaware Valley Earth Force

[emailed 4/27/2005] Project Coordinator – Delaware Valley Earth Force Send Resume and Cover Letter to: Delaware Valley Earth Force Attention: Janet Starwood, Executive Director 100 Greenwood...

Director of Education, YouthBuild Charter School

[emailed 5/10/2005] Job Description for Director of Education Background The YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is an education and job-training program for young adults who have dropped out of...

Part-Time Evaluation Assistant, Institute for Global Ed and Service-Learning

[emailed 5/10/2005] The Institute for Global Education & Service Learning is looking for a part-time temporary assistant for the Evaluation Specialist of our Youth Organized for Disaster Action,...

Archivist Internship, Philadelphia Folklore Project

[emailed 5/10/2005] Dear friends– This position has just reopened, and we are eager to fill it quickly. Please help us spread the word. Thanks. . . The Philadelphia Folklore Project seeks a...

GIS Program Director, Hopeworks `N Camden

[emailed 4/21/2005] GIS Program Director Job Description Job City: Camden (Philadelphia Metro Area) Job State: NJ Salary: 40,000-55,000 Commensurate with education/experience Category: General GIS...

Temporary Receptionist, Penn Center for Programs in Comtemporary Writing

[emailed 4/20/2005] Job Title: Temporary Receptionist Date of Employment: July 11 – October 14, 2005 Center: Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing University of Pennsylvania The Center...

Miscellaneous

Survey on Public Transit

The Greater Philadelphia Cares Social Change Leaders Public Transit Team is conducting this survey to better understand the top concerns among SEPTA’s ridership. The results of the survey will...


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