The week of
June 24, 2005
Other Local Events and Workshops
Free Community Health Fair
Free Community Health Fair Saturday July 30th, 11am ? 3pm Beulah Tabernacle 4824 Baltimore Ave Philadelphia, PA 19143 Valuable free health information and screenings will be performed on-site! Come...
Bike Part Art Show and Sale
In partnership with the JOURNEY HOME COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER (), NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS is hosting its THIRD ANNUAL BIKE PART ART SHOW AND SALE. This amazing exhibition features variety of...
Introduction to Latin Jazz: A Performance Workshop
AMLA opens its 2005-06 Cultural Treasures Season with an Introduction to Latin Jazz: A Performance Workshop presented by Marlon Simon and his Latin Jazz Ensemble Co-sponsored by Strings for Schools...
Grant Workshop: Center for Creative Play
Technical Assistance Grant Program Center for Creative Play Through the generous support of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, CFCP is able to offer an exclusive Technical Assistance Grant...
Regional Sustainability Summits
[posted from ] Speakers, panels and break-out work sessions aimed at finding common ground with similar organizations to collaborate on greater access to and attention paid by media, and politicians,...
New Resources
New Article: Using CBPR for Environment and Health
[posted from Community Campus Partnerships for Health newsletter] Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Ask and Answer Questions Regarding the Environment and Health by Mary E Northridge,...
Alternatives Federal Credit Union Annual Report
This year’s Alternatives Federal Credit Union Annual Report is totally different than ever before. On one side, it’s a poster of our fabulous West End Mural. The other side is our Annual...
Two Books: Universities and Economic Development
[posted to Higher Ed Service-Learning listserv] ME Sharpe has published two new books this year you may be interested in: *The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis Edited by:...
New Article: Universities and Cities Need to Rethink Their Relationships
[posted to Higher Ed Service-Learning listserv] We thought you would be interested in this article written by Richard M. Freeland, president of Northeastern University that appeared in the May 13...
Living and Working with Disabilities
The Internal Revenue Service is promoting a new brochure entitled, Living and Working with Disabilities. This publication presents basic information about existing tax benefits available to...
Civic Education best practices database
[posted from National Service Learning Partnerships newsletter] Civic Mission of Schools (CMS) Practice Examples CMS practice examples show how schools and teachers are educating students for...
Impact of Service-Learning on High School Students’ Civic Engagement
[posted from National Service Learning Partnership newsletter] Impact of Service-Learning on High School Students’ Civic Engagement A new study by Shelley Billig, Sue Root, and Dan Jesse,...
Teaching Tools for Civic Education and Service-Learning
[posted from National Service Learning Partnerships newsletter] Teaching Tools for Civic Education and Service-Learning This booklet, by John Minkler and Don Hill, provides teachers with practical...
CBPR articles in Journal of Enviro. and Occupational Health Policy
[posted from Community Based Participatory Action listserv] The latest issue of New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy (Vol. 15, No. 1) features a set of articles...
Research Ethics Training Curriculum for Community Representatives
[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv] Family Health International’s Office of International Research Ethics (OIRE) has developed a dynamic and innovative curriculum to...
Study guides on Professional Learning Communities
[posted from Out of School Time Resource Center newsletter] On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities and Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When...
New Directions for Youth Development
[posted from Out of School Time Resource Center newsletter] The Spring 2005 issue of “New Directions for Youth Development” focuses on Participation in Youth Programs: Enrollment,...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
University-Community Partnership Conference: Building Strategic Partnerships
Building Strategic Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities The Second Annual University-Community Partnership Conference July 13-15, 2005 The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center...
Sustainable Development Conference
[posted from PACDC newsletter] Developing Green: The Case for High-Performance Buildings and Sustainable Development Urban Land Institute June 28-29, 2005 Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, It?s not...
Call for Papers: Future Directions for Service-Learning in Higher Ed
[posted from Higher Ed Service-Learning listserv] Call for papers: ?Future Directions for Service-Learning in Higher Education? Journal: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher...
Penn State Judge/Bradley Credit Union School
[posted from Community Development Banking listserv] The 51st Penn State Judge/Bradley Credit Union School August 7-11, 2005 The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel State College, Pennsylvania The...
Call for Submissions: Journal of Classroom Interaction
[posted from Higher Ed Service-Learning listserv] This journal may be a place to publish, for example, an article on the classroom component of a service-learning course. The Journal of Classroom...
Call for Proposals: International Conference on Urban Health
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS October 26-28, 2005 Toronto, Ontario Canada Sponsored by International Society for Urban Health and the Centre for Research on Inner City Health. Instructions and guidelines for...
Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute
[posted from Out of School Time Resource Center newsletter] August 29-31: Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute. The Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute is designed to...
Grant Opportunities
Verizon Foundation: Health, Literacy, Technology in NJ
[posted from RFP Bulletin] Verizon Foundation Offers Funding for Literacy, Technology, and Healthcare Programs Serving New Jersey Deadline: June 30, 2005 The Verizon Foundation (<a...
KaBOOM! 2005 Playground Opportunities
[posted from PACDC newsletter] 2005 Playground Opportunities KaBOOM! KaBOOM! is conducting outreach to locate potential community partners in cities across North America to build playgrounds in 2005....
Partnership to Promote Arts and Healing Grant Program
[posted from PACDC newsletter] Partnership to Promote Arts and Healing Grant Program Johnson & Johnson/Society for the Arts in Healthcare Proposals are being sought from healthcare organizations...
Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program
[posted from PACDC Newsletter] Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program The Alston/Bannerman Fellowship Program is committed to advancing progressive social change by helping...
Youth Venture Grant for Young People
[posted from RFP Bulletin] MTV and Youth Venture Announce New Grant Program for Young People Deadline: Rolling, through December 31, 2005 MTV: Music Television (<A HREF=""></a>)...
Coling Higgins Foundation
[posted from RFP Bulletin] Colin Higgins Foundation Invites Nominations for Courage Awards Deadline: July 15, 2005 The Colin Higgins Foundation (<a href=""></a>) supports a wide...
Delaware Estuary Grants Program
[posted from RFP Bulletin] Applications Sought for Delaware Estuary Grants Program Deadline: July 1, 2005 The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (<a href=""></a>), in...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Senior Program Officer, Local Initiatives Support Coalition
[emailed 6/16/2005] LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION Position Description SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER Background The Philadelphia Program of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is seeking to...
Director of Development, Riverbend Environmental Education Center
[posted 5/26/2005 to Out of School Time Resource Center newsletter] Riverbend Environmental Education Center, in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, seeks a Director of Development. The Director of Development...
Educator, Historical Society of Pennsylvania
[emailed 5/31/2005] Position Open: Educator, Pennsylvania History HSP seeks an educator to develop materials and programs for a project on Pennsylvania ethnic history. This position requires...
Miscellaneous
Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum
[posted from Community Campus Partnerships for Health newsletter] Call for Nominations for the Fifth Annual Delta Omega Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum Deadline: Sept 2 As part of its...
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