The week of
February 06, 2012
PHENND Events/Activities
Save the Date: Service Leaders Summit 2012
Service Leaders Summit 2012 Saturday, March 17, 2012 9:30AM to 4PM Location: Drexel University Presented by PHENND and the Center for Civic Engagement at Drexel University The 2012 Service Leaders...
Other Local Events and Workshops
Step Into College: Philadelphia’s Pre-College Conference
Steppingstone Scholars Inc. Philadelphia
Step Into College: Philadelphia’s Pre-College Conference is back for 2015 to serve students, counselors, and parents! This annual conference is hosted by University of the Sciences and...
Getting Your Community Group On-line
Getting Your Community Group On-line: Learn the basics of Facebook, blogs and websites. Wednesday, February 15th from 5:30-7 at PHS (100 North 20th Street) Join us for a workshop designed to teach...
One Love Panel at Penn Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Conference
One Love Panel at Penn Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Conference Saturday, February 4, 2012 10:30am-12pm Sheraton University City, 3549 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104...
4th Annual Fighting Asthma Disparities Summit & Panel Discussion
The Community Asthma Prevention Program cordially invites you to The 4th Annual Fighting Asthma Disparities Summit & Panel Discussion Topics Include: • Current knowledge about effective...
PHS Tree Tenders Trainings
REGISTER NOW FOR PHS TREE TENDERS® TRAINING! Pre-registration is required – Fee: $25 Register online at Join the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in learning how to plant and care for...
PA Nutrition Education Annual Conference
What’s on Your Plate? April 24-25, 2012 Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel Harrisburg, PA Do you have too much on your plate and can’t get everything done without stretching and stressing? Then...
Film Screening and Poetry Slam: Louder Than a Bomb
On Sunday, February 12 at 2:30 , the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival is showing a documentary called “Louder Than a Bomb,” and having a live poetry slam at the Prince Music Theater. ...
76ers Fundraiser Event for Playworks
76ers Fundraiser Event Come join us for Playworks night Friday, March 16, 7 pm, at the Wells Fargo Center! Discount tickets are available for $30. Your purchase supports play & physical activity...
Fundraiser for Depaul USA
Celebrate Mardi Gras Weekend by Helping Depaul USA End Homelessness in Philly! For Just a $10 Donation to Depaul USA, Get $2 Domestics, $4 Well Drinks & Free Food 7-10pm, Saturday, February 25th...
Film Screening and Discussion: Urban Roots
LOCALLY GROWN Urban Farming is the topic of the timely documentary film by Tree Media, Urban Roots, which explores the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit, Michigan. The Westphal College at Drexel...
Creating Sustainable Funding for Nonprofits
Benevon and Merrill Lynch’s partners of the Goldman Ettenger Kay Group Invite You to Join Us on March 6, 2012, for a Presentation and Discussion on Creating Sustainable Funding for Nonprofits You...
Promoting Your Cause Through Social Media
Promoting Your Cause Through Social Media Deloitte Community Leadership Forum: Technology Series Hosted in partnership with NPower PA Friday, March 2, 2012 |9:00am – 11:00am Deloitte LLP, 1700...
Women and Women of Color as Educators, Entrepreneurs and Agents of Change
You are invited to the following event: Women and Women of Color as Educators, Entrepreneurs and Agents of Change: Framing the Future, Pt. 2: (In Celebration of Nat. Women’s Hist. Month)...
Youth Action Next Generation event
AN EMPOWERING AFTERNOON NETWORKING EVENT BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS Youth Action (YA) today announces a festive and inspiring college and high school student networking event and...
Staff: Obtaining, Training, Retaining, and Motivating
February Peer Networking Meeting Panel Discussion: Staff: Obtaining, Training, Retaining, and Motivating Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Register HERE. The Out-of-School Time...
New Resources
Low-Income Families’ Efforts to Plan, Shop for and Cook Healthy Meals
Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters recently surveyed low-income parents across the country about their cooking habits and the results were eye-opening. It’s Dinnertime: A Report on Low-Income...
Healthier Middle Schools: Everyone Can Help
Healthier Middle Schools: Everyone Can Help Healthier Middle Schools: Everyone Can Help is a series of communication tools designed to help you engage teachers, principals, parents, food service...
New Book: You Can’t Do It Alone
Experts and reformers have suggested many promising ideas for improving schools and ramping up student learning, but in too many cases, proposals for change run up against resistance, confusion, and...
State Support for Higher Ed Slumps Again
State Support Slumps Again By Doug Lederman The news will come as no surprise to the public college administrators and faculty members who’ve seen their budgets slashed over the past year. But...
Rethinking School Lunch Oakland
NEW STUDY RELEASED ON HOW TO REFORM SCHOOL LUNCH – AND PROMOTE EQUITY – IN OAKLAND The Center for Ecoliteracy and Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) have released a new study on how...
U.S. Thrift Index
THRIFT INDEX REVEALS MODEST INCREASE IN THRIFTY BEHAVIOR BUT OVERALL THRIFT SCORE IS LOW Released recently in conjunction with National Thrift Week, Thrift Index is first ever report of its kind;...
Implementing the Common Core State Standards
The Center on Education Policy (CEP) has released its new report, Year Two of Implementing the Common Core State Standards: States’ Progress and Challenges, that examines states’ efforts...
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development
The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty The online version of this article, along with updated information...
Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom
Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom In an age where classroom teachers find themselves defending their profession and their results, the discussion of race in the classroom seems like one more...
Partnerships Classifieds
Honorary Judges needed, SAGE USA National Tournament
As someone interested in community service and youth innovation, you are invited to be an honorary judge at the SAGE USA National tournament on May 25-26, 2012 at the University of...
Marketing & Communications Intern, Entrepreneur Works
Marketing & Communications Intern, Entrepreneur Works The Organization Entrepreneur Works is a non-profit 501(c)(3) microenterprise development organization focused on growing businesses and jobs...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference
Registration is open! The civic engagement/service-learning field is well-poised to create a new vision for higher education and at the 15th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, we will do just...
Afterschool for All Challenge
Afterschool for All Challenge May 2-3, 2012 Washington, Save the date, more information coming soon! Did you miss the 2011 Challenge? The 10th annual Afterschool for All Challenge: Expanding STEM...
National Hunger Free Communities Summit
National Hunger Free Communities Summit, February 25, 2012 The Alliance to End Hunger will host its Second Annual National Hunger Free Communities Summit at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, This...
Call for Papers: Service-Learning in the Humanities
CALL FOR PAPERS–SERVICE LEARNING IN THE HUMANITIES The Fall 2012 issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Humanities will be a special issue on service-learning in the humanities. The editors...
Call for Presenters: American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education
Call For Presentations: AASHE 2012 Ring in the New Year by submitting an abstract for the AASHE 2012 conference, hosted in Los Angeles, October 14-17, 2012. Don’t miss your chance to present at...
Building a Grad Nation Summit
March 18-21, 2012. Building a Grad Nation Summit at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The Building a Grad Nation Summit is the premier event of Grad Nation, a 10-year campaign to end the...
7th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum
SAVE THE DATE! 7th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum June 13-15, 2012 Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, CA A MESSAGE FROM OUR CONFERENCE CHAIR Jennifer Tescher President and CEO Center for...
Grant Opportunities
2012 Community-Police Partnership Awards
The MetLife Foundation has issued an RFP for its 2012 Community-Police Partnership Awards. Monetary awards of $15,000 to $30,000 are presented to recognize, sustain, and share the work of...
Captain Planet Foundation
Captain Planet Foundation Offers Grants for Hands-On Environmental Education Activities Deadline: May 31, 2012 and September 30, 2012 The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to promote and...
Improving Outcomes for Children: A Community Partnership Approach to Child Welfare
DHS to issue RFQ for new service model Improving Outcomes for Children: A Community Partnership Approach to Child Welfare (IOC) is an important new initiative of the Philadelphia Dept. of Human...
Community Fellows Campus Applications available
In partnership with PennSERVE, the Governor’s Office on Citizen Service, Pennsylvania Campus Compact (PACC) is pleased to announce the availability of 400 Part-time AmeriCorps awards to member...
Call for Proposals for State Health Access Reform Evaluation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for State Health Access Reform Evaluation Deadline: February 22, 2012 State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) is a national program...
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Invites Applications for Adult and Family Literacy and Summer Reading Grants Deadline: February 28, 2012 The Dollar General Literacy Foundation works to improve the...
Mini-Grants for Community Garden and Green Space Development
Scotts Miracle-Gro to Award Grants for Community Garden and Green Space Development Deadline: February 24, 2012 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a multinational lawn and garden care company, is...
It’s All About the Fruits and Veggies Grant Program
National Gardening Association’s KidsGardening and Jamba Juice Accepting Applications for It’s All About the Fruits and Veggies Grant Program Deadline: February 15, 2012 Jamba Juice and...
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
Funding Available for Organic Research On January 17, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension...
Philadelphia Foundation Fund for Children
The Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce the grantmaking areas for YOUTHadelphia 2012, the Youth-in-philanthropy committee of the Fund for Children. A total of up to $100,000 in grants...
ING Unsung Heroes
Accepting applications for the 2012 awards Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung...
May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust About the Trust The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust supports organizations that offer opportunities to children and youth; elders; the disabled and...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Director of Development, Philadelphia Parks Alliance
Philadelphia Parks Alliance DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Philadelphia Parks Alliance (), the leading advocacy organization for parks and recreation in Philadelphia, seeks an experienced fundraising...
Pt-time, Montgomery County Tax Coalition Coordinator
Montgomery County Tax Coalition Coordinator The Montgomery County Tax Coalition, serving the suburban Philadelphia Montgomery County communities, is searching for an innovative, results-oriented...
Development and Communications Specialist, New Directions for Women
New Directions for Women, Inc. (NDFW) 4807 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-849-0930 The mission of New Directions for Women is to empower female offenders to become independent,...
two postitions, Media Mobilizing Project
MMP is hiring… As part of our mission to build the media and communications infrastructure of a movement to end poverty led by poor and working people, Media Mobilizing Project is looking to...
Healthcare HIV Testing Program Coordinator, St. Christopher’s Hospital
Job Title: Healthcare HIV Testing Program Coordinator Location: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric & Adolescent HIV – Division of...
Miscellaneous
Public Comments Sought on Regional Plan
DVRPC OPENS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR DRAFT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is seeking your input and will open a public comment period for its...
Service-Learning in Graduate Professional Education
Service-Learning in Graduate Professional Education Wednesday, April 5, 2012 3:00pm – 4:30pm Eastern / 2:00pm – 3:30pm Central / 12:00pm – 1:30pm Pacific Register at Are you interested in...
Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards for LGBTQ Youth
Nominations of LGBTQ Youth Activists Invited for Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards Deadline: February 29, 2012 A program of the Colin Higgins Foundation, the Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards...
Driven to Distraction: Food, chemicals and child behavior
Driven to Distraction: Food, chemicals and child behavior Join IATP’s Healthy Food Action and the American Nurses Association for a webinar: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12 noon eastern / 11:00...
Eli Segal AmeriCorps Fellowship
AmeriCorps Alumni Sought for Prestigious Eli Segal Fellowship Recently we announced the beginning of the search for the 2012-13 Eli Segal Fellow at the Corporation. I wanted to make sure that you...
Info Session: Master of Arts in Urban Studies
Eastern University provides an online hybrid Master of Arts in Urban Studies program with concentrations in Community Development, Youth Leadership, and the Arts in Transformation. Our purpose is to...
2012 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
2012 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award – Deadline for nominations is March 30, 2012 The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member...
Newman Civic Fellows Program
Newman Civic Fellows Recommendations – Deadline to apply Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The deadline has been extended to February 28th. In 2011, Campus Compact launched its first...
Supporting English Language Learners
Supporting English Language Learners Thursday, February 9 at 1:00 PM EST Engage and motivate English language learning and development. Learn how to create a supportive environment, use...
Green Teacher Webinars
Upcoming Green Teacher Webinars Starting next week, our webinar series resumes for 2012 with nine new dates/topics announced through March—please find details below. You can sign up for these...
Youth Development’s 100 Year Legacy: Lessons to shape future research and practice
Youth Development’s 100 Year Legacy: Lessons to shape future research and practice DATE: February 13, 2012 TIME: 12:30-2:00 EST, 11:30-1:00 CST, 10:30-12:00 MST, 9:30-11:00 PST COST: Free, but...
Equitable Strategies for Growing Urban Agriculture Webinar
Equitable Strategies for Growing Urban Agriculture Webinar February 16, 2012 11 – 12 (PST); 2 – 3 (EST) A vibrant movement is afoot in cities across the country − farmers,...
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