The week of
April 09, 2012
PHENND Events/Activities
2012-2013 Scholars in Service to PA Campuses Announced
2012-2013 Scholars in Service to PA Campuses Announced I am pleased to announce the 2012-2013 host campuses of the Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania program! Scholars in Service to PA is an...
Other Local Events and Workshops
De la Siembra a la Cosecha: celebrate urban gardening and culture
De la Siembra a la Cosecha: celebrate urban gardening and culture! Vengan a los jardines (come to the gardens)! Celebrate the opening of Norris Square Neighborhood Project’s vibrant, colorful,...
IMPACT Basketball Tournament
Arcadia University Hosts IMPACT Basketball Tournament to Benefit International Peace Organization, April 18 Arcadia University hosts IMPACT’s first annual Hoops for Hope, a 3 vs. 3 Basketball...
Calling all Future Entrepreneurs
FREE Workshop Series hosted by LIFT-Philadelphia Calling all Future Entrepreneurs -by SCORE Take steps to start your own business Finance, manage, and grow your business Thursday, April 26, 2012...
Week of the Young Child Kickoff
Harcum College’s Early Childhood Education Program will host its first-ever kickoff event for the Week of the Young Child – an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the...
Helping Children with Grief and Loss
Workshop discusses impact of grief and loss on children, teens The Center for Grieving Children, Teens and Families will hold a workshop on Helping Children with Grief and Loss on Thursday, April...
2012 Early Childhood Conference
DVAEYC hosts early childhood conference The Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children will host its 2012 Early Childhood Conference with the theme, Family Matters: Engaging...
Internet Essentials Computer Classes
Internet Essentials FREE Computer Classes! Learn the skills you need to stay connected and successful in today’s high-tech times. Our one-day workshops will cover Internet Basics, Internet Safety,...
HIAS Pennsylvania’s 2012 Annual Fundraiser
The event is fast approaching! Sign up today for our Annual Event to ensure yourself a ticket! April 24th HYATT at the Bellevue 5:30-8:30 HIAS Pennsylvania’s 2012 Annual Fundraiser An Evening...
2012-2013 Scholars in Service to PA Campuses Announced
2012-2013 Scholars in Service to PA Campuses Announced I am pleased to announce the 2012-2013 host campuses of the Scholars in Service to Pennsylvania program! Scholars in Service to PA is an...
Crozer Library’s Employment Seminar Series
Crozer Library’s Spring Programs This month, the J. Lewis Crozer Library offers a number of interesting programs for adults. All programs are free and open to the public. Please register for all...
Junior Flower Show
Junior Flower Show April 27, 9:30 am – 3 pm Join us for the 2012 EarthFest, featuring the PHS Junior Flower Show, at the Ambler Campus of Temple University. This event attracts thousands of...
Give Kids Sight Day
Free eye checks and free glasses (if necessary) are available for children 18 and under at ‘Give Kids Sight Day’ taking place on Saturday, April 14th from 8:30am – 1:00pm at Jefferson...
Week of the Young Child Community Fair
Maternity Care Coalition’s Early Head Start Program first annual, Week of the Young Child Community Fair, which will be held on Friday, April 27th from 10-2pm. The Week of the Young Child™ is an...
Keystone STARS Career Night
Are you READY for some Career Lattice therapy? Keystone STARS Career Night A drop-in style event for early childhood and school age child care staff and directors. The Gershman Y 401 South Broad...
New Resources
Website: Global Early Childhood Education
Global Early Childhood Education Thanks for visiting Technology for a Global Early Childhood Education, a resource site for early childhood educators! This website was created in hopes of filling a...
Inside College Rankings: Limitations and Possibilities
NERCHE Releases New Working Paper on College Ranking Systems Co-authored by KerryAnn O’Meara (Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maryland, College Park) and Matthew...
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
Community-Engaged Scholarship Theme Journal Issue! We are delighted to announce that the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement is a thematic issue dedicated to:...
Consumer & Community Participation in Health & Medical Research
Fact Sheet Series on Consumer & Community Participation in Health & Medical Research! The fact sheet series is the latest product to be peer-reviewed and published through It contains 22...
YouTube: Live Streaming for Nonprofits
YouTube: Live Streaming for Nonprofits YouTube has just announced they will be giving all members of their nonprofit program (16,000 nonprofit organizations and counting) the ability to live stream...
Creating Pennsylvania’s Future through the Arts and Education
Arts in Education Initiative Report Released: Creating Pennsylvania’s Future through the Arts and Education – a project of the Education Policy and Leadership Center Through the work of a...
Rent-to-Own: Exploiting Baltimore’s Poor
Rent-to-Own: Exploiting Baltimore’s Poor, from the Abell Foundation, reports that consumers who buy from rent-to-own stores pay up to times more than at traditional retail stores and how the...
New Report Shines Light on Philadelphia Courts, Exposes Myths
REPORT: Philadelphia Courts among “best in country” New Report Shines Light on Philadelphia Courts, Exposes Myths A new report shows that Philadelphia courts are among the best in the country....
Late graduation better than GEDs
Better late than GED A new brief from the Center on Education Policy examines whether late graduation is worth the extra effort for students and their schools, finding the short answer to be yes....
Documentary: Hunger Hits Home
Hunger Hits Home Hunger Hits Home takes a first-hand look at the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the people on the frontlines of the battle – parents and children,...
Bank of PTA: Parents scramble to fill school budget gaps
Falling short While the National Parent Teacher Association doesn’t track how much money its five million members raise, interviews with dozens of schools and state PTAs confirm that as states...
Partnerships Classifieds
volunteers needed, 2012 Reading Olympics
Philadelphia READS plans 2012 Reading Olympics If you’ve ever watched Alex Trebek and thought, “Hey, I can do that!” then here is your chance. Philadelphia READS is seeking volunteers to be...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
YouthBuild USA Transformation Institute
YouthBuild USA Transformation Institute July 10-12, 2012, in New Orleans, LA The Transformation Institute is YouthBuild USA’s annual event open to YouthBuild program staff as well as other youth...
Public Health Service-Learning Workshop
Service-Learning Workshop, June 5-7 in Tucson! Gain knowledge and skills for addressing health disparities through service-learning during this unique professional development opportunity! Workshop...
Maximizing Community Contributions in Clinical & Translational Research
Call for Papers & Products on “Maximizing Community Contributions, Benefits, and Outcomes in Clinical & Translational Research.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships, &...
Call for Papers: Applied Research Forum for the Assets Field
CFED, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, invite you to submit research papers to be included in a...
Policy Summit: Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality
2012 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit: Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality June 28-29, 2012 Cleveland, Ohio Join us June 28 and 29 in Cleveland for the 10th annual Policy Summit,...
Re-Imagining Parks for 21st Century Cities
Greater & Greener Re-Imagining Parks for 21st Century Cities July 14-17, 2012 New York City The Ultimate Outdoor Classroom! When you hear “conference” do you think “dreary hotel room”?...
Organization of American Historians
Meet Us in Milwaukee Frontier Airlines Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wednesday, April 18 to Sunday, April 22, 2012 The Organization of American Historians and the National Council on Public History...
35th Annual National Food Policy Conference
NEW-The 35th Annual National Food Policy Conference will be held in Washington on May 17-19th. Discussion topics include: the progression of nutrition policy, antibiotics in our food supply, the...
Grant Opportunities
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
DOL offers $15m in HVRP grants The US Department of Labor has announced the availability of $15 million in grants through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program to provide job training services...
Gender-Responsive Human Service Delivery
Workshop series focuses on girls service delivery State and local jurisdictions throughout the country have begun to recognize that gender-specific programming may not equate to gender responsiveness...
MAC AIDS Fund: Food and Nutrition Funding
M·A·C AIDS Fund United States Community Grants Program Accepting Applications for Food and Nutrition Funding Deadline: May 4, 2012 The M·A·C AIDS Fund United States Community Grants Program...
Grassroots Environmental Campaigns
Patagonia Accepting Grant Applications for Grassroots Environmental Campaigns Deadline: April 30, 2012 Outdoor clothing and gear company Patagonia provides support for environmental work through...
World History Curriculum Grant Program
Social Science Research Council Announces New World History Curriculum Grant Program Deadline: May 31, 2012 The British Council and the Social Science Research Council have announced the launch of...
State Farm: Service-Learning Projects
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Invites Grant Applications for Service-Learning Projects Deadline: May 4, 2012 The State Farm Youth Advisory Board, a philanthropic program of State Farm, is accepting...
Community Economic Development (CED) Program
The Community Economic Development (CED) Program The Community Economic Development (CED) Program is a Federal program that awards grants for projects that create business development opportunities...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Summer Instructors, CCP TRIO Upward Bound
Community College of Philadelphia’s TRIO Upward Bound program housed in the Division of Adult and Community Education is hiring for part-time summer instructors to teach high school students in...
Associate Director, The Food Trust
Associate Director, The Food Trust Posted on: March 28, 2012 The Food Trust, founded in 1992, is a non-profit organization working to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food....
Development Associate, Neighborhood Interfaith Movement
Development Associate, Neighborhood Interfaith Movement Posted on: March 23, 2012 The Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM) began over 40 years ago as an organization devoted to interfaith dialogue...
Executive Director, Community Center at Visitation
Executive Director of the Community Center at Visitation Posted on: March 23, 2012 Executive Director of the Community Center at Visitation and the Visitation Community Outreach Foundation The...
Senior Case Manager, Project H.O.M.E.
Senior Case Manager, Project Posted on: March 27, 2012 SENIOR CASE MANAGER-ST. COLUMBA The primary responsibilities of the Senior Case Manager are to supervise Support Staff, provide assistance to...
Project Development/Grant Writing, Senior Adults for Greater Education
Consulting Opportunity for Project Development/Grant Writing Senior Adults for Greater Education (), a not-for-profit organization located in Richboro, PA, is seeking a consultant or contractor with...
General Foster Care Supervisor, A Second Chance, Inc
General Foster Care Supervisor, A Second Chance, Inc Posted on: March 26, 2012 Educational Requirements A Master’s Degree in Social Work or other human service discipline (sociology, psychology,...
Individual Giving Coordinator, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Individual Giving Coordinator, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Posted on: March 26, 2012 ORGANIZATION SUMMARY: Inspire * Transform * Build * Sustain The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has been...
Institutional Giving Manager, Fairmount Park Conservancy
Institutional Giving Manager, Fairmount Park Conservancy Posted on: March 26, 2012 The Fairmount Park Conservancy, in partnership with the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, seeks an...
Bilingual Youth Organizer
Position: Bilingual Youth Organizer Responsible To: Executive Director Job description: The Bilingual Youth Organizer will be...
Intern, Great Philly Schools Project
URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION JOB DESCRIPTION POSITION: Intern, Great Philly Schools Project DEPARTMENT: Youth Division REPORTS TO: Director of the Youth Division/ Program...
Group Leader, Walking the Walk
Walking the Walk Job Description: Group Leader, 2012 – 2013 BACKGROUND Walking the Walk is an interfaith youth service learning initiative of the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia. ...
VISTA College Access Coordinator, Temple University
Americorps VISTA Position: College Access Coordinator The VISTA member will play a key role in coordinating the Diamond College Access program through Temple University’s Community Learning...
Executive Director, Princeton Community Housing
Executive Director Princeton Community Housing · Princeton, NJ · Posted on March 2 Princeton Community Housing (PCH), a non-profit entity whose mission is to provide, manage, and advocate...
Executive Director, Bridges Project Medical Case Manager
Bridges Project Medical Case Manager (Part-time 10- 15 hrs. per week) Executive Director POSITION SUMMARY: ASIAC (Formerly AIDS Services in Asian Communities), a program partner of the Urban Affairs...
Miscellaneous
How Cities Can Use Federal Meals Programs to Reduce Child Hunger and Obesity
NLC Webinar on How Cities Can Use Federal Meals Programs to Reduce Child Hunger and Obesity Wednesday, April 18, 2:30-3:30 Eastern Time As communities experience growing childhood hunger and reports...
Multi-hazard Planning for Child Care
FEMA offers free course on emergency preparedness for childcare centers The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers free on-line independent study courses relating to disaster management. The...
Quiet Innovation for Healthy School Food
We invite you to join us for these dynamic discussions: Quiet Innovation for Healthy School Food April 16, 2012 · 1:00-2:00 central · Webinar Hear from leaders in large urban school districts that...
Doctors in Parks: A Prescription for Health
The NRPA/NASPD/NPS Children in Nature Committee Presents a Free Webinar Doctors in Parks: A Prescription for Health A free webinar for parks and health professionals, and anyone supporting physical...
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