When:  Wednesday December 4th
Time:  10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Where:  543 State St. Camden, NJ 08102
Contact:  856-365-4673
RSVP:  http://www.tfaforms.com/306131

Take a tour!
Meet our staff and youth!
Meet our board!

Bring a toy or jacket to help our youth give back to North Camden!

The Open House is an opportunity for us to share our mission of healing communities by creating safe pathways through which we own our histories and discover new choices.  We use education, technology and entrepreneurship to partner  with young men and women as they identify and earn a sustainable future. We will be looking for new community partners and stakeholders  that can support Hopeworks as we seize the opportunity to heal and thrive in the midst of violence and poverty.

About Norris Square Neighborhood Project

Norris Square Neighborhood Project promotes positive change through youth education, community leadership, green space, the arts and the celebration of Latino culture. Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP), a non-profit, community-driven, bilingual learning center in North Philadelphia that offers innovative youth and community programming including after school programs for youth K-8th grades, arts and media programs for youth 14 and up, urban gardening and a year round CSA for community residents of all age, is seeking an experienced Development Coordinator. For information on programs go to http://www.myneighborhoodproject.org.

Position Description: The Development Coordinator will work in collaboration with the Director of Development to manage development activities including: individual donors, communications, and fundraising events while actively engaging board, staff and volunteers in these efforts. The position is full–‐time, M–‐F 10–‐6 with some weekend and weeknight commitments as well.

Communications: 1. Design, write text, and manage all communications efforts including winter and spring appeals, along with quarterly e-newsletters. 2. Create all NSNP marketing materials using Adobe Creative Suite Software, including standard pieces and special event pieces. 3. Update and maintain online communications including NSNP’s website and social media sites 4. Assist High School Youth Intern in developing and maintaining social media strategy.

Event-planning: 1. Assist in coordinating all activities related to NSNP’s major fundraising event, the festival de bambulaé including: recruiting event committee members, soliciting sponsors, coordinating logistics, and managing design and promotion of the event. 2. Conduct the full range of activities required for several other NSNP events including Cocktail Hours, Garden events, and Youth Showcases. 3. Create and submit documentation on development, progress and conclusion of any other event activities. 4. Submit financial accounting for special event activities.

Individual Donor Management: 1. Identify new prospects among existing donors and outside of NSNP. Solicit annual and incremental gifts from current donors and prospects. 2. Develop and implement strategies for the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual major donors and prospects. 3. Develop expert familiarity with programmatic offerings; maintain current knowledge of key developments in NSNP programming as they occur. Maintain working knowledge of programmatic Norris Square Neighborhood

Project – Development Coordinator Description priorities and funding opportunities for donors. 4. Maintain department and donor files. 5. Manage donor acknowledgement process (thank you letter production, copying, mailing, and filing). 6. Track, maintain, and acknowledge in-kind donations.

Requirements/Preferred Experience: High or fluent Spanish language proficiency preferred Experience in the Latino community Excellent writing skills Ability to balance multiple projects 2 years of previous event-planning and /or related fundraising experience Interest and familiarity with nonprofit development, particularly engaging individual donors Energetic communication as well as confidence in speaking in public Passion for youth leadership development/social justice Graphic design skills associated with the creation of marketing material. Benefits: Competitive Compensation with dental and medical insurance offered after a three‐month period.

Please submit a resume and cover letter to Megan Barnes, Director of Development at megan@myneighborhoodproject.org by November 18th. In the subject line, please label Development Coordinator. Please submit any questions about the position via email to the same address.

To give you some more background, it’s a two step process. The first is identifying and training volunteers on how to complete the process. The second part is the actual survey period, which typically takes 4-6 weeks, working 3-4 shifts a week with about 20-25 volunteers.  We will be surveying up to 650 households in Logan. The homes are selected at random with the goal of gathering 263 surveys (out of the 650 homes). Ideally, we’d like 10 groups of 2 people to conduct the surveys. Volunteers that speak the languages prevalent in the neighborhood are a plus. We will have surveys translated into Spanish and Chinese.

The more volunteers we mobilize, the more homes we will be able to address per week. Provided we get the numbers we need, we hope to begin training in the next two weeks. The training is one day and survey shifts would begin that week. Shifts would be either 2pm-5pm or 3pm-6pm during three days of the week, and 10am-3pm on Saturdays. Ideally, we’d like volunteers to be available on a consistent basis for 6 weeks (excluding holidays) for one of all of the shifts.

Please don’t hesitate to call me at 215-302-1604, ext 103 if you have any questions or if you need additional information.

Cicely Peterson-Mangum
cicely@logancdc.org

On behalf of the Faith Advisory Board of Philadelphia FIGHT,
Bishop Ernest McNear, Vice President
Jane Shull, Executive Director
Calenthia S. Dowdy, Director of Faith Initiatives

Invite you, your family, and members of your faith community to join us for our annual Prayer Breakfast Saturday morning November 30, 2013 at the Radisson Blu-Warwick Hotel, 220 S. 17th Street     8-10 a.m.

Over 30,000 people live with HIV in Philadelphia. What does this mean for communities of faith?  Join us as we dialogue, pray, and renew our commitment to combating HIV in our congregations and in our city.

Special Guests include:
Rev. Dr. J. Louis Felton of Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ -Keynote

Prayer Ensemble:
Rev. Jay B. Broadnax of Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church
Rev. Dr. Claudio Carvalhaes of Lutheran Theological Seminary, Phila.
Ruth Naomi Floyd, Vocalist/Composer – Psalmist
Minister Rodney Muhammad of Mosque No.12 Islam

And music by the True Gospel Tabernacle Gospel Choir

We hope you’ll join us!

R.S.V.P. Jalina Evans at jevans@fight.org or (215) 985.4448 ext. 169

Do you have a great idea for a project that would help women, girls, and families in our region? Could you put $15,000 to work improving your community?

Women for Social Innovation is now accepting applications for the 6th annual Turning Point Prize of $15,000!

http://womensway.org/grantmaking/turning-point-prize

The Turning Point Prize is seed money given annually to an emerging “social innovator” who develops a creative and entrepreneurial solution to a difficult problem affecting a segment of women, girls, and families.

Pre-application INFORMATION SESSIONS will be:

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 – 5pm
(123 S. Broad Street, 8th Floor Conference Room B)

Please RSVP to Jennifer Leith at jleith@womensway.org

Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on January 17, 2014. The winner will be announced on May 8, 2014, at the annual WOMEN’S WAY Powerful Voice Awards Dinner.

Since 1994, The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) has been the premier national, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and other issues related to academic (curriculum-based) service- learning and community-engaged scholarship in higher education. The Michigan Journal, published by the University of Michigan’s Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, contributes to the national dialogue on community engagement.

We are pleased to announce that the Fall Issue (Volume 20 Number 1) of The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning is about to be released. The yearly subscription rate for Volume 20, which includes both the Fall and Spring issues (released respectively in November, 2013 and April, 2014), is $29.00. Shipping is included in the price except for Canada ($5) and International addresses ($20).

Volume 20 Number 1 includes the following articles:

–   Community as Teacher Model: Health Profession Students Learn Cultural Safety from an Aboriginal Community (Cathy Cline, William Godolphin, Gagun Chhina, and Angela Towle)
–   The Relationship between Service-Learning and Degree Completion (Kelly Lockeman and Lynn Pelco)
–   Act Local or Global?: Comparing Student Experiences in Domestic and International Service-Learning Programs (Elizabeth Niehaus and Lena Kavaliauskas Crain)
–   Do University Communications About Campus-Community Partnerships Reflect Core Engagement Principles? (Christy Kayser Arrazattee, Marybeth Lima, and Lisa Lunday)
–   Book Review Essays, including one by Dwight Giles, University of Massachusetts Boston and and Janet Eyler, Vanderbilt University, as well as one by Darcy Lear, University of Chicago.

To learn more and place an order:

http://ginsberg.umich.edu/mjcsl/

Thank you for your support of the Michigan Journal.

This webinar will highlight the Coalition for Community School’s upcoming report, The Convergence of Community Schools and Expanded Learning Opportunities. The report captures the scope and nature of community schools implementing various expanded learning opportunity (ELO) strategies, and the state-of-the-art ELO practices that are being implemented across the community schools field.

Speakers include:
Reuben Jacobson, Senior Associate for Research & Strategy, Coalition for Community Schools
Julia Baez, Senior Director of Education Initiatives, Family League of Baltimore (Baltimore, MA)
Laoise King, Vice President of Education Initiatives, United Way of Greater New Haven (New Haven, CT)

Please click here to register for this webinar
https://iel.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/register.pl?activity_id=ptbpsrz&user_id=

For more resources on expanded learning opportunities, visit http://www.communityschools.org/elo
—- The Wallace Foundation also offers a library of free resources at http://www.wallacefoundation.org.
Please feel free to contact Shama Jamal at jamals@iel.org for more information.

This family engagement peer network brings together district leaders from across the nation and provide the most up-to-date resources, professional development, and best practices to ultimately improve student achievement. Each year, the Network hosts a National Meeting and Learning Lab to discuss the Federal Landscape and introduce new research and its innovative applications. This year, the Network will be hosting a National Family and Community Engagement Conference.

We are looking forward to providing you with new tools and working together to engage the communities and families in your districts.

http://www.fcenetwork.iel.org/

http://www.dialogue4health.org/webforums/12_4_13.html

PA NEN invites you to submit a proposal of original research or a successful project/program you have implemented in your community. Applicable topics involve nutrition education efforts in PA regarding the low-income population. Other suitable topics will be considered. All accepted abstracts will be invited to share your information with conference attendees in the Resource Area.

http://www.panen.org/webform/abstract-submission-form-2014

Thursday, November 21st, 4:30 to 7:30 pm

Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building

Open to all classroom teachers, this evening will give you a first taste of PAFA’s Beyond the Paint exhibition and help us celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia. Tour the exhibition with staff, see artists in action in the galleries and work with staff on projects that can be incorporated into your classroom curriculum. Refreshments and teacher materials will be provided.

Free with your Teacher ID.

Call 215.391.4806 or email sholloran@pafa.org to register.

In 2012, 9,098 children/youth slept at least one night in emergency (EH) or transitional (TH) housing in Pennsylvania. Of children served by EH/TH programs, nearly 60% were under age six.

Given that this number includes only children/youth served by EH/TH housing programs – and not children/youth living doubled-up with family/friends or on the streets – it is a very conservative estimate of the number of children/youth experiencing homelessness in PA. This report offers a starting point for understanding the scope of childhood homelessness in Pennsylvania.

Additionally, it offers a preliminary understanding of the needs of children in EH/TH, and examination of the characteristics, challenges, and needs of children experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania.

The report is co-authored by PEC’s Visiting Scholar Dr. Staci Perlman of the University of Delaware, and PEC staff Joe Willard.

Read the report.

http://www.pec-cares.org/clientfolders/pdf/Childhood%20Homelessness%20in%20Pennsylvania%20Full%20Report.pdf

Eager to play a more active role in combating the multiple crises plaguing many inner-city neighborhoods, a committee comprised of representatives of African-centered Black professional organizations is convening a Town Hall Meeting, Friday, November 22, 7:00 – 9:30 P.M. at Resurrection Community Methodist Church, 6200 Dicks Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. The theme for the Town Hall Meeting is – State of the Emergency in Black Philadelphia: Time to Heal Black Families and Communities.

Working in conjunction with the New York-based Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), the Philadelphia Chapters of the National Association of Black Social Workers, Association of Black Psychologists, Black Psychiatrists of America, International Association of Black Professional Firefighters, National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice and Black Administrators in Child Welfare will engage a discussion of additional solutions to the economic underdevelopment, mis-education, neglect, drugs, crime, violence, fratricide and mass incarceration in distressed/marginalized Black neighborhoods. The organizations are affiliated with IBW’s Black Family Summit which is convened by Leonard Dunston, President Emeritus, National Association of Black Social Workers.

The Town Hall Meeting will be an opportunity to garner support for a Philadelphia-wide conference on these issues to be convened in March of 2014. A similar conference was held in 2012 but organizers hope to broaden the base by encouraging many more organizations to participate in the planning and implementation. The ultimate goal is to achieve greater cooperation, collaboration and coordination among organizations and agencies engaged in solving the crises afflicting Black neighborhoods.

A stellar panel of local and national speakers has been assembled to share experiences and to offer recommendations to address the crises: Susan L. Taylor, former Editorial Editor, Essence Magazine and Founder, National Cares Mentoring Movement; Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Host, Our World with Black Enterprise; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, President Emeritus, Bennett College for Women; George Fraser, Chairman/CEO, FraserNet, Inc.; Bilal Qayyum, Presient, The Father’s Day Rally Committee, Inc.; Chad Lassiter, President, Black Men at Penn School of Social Work; Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Founder, Mothers in Charge, Inc.; and, Shondell Revell, Deputy Managing Director, City of Philadelphia will share the stage at the Town Hall Meeting. The Rev. Dr. Michael T. Tyson, Pastor of Resurrection Community Methodist Church will serve as Host. Several Black elected officials and community leaders have been invited.

Commenting on the importance of the Town Hall Meeting, Rev. Dr. Tyson remarked: “We think a Town Hall Meeting of this caliber with so many bright minds can be a blessing to the entire City as well as the Southwest Philadelphia community where our Church is located. Hopefully, more people will be encouraged to become actively involved in working together to find solutions to problems.”

Lois Hayman-El, President of the Philadelphia Alliance of Black Social Workers, believes the Town Hall Meeting will be an excellent vehicle to enlist the support of community based organizations, leaders and concerned people to organize a productive Conference in March. “We are determined to build stronger bonds of unity and collaboration between Black professional organizations and community based groups on the front lines of the struggle to combat violence and fratricide in our neighborhoods”, said Hayman-El.

Bilal Quayyam, who has long worked on these issues, said: “I welcome the opportunity to work more closely with organizations and agencies that can bring additional human and material resources to aid in healing our communities. There is enough work to go around for everybody.”

Under the leadership of veteran social and political activist Dr. Ron Daniels, IBW plans to work with leaders in communities across the country to sponsor Town Hall Meetings to address what the organization calls a “State of Emergency in America’s Dark Ghettos.” The Philadelphia gathering is the first in this series. WURD 900 AM will broadcast the Town Hall Meeting live.

http://ibw21.org/events/soe-philly/

The OMG Center is publishing a series of Issue Briefs highlighting lessons from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Community Partnerships portfolio evaluation. In the Issue Briefs, we share the results of the investment and provide tangible examples of how communities approached the goal of improving postsecondary completion.

The first Issue Brief, Building Commitment to a Postsecondary Systems Change Agenda, focuses on how the partnerships built public awareness, deepened relationships with partner organizations, and engaged community leaders to implement their initiatives.

http://omgcenter.org/knowledge_center/issuebriefs/the_community_partnerships_issue_briefs_series

We hope you consider this Issue Brief as a useful tool, and please feel free to share it with your colleagues and professional networks.

The Earthwatch Institute offers educators fully funded fellowships for hands-on learning with leading scientists doing field research and conservation on projects around the world. Maximum award: fully funded fellowship. Eligibility: elementary, middle, and high school educators and administrators of any discipline. Deadline: two weeks after educator-interest application is submitted; ultimate deadline May 1, 2014.

http://earthwatch.org/education/teacher-fellowships

Volunteer Financial Coaches will work one on one with Clarifi clients seeking to reach personal financial goals. Volunteer coaches will help clients gain personal financial management skills as well as engage and motivate clients to stay on track towards their goals. The volunteer financial coach will receive comprehensive training in financial coaching which will provide the tools and skills needed to guide a client in developing an action plan to reach their financial goals and achieve financial stability. Volunteers should have a desire to learn coaching concepts and an ability to remain positive and culturally sensitive.

Volunteer Responsibilities:
•    Able to commit to 6 months in the program, volunteering a few hours each month
•    Work with one (or two) Clarifi clients relating to their personal financial goals involving debt, credit and savings
•    Maintain unconditional positive regard for the client, and at all be times supportive and non-judgmental of the client, their views, lifestyle and aspirations
•    Assist clients in resolving current financial situations while shifting the focus to long-term proactive financial management and stability
•    Evaluate and report outcomes of the process, using prescribed reporting procedures to ensure the relationship is successful and to help identify best practices

Interested Volunteers should contact Caroline Ezzo (cezzo@clarifi.org) or Thomas Revelle (trevelle@clarifi.org).

Additionally, we will share our individual stories in service through mid-year reflections and get to know our VISTA colleagues a little better.

If you are an AmeriCorps*VISTA member serving in an education-related field, please join us!

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TD-b51J6qnWjo2ctE9MZMs5eaWxvo4ONbCawXZBo39E/viewform

The PHENND University Partners Meeting is a new initiative that brings university, nonprofit, and school-based practitioners together around common themes.  Goals for this and all future K-16 University Partners meetings are:

– provide practitioners with “take aways” (e.g. ideas you can adapt for use in your own programs)
– exposure to new and innovative programs and practices
– introduction to key School District personnel

Presenters and “take aways” for this meeting will be:
How to engage older youth in early literacy
Jan Steinberg, retired teacher and founder of Literacy Corps.  Literacy Corps engaged older youth in addressing both their own literacy as well as those of younger children

How to support parent involvement in early literacy
Representatives from the Philadelphia Writing Project at Penn will talk about an initiative at W. D. Kelley School (also a PHENND AmeriCorps*VISTA project site) to create small groups of parents working on supporting early literacy strategies in the home.  Speakers will be Michele Bell, teacher at the Powell School in West Philadelphia, and Mattie Davis, teacher at the William Dick School in North Philadelphia.

Doria Mitchell from the School District’s Office of Early Childhood Education will provide an update on District initiatives and strategies.

Attendees will have the chance to ask questions to all presenters, network with peers and obtain concrete information on early literacy strategies.

Who should attend?
•    University faculty, staff and students who work with young children (pre-K through 3rd grade) as well as those working with older youth and families but who are interested in engaging them in early literacy.
•    Non-profits and community programs focused on early literacy who are interested in partnerships with colleges and universities
•    K-12 teachers, administrators and staff interested in community partnerships for early literacy

We hope you will join us. Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wD1T9I9z54_BZI3IhqhsGNHhHbSXjUub47_ZpQCfc04/viewform

RSVP BY November 27  AT NOON TO DON MCKINNEY at dmckinney7@verizon.net.

Note the early deadline to RSVP due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Include your school, the grade(s) and the subject(s) you teach. Join us for a meal, professional development and conversation with other math and science teachers from across the city.

And it’s all free.  Dinner is provided so bring your appetite.

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA TEACHERS WHO ATTEND WILL RECEIVE ACT 48 CREDIT.

All math and science teachers, grades K-12, in Philly are welcome.  In addition we welcome pre-service math and science teachers and out-of-school-time staff interested in learning more about STEM and interacting with classroom teachers.

The Forum is held at the United Way Building, 1709 Ben Franklin Parkway.  PARKING:  You can now park in the garage at the Sheraton Hotel for $5 for three hours.  The Sheraton is located between Race and Vine, with entry to the garage from either 16th St. or 17th St.  It’s less than a block from the United Way Building.  Get a sticker from the receptionist at the United Way when you come to the Forum.  Pay at the garage when you leave. NOTE:  We hope you will come, but if you RSVP, please honor that by actually attending.  Funds we use for your meal could otherwise be used to fund resources for your classrooms.

December Professional Development (You will choose one session):

Science:   Inquiry and Literacy, Inseparable in the Elementary Classroom

Together we will dive into an investigation of a common material and a phenomenon it frequently exhibits.  Then we will connect it to a book that at first seems unrelated, reflect on inquiry and the elementary student, share classroom strategies and explore other ways to think about incorporating literacy seamlessly into science learning. Susan Holmes will present. You know her from 20 years at the Franklin Institute, but she is now working with the NJ Academy for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium.  Please update her contact information!   susan.holmes.0@gmail.com or phone: 610-623-7692.

Science:  Science and Literature

Teachers will read the children’s book “Make Way for Ducklings”  and create science lessons based on the story.

Teachers will:

• Learn about the characteristics of birds

• Perform a simple experiment to determine why birds need to preen themselves

• Observe feathers under a hand lens

• Learn about bird bones

• Learn how to make 3 dimensional graphic organizers called Foldables ™

• Record findings in Science Notebooks

The Workshop  is geared towards those who teach K-4th grade. Anita Brooke Dupree will present.

Math:  Bringing Research into the Classroom: Addressing Misconceptions with Worked Examples

The use of worked example problems, not to be confused with working out an example, gives students and teachers an opportunity to do math in a different way by showing students a completed problem and asking them questions to deeper their understanding of mathematics.  This idea has been researched in classrooms and has shown increased learning.  Also aligned with the Common Core, these strategies can be applied to any topic in your own classroom!  The majority of research has been completed in Algebra 1 classrooms, though time will be devoted to discussing how this strategy can apply to elementary, middle, and higher level mathematics as well! Karin Lange will present.