The week of
October 19, 2015
PHENND Events/Activities
Call for Workshops: PHENND Conference: Green Schools, Communities, and Campuses
PHENND
We are looking for individuals who plan on attending the PHENND CONFERENCE: “Green Schools, Communities, and Campuses,” to be held Friday, February 26, 2016 to design and lead paper presentations...
Other Local Events and Workshops
Secondary Trauma & Self Care: A Workshop for Nonprofit Workers
Blue Door Group
“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.” – Rachel...
Experiential Learning: Theory & Practice
Blue Door Group
Experiential Learning: Theory & Practice Monday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 17 6:00-8:30 pm Click here for more information or to register. &mc_eid=1f1e81aa64#!gathering/ciht Get...
Breakfast with the Stars: Branding and Messaging Edition
Here's My Chance
Breakfast with the Stars: Branding and Messaging Edition Tuesday, November 10 | 9:00 to 11:00 Parkway Central Library | 4th Floor | Skyline Room During this robust panel presentation we will...
Prioritizing Donor Relations and Creating a Culture of Gratitude
Free Library of Philadelphia
It’s About Behavior-Prioritizing Donor Relations and Creating a Culture of Gratitude Thursday, November 5 | 1:00 to 2:00 Parkway Central Library | Ground Floor | Tech Lab Join us at the...
Funding Your Education: Electronic Resources for Scholarships
Free Library of Philadelphia
Funding Your Education: Electronic Resources for Scholarships Monday, November 2| 6:00 to 7:00 Parkway Central Library | 4th Floor | Room 405 In this workshop you will learn how to access...
Energy Smart Schools, Wind Energy & Solar Photovoltaics
School District of Philadelphia
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP I: Energy Smart Schools, Wind Energy & Solar Photovoltaics Saturday, October 24, 2015 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Hosted by School District of Philadelphia...
Teacher PD: Homeostasis and Negative Feedback
University of Pennsylvania
You are invited to a free PD session on Saturday, October 24, 9-12 AM. Our PD will include: · Homeostasis and Negative Feedback – Concepts and Breathing Experiments (an analysis and discussion...
High Stakes Testing: Envisioning Alternatives & Planning Next Steps
URBAN Philly
CONVENING ON HIGH STAKES TESTING: ENVISIONING ALTERNATIVES & PLANNING NEXT STEPS Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EDT) Kiva Auditorium, Ritter Annex, Temple University 1301...
Engaging Families, Schools, and Community Partners
Foundations
PEER NETWORKING MEETING: Engaging Families, Schools, and Community Partners Join us for a great conversation about ways to attract and involve key community stakeholders in support of your OST...
Seeing Through the Lens of Creativity
Teacher2Teacher
I hope you’re doing well and your school year is off to a great start. I wanted to invite you to an upcoming event on October 29th, 2015 from 5-8:30 pm. Seeing Through the Lens of Creativity is...
Work Readiness Workshop for young people
Montgomery County
Do you need a job this holiday season? The program can prepare you for great employment opportunities with partnering employers! We provide assistance to qualifying teens and young adults between...
Cocktails With a Conscience
Repair the World
Cocktails With a Conscience is only a few days away! As our new cohort of Fellows begins to call Philly home, we can’t think of a better topic to discuss at this month’s event than...
Level Up College and Resource Fair
PhillyGoes2College
PhillyGoes2College is proud to present the Level Up Fair. The Fair will connect Philadelphia residents to resources that will allow them to take their education or career to the next level,...
Mothers On a Mission: Raising a Young Black Man in America
Black Male Development Symposium
Arcadia University will play host to a powerful panel discussion that will be lead by three dynamic women . ‘Mothers On a Mission: Raising a Young Black Man in America’ is coming to the Glenside,...
Rock the Vote themed PhilaSoup
PhilaSoup
Join education non-profit organization PhilaSoup on Sunday, November 8 from 3 – 5 PM at Oxford Mills for our Fall Soup with the theme, “Rock” the Vote. As with all of our soup...
Plan to Give
PhilaSoup
Plan to Give Saturday, October 24, 2015 9:30am 1:30pm Hosted by EPIP Philadelphia Giving Circle & The Spruce Foundation Are you interested in learning more about ways to contribute to the causes...
Green City Teachers Basic Training
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Green City Teachers Basic Training Come play with plants and get credit for it! Learn about gardening, greening and the environment, and how to incorporate it into classroom or after-school...
Drumbeat Facilitator Training
BuildABridge International
November 6-8. DRUMBEAT® 3-Day Facilitator Training Program. DRUMBEAT is an early intervention program for “at-risk” youth and adults. We use a unique approach, drawing metaphors and...
Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania Tenth Anniversary
Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania
The Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its founding, on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2015, at Penbrook United Church of Christ, 56 Banks Street, Penbrook, PA...
Flip the Script Before it Flips You
Just Act
Flip the Script Before it Flips You Wednesday nights, 6-10pm November 11, November 18, December 2, December 9, December 16, 2015 Geared towards individuals seeking new facilitation skills, and an...
University-Assisted Community Schools: Advancing the Model Locally and Globally
University of Pennsylvania
Ira Harkavy and the staff of the Netter Center are pleased to let you know that registration has opened for our December 3-4 conference on “University-Assisted Community Schools: Advancing the...
New Resources
Engaged Faculty Institute Curriculum
Community Campus Partnerships for Health
California Campus Compact, Campus Compact of the Mountain West, and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health are very excited to announce the release of the Engaged Faculty Institute (EFI)...
Report from Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation
Ira Harkavy, Founding Director of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, and Vice Chair of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering...
Community Cleanup Resource Guide
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful
Last year, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful released its first Community Cleanup Resource Guide. Our goal was to collect, in one place, information about City government and nonprofit initiatives designed...
Rethinking Preparation for Work: A Civic-Enriched Liberal Education
Association of American Colleges and Universities
AAC&U Peer Review Summer 2015, Vol. 17, No. 3 Rethinking Preparation for Work: A Civic-Enriched Liberal Education In a world where college graduates spend the majority of their public lives...
Student Centered Policy Solutions for College Completion
National College Access Network
NCAN Releases New Policy Report NCAN and partner organizations, NASFAA, Ed Trust, and the Urban Institute, joined together to answer a simple question: What are policy wins that we can be implemented...
United Way’s Holiday Network
Join United Way’s Holiday Network AGENCIES Do you need volunteers to work with your organization over the holidays? Are you in need of specific items for your organization this holiday season?...
Collection of Anti-Bullying Resources
TES
Teach your kids how to prevent bullying whether it happens at recess or online. With these resources, your students will learn strategies to help them feel safe in any environment. We’d like to...
Partnerships Classifieds
2nd Annual Generosity Series 5K
West Philadelphia Alliance for Children
Join WePAC as we participate in the 2nd Annual Generosity Series 5K! Last year 26 runners raised over $17,000 for children’s literacy and libraries in Philadelphia. This year we hope to beat...
volunteers needed, Philly Watersheds
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Keep It Clean! Help us protect our city’s waterways from pollution by placing storm drain markers Storm drain marking is an ideal volunteer project for any civic organization, school or church...
Grant Opportunities
Urban Forestry Projects
Arbor Day Foundation
TD Bank and Arbor Day Foundation Invites Applications for Urban Forestry Projects TD Bank and the Arbor Day Foundation are accepting applications to TD Green Streets, a grant program that will offer...
Children’s Book Awards
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Invites Entries for Children’s Book Awards The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is accepting submissions from publishers for the twenty-seventh annual Ezra Jack Keats New...
Grants for Professional Videos
PHILO Project
The PHILO Project Now Accepting Applications October 1 – October 31, 2015 for January – June 2016 The PHILO Project, the local nonprofit that produces free, high quality professional...
Scaling Reading Success
AARP Foundation
AARP Foundation received a 2015 Social Innovation Fund Classic grant and has released an RFP targeting 19 states (highlighted below). AARP Foundation’s SIF funding will seek to evaluate and expand...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Associate Director, Civic House
University of Pennsylvania
Join the Civic House team! Earlier in the summer we needed to temporarily suspend our search for a new Associate Director. We just re-posted the position. Civic House at the University of...
Lacrosse coach, Young Quakers Community Athletics
University of Pennsylvania
We are looking for a passionate leader to coach the 6th-8th grade boys lacrosse team at Comegys University Assisted Community School. Young Quakers is a unique opportunity to work with both Penn...
Program Manager, PreK-3 Alignment
School District of Philadelphia
Program Manager, PreK-3 Alignment The School District of Philadelphia Job Summary Coordinates, implements and monitors activities to enhance and align the preK to Grade 3 learning experience in...
Trainer, Nutrition Education
School District of Philadelphia
Trainer, Nutrition Education – Implements training programs for students, educational and administrative staff and parents. Provides awareness of the concepts of nutrition education to develop...
Youth Coordinator, Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative
Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative
Position: Youth Coordinator (DFC) Department: SEPC Reports To: SEPC Director Status: Part-time Hours of Work: Three weekdays from 2pm to 5pm, additional hours weekdays 9am – 5pm. Some evening...
Miscellaneous
Strategies for Growing and Scaling Organizations
Unite for Sight
Strategies for Growing and Scaling Organizations October 20, 4-5pm Eastern Time Register at Learn from leading experts about strategies for growing and scaling organizations. The webinar will...
Civic Engagement as Workforce Development
California Campus Compact
Civic Engagement as Workforce Development – Registration Deadline is October 23, 2015 A recent report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce (2015) indicates that the US...
IMPACT Conference webinar
IMPACT Conference
Join members of the IMPACT Conference planning committee & board as ACPA’s Commission for Student Involvement (CSI) hosts an evening Webinar with IMPACT on Tuesday, October 20th at 8pm...
Parent Engagement Strategies
National College Access Network
NCAN Webinar to Discuss Parent Engagement Strategies Join us on Tuesday, October 27 from 2-3:15pm EST and listen in as NCAN Member I Know I Can staff discuss the philosophy behind Blueprint:College,...
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