The week of

April 17, 2017

Other Local Events and Workshops

Marketing: A Recipe for Survival

Free Library of Philadelphia

Marketing: A Recipe for Survival Tuesday, April 25 | 10:00 – 12:00 Parkway Central | 4th Floor | Room 407 This workshop will provide valuable insights and help nonprofits develop a marketing...

Demystifying Consulting

Free Library of Philadelphia

Demystifying Consulting Wednesday, April 19 | 10:00 – 12:00 Parkway Central | 4th Floor | Room 407 A consulting project is a major investment for any nonprofit. Being well-informed about the...

Out of School Time Recruitment Fair

Congreso de Latinos Unidos

Congreso is currently hiring staff to work part time in our elementary, middle and high school afterschool programs. We are looking for awesome adults who want to make an impact on the lives of our...

March for Science: Post March Pop UP

The Green Program

March for Science: Post March Pop UP​ ​#Beersforscience​ April 22, 2017 | 2 – 5PM La Peg at Fringe Arts, 140 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA Join The GREEN Program...

Global Solutions Lab: Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Eliminating Poverty

Global Solutions Lab

Global Solutions Lab Sustainable Development, Human Rights, & Design for Eliminating Extreme Poverty by 2030 June 18-26, 2017 United Nations, NY & Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA •...

Manager of Public Affairs, Philadelphia School Partnership

Philadelphia School Partnership

Organization Summary The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) works to give every child in America’s fifth largest city the opportunity to attend a great school. We invest philanthropic funds in...

Spring Clean Your Finances

Clarifi

Spring Clean Your Finances BOOT CAMP Does your spending need some trimming? Spring is a time to take action and get things in order. Why not do the same with your money? Let’s work together to...

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

University of Pennsylvania

Locking Up Our Own Crime and Punishment in Black America Featuring James Forman, Jr. Yale Law School Moderator: Camille Z. Charles (Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social...

Job Search Boot Camp

Lutheran Settlement House

Lutheran Settlement House PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM UPCOMING EVENTS JOB SEARCH BOOT CAMP A four-session crash course covering everything participants need to get a job Monday, April 24 to...

arts and writing programs for youth

Mighty Writers

Teen Actors! Night of ONE-ACTS! 3 sessions May 16, 23, 30 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Ages 14-7 This workshop is designed to cast actors and rehearse to perform during the night of ONE-ACTS on May 30....

Merchants of Doubt Film Screening

Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership

You are invited to the following event: Merchants of Doubt Film Screening Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT) La Salle...

NExT Philadelphia 2nd Annual State of Education

Urban League of Philadelphia

On Wednesday, April 26th NExT Philadelphia, the young professional affiliate of the Urban League of Philadelphia, will host a State of Education event at the School District of Philadelphia, from 6pm...

Information Session for nonprofit pro bono consulting

Compass Philly

Compass pro bono consulting opportunity for nonprofits – application now open RSVP for an information session to be held May 2nd at the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Compass’ mission is...

Early Childhood Education Career and Opportunities Fair

Mayor’s Office of Education

Join the Mayor’s Office of Education and learn how to get to the next level in your Early Childhood Education career! Thu, May 18, 2017 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT LOCATION Public Health Management...

Be a Food Psychologist

Hungry Education

Be a Food Psychologist Sun, April 23, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Greensgrow Community Kitchen 2139 E. Cumerland Street Philadelphia, PA 19125 Why do we crave some foods, but fear others? Learn how taste,...

Within Walking Distance: Creating Liveable Communities For All

Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance

Within Walking Distance Author Phil Langdon speaks on the rise of walkable communities nationally. Interviewed by Inga Saffron, architecture critic for Philadelphia Inquirer Author Phil Langdon to be...

International House Spring Open House

International House

Thursday, April 20, 2017 3701 Chestnut Street 2pm to 6pm As the region’s center for international arts, culture, educational and residential activities, International House Philadelphia cordially...

Immersion Science Camp

Esperanza College

Immersion Science Camp June 26 @ 9:00 am – June 30 @ 1:00 pm Join us for a week of fun and science at FlyLab hosted by Esperanza College and Fox Chase Cancer Center and become a member of the...

Gardening Workshops for Spring 2017

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Gardening Workshops for Spring 2017 Please check back often for new workshop listings: How to Start a Sustainable Community Garden Series Learn what it takes to start a community garden and keep it...

What Makes a Superior Leader?

La Salle Nonprofit Center

What Makes a Superior Leader? Your skills and experience have prepared you to serve as an executive director or board leader. But education and experience don’t necessarily prepare us for the...

How to Launch a Legacy Program for Planned Giving

La Salle Nonprofit Center

How to Launch a Legacy Program for Planned Giving Most people are uncomfortable talking about death, making Planned Giving, or Legacy Giving as it is becoming more popularly known, one of the...

Breaking Down Walls: From Prison to Power

Mural Arts Philadelphia

The Goldring Reentry Initiative (GRI) and Mural Arts Restorative Justice Guild are pleased to invite you to Breaking Down Walls: From Prison to Power, on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 from 1-5 pm. This...

Career Pathways panel

AmeriCorps Alums Philadelphia Chapter

The Professional Development & Networking Committee of the AmeriCorps Alums Philadelphia Chapter invites you to attend a Career Pathways panel focused on the careers of AmeriCorps alums, the...

2016-2017 Superintendent’s Award Ceremony

School District of Philadelphia

2016-2017 Superintendent’s Award Ceremony Please join us in honoring the finalists for and recipient of the 2016-2017 School District of Philadelphia Superintendent’s Award for Outstanding...

Educating Health Professionals To Address The Social Determinants of Health

University of Pennsylvania

Educating Health Professionals To Address The Social Determinants of Health: The Final of a Three Part Series Highlights from the Organization Domain of the 2016 Institute of Medicine Report Health...

For Teachers: Summer Science Inquiry Institute

Riverbend Environmental Education Center

Riverbend Environmental Education Center and the Franklin Institute are proud to present the Summer Science Inquiry Institute, a week-long intensive program that immerses teachers in a program...

New Resources

Donor Communication Mini Guide

Network for Good

The Donor Communication Mini Guide How to build relationships and raise more money through strategic communications Set yourself up for long-term fundraising success by building relationships with...

Recommendations for Youth Aging Out of Child Welfare

Juvenile Law Center

Eight Recommendations for Homelessness Prevention for Youth Aging Out of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems Last week, Juvenile Law Center’s Child Welfare Policy Director Jennifer Pokempner...

Summer Melt Handbook

Harvard University

The SDP Summer Melt Handbook is a resource for education leaders interested in examining whether summer melt is occurring in their agency. The handbook not only serves to diagnose the phenomenon, but...

Differential Access to Books and School Librarians in Pennsylvania

Penn State University

Differential Access to Books and School Librarians in Pennsylvania Center for Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis Blogs from CEEPA APRIL 12, 2017 ~ DR. ED FULLER While there is not voluminous...

Report: Hard Choices Ahead for PA School Districts

Temple University

Hard Choices Ahead for PA School Districts A recent policy brief from the Center on Regional Politics, “Hard Choices Still Ahead,” forecasts the fiscal future for all 500 school districts in PA...

Sustainable Management Practices Graduate Certificate

Penn State Great Valley

Sustainable education designed for professional schedules Penn State Great Valley has designed a twelve-credit Sustainable Management Practices Graduate Certificate to meet the needs of working...

Failing Black Boys

Philadelphia Citizen

FAILING BLACK BOYS Philadelphia Citizen BY HILDERBRAND PELZER III APR. 10, 2017 The true cost of failing to meet the needs of black male students hit me several years ago, when I was principal of a...

Unleashing the power of endowments

Ford Foundation

Unleashing the power of endowments: The next great challenge for philanthropy by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation For the better part of two decades, the world of philanthropy has been...

Community Schools in Action

Oxford University Press

Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice Edited by Joy G. Dryfoos, Jane Quinn, and Carol Barkin Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice presents the...

Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers

Institute of Labor Economics

The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers by Seth Gershenson, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Constance A. Lindsay, Nicholas W. Papageorge (March 2017) Abstract: Black primary-school students matched to a...

Partnerships Classifieds

Sojourner Truth Walk

Camp Sojourner

Be part of the Sojourner Truth Walk on May 6! Walk in the footsteps of great women leaders by being part of the 5th annual Sojourner Truth Walk 5K on Saturday morning, May 6. WHEN: Saturday, May 6...

Summer Youth Interns available

Urban Affairs Coalition

Do you need a Summer Youth Intern? Do you remember your first job? The Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) is seeking worksite hosts for the Summer 2017 Youth Employment Program which provides paid summer...

mentors needed, Hoop Heroes

After-School All-Stars

Hoop Heroes is After-School All-Stars (ASAS) signature basketball and mentorship camp. Hoop Heroes offers co-ed basketball-based leadership and mentorship to our ASAS participants. During Hoop...

Tabling Opportunity: 2017 Connecting Communities BBQ/Block Party Health

Strength Alliance

The Strength Alliance is looking for organizations to table at our 2017 Connecting Communities BBQ/Block Party Health -Fair on April 23rd 2017 11am-5pm at the Independence Visitors Center (500 block...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Call for Presenters: Don McKinney STEM Conference

Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership

Call for Presenters The Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership and the Philadelphia Ed Fund will host the Don McKinney STEM Conference: A Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem Community-based Learning Day...

Grant Opportunities

Equity in Mathematics Grants

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

NCTM Accepting Applications or Equity in Mathematics Grants The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is accepting applications for Equity in Mathematics grants. The purpose of the program is...

Futhermore: Grants to Nonprofit Publishers

J.M. Kaplan Fund

Kaplan Fund Offers Grants to Nonprofit Publishers Through its Furthermore program, the Kaplan Fund supports nonfiction book publishing about the urban experience; natural and historic resources;...

Projects That Empower Boys and Young Men of Color

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RWJF Issues RFP for Projects That Empower Boys and Young Men of Color The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a Request for Proposals for its 2017 Forward Promise: Empowerment Projects program,...

PHLpreK Request for Qualifications

Mayor's of Education

PHL PRE-K SEEKS PARTNERS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR The Mayor’s Office of Education invites quality pre-K providers to join PHLpreK! A “Continuation Application” invites current PHLpreK providers to...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Development/Fundraising Manager, Children’s Community School

Children's Community School

Development/Fundraising Manager for Nonprofit Preschool (West Philadelphia) The Children’s Community School is seeking a Development Manager to coordinate and lead fundraising efforts in the...

Recruitment Specialist, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

The Recruitment Specialist works in communities to promote the benefits of Girl Scouting with the ultimate goal of registering girls and adult volunteers. This is a sales oriented role, with a...

Placement Specialist, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

Matchmakers needed! As a Placement Specialist, you’ll help interested girls find troops and match potential volunteers with girls waiting for a troop — helping to ensure that the Girl Scouts...

Investment Team Manager, Philadelphia School Partnership

Philadelphia School Partnership

  ORGANIZATION SUMMARY The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) works to give every child in America’s fifth largest city the opportunity to attend a great school. We invest philanthropic...

Data and Finance Analyst, Philadelphia School Partnership

Philadelphia Schools Partnership

  ORGANIZATION SUMMARY The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) works to give every child in America’s fifth largest city the opportunity to attend a great school. We invest philanthropic...

Volunteer Platform and Database Coordinator VISTA, Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service

City of Philadelphia

Volunteer Platform and Database Coordinator VISTA, Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service Serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the City of Philadelphia! The Office of Civic Engagement and...

Director, Human Resources

Community College of Philadelphia

Director, Human Resources Community College of Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia is dedicated to promoting a work environment which attracts and retains talented and diverse faculty and...

Dream Director, Future Project

Future Project

A Dream Director is a transformational leader who is assigned to one high school – and committed to unleashing the passion and purpose, curiosity and imagination, courage and grit of everyone in...

Part Time Organizer, Health Care 4 All PA

Health Care 4 All PA

Position Available: Part Time Organizer Health Care 4 All PA is a statewide, non-profit organization that has been educating the public about and advocating for comprehensive, universal healthcare...

Pt-time Social Media & Marketing Assistant, Greensgrow

Greensgrow Farms

Social Media & Marketing Assistant: Part Time Posted March 29, 2017 Greensgrow, Philadelphia’s premier urban farm and garden center, seeks a marketing assistant with strong social media and...

Fresh Food Programs Coordinator VISTA, Greensgrow

Greensgrow Farms

Fresh Food Programs Coordinator VISTA Posted March 29, 2017 Greensgrow, in partnership with Hunger Free America, is seeking a dynamic AmeriCorps VISTA member to join our team in Philadelphia,...

Data Coordinator, PowerCorpsPHL

EducationWorks

Launched in September 2013, PowerCorpsPHL is a City of Philadelphia AmeriCorps initiative. Operated in partnership with EducationWorks and the Philadelphia Youth Network, PowerCorpsPHL engages...

Pt-time Chef Educator, Greensgrow

Greensgrow Farms

Chef Educator: Part Time Posted March 29, 2017 Position Overview Greensgrow is committed to growing and supporting healthy communities and aims to make food demonstrations and recipe suggestions a...

Director of Development, FAIMER

Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research is seeking a Director of Development in the Philadelphia, PA office. The Director for Development leads the efforts to...

Director, Adult and Community Education, Community College of Philadelphia

Community College of Philadelphia

Director, Adult and Community Education, Community College of Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia is dedicated to promoting a work environment which...

Director of Operations, WELL Center, Drexel University

Drexel University

Drexel University was founded in Philadelphia in 1891 to provide educational opportunities for women and men of all backgrounds. Now, as a comprehensive research university with over 26,000 students...

Canvassers, Trainers, and Field Managers, Clean Air Council

Clean Air Council

Hiring students with a passion for the environment For 50 years, Clean Air Council has been fighting for air quality and public health in Pennsylvania, protecting everyone’s right to breathe clean...

Branch Director, AARP

AARP Foundation

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million that helps people turn their goals and dreams into ‘Real Possibilities’ by changing the way America...

Student Admissions Coordinator, ECO Charter School

ECO Charter School

Student Admissions Coordinator Position Purpose Under the direct supervision of the Director of Operations, to provide a wide variety of complex and confidential administrative and clerical support,...

Vice President of Institutional Advancement, USciences

University of the Sciences

Vice President of Institutional Advancement University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Job description The University of the Sciences (USciences) Vice President of Institutional Advancement leads the...

Miscellaneous

Community Poem Writing in South Philly

Free Library of Philadelphia

What if an entire community wrote one line each on a vintage Underwood Typewriter to create a really, really, long poem? Would it bring world peace? Would love abound? Would we become a United...


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