The week of
October 9, 2017
Other Local Events and Workshops
Tackling the Challenge of Waste & Consumption At Your School
School District of Philadelphia
Upcoming Professional Development opportunity for teachers being organized by the School District, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, and Boyer Sudduth Environmental Consultants. Date & Time: 10/27,...
Part Time Group Facilitators, Congreso de Latinos Unidos
Congreso de Latinos Unidos
Part Time Group Facilitators are responsible for working with their supervisors to develop and implement lesson plans for elementary, middle or high school aged youth. Lesson plans will concentrate...
AIDS Library 30th Anniversary Celebration
Philadelphia FIGHT
by Philadelphia FIGHT & William Way LGBT Community Center Come join us in taking a look back at 30 years of the AIDS Library. The nation’s first lending library exclusively dedicated to...
What’s Up Doc? Ask a child health expert
Philadelphia FIGHT
The Institute for Community Justice & Philadelphia FIGHT’s Pediatric & Adolescent Health Center present: “WHAT’S UP, DOC?” An innovative health series designed to answer the...
Pushing Boundaries in Public Health: Precision, Prevention, and Entrepreneurship
University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 12:00 PM | Lunch Provided Amado Recital Hall in Irvine Auditorium with Flaura Koplin Winston, MD PhD Chair, Science & Medical Advisory Committee for...
The Essentials: A Curriculum for People Who Mentor Young Black and Latino Men
Mentoring Partnership and Resource Center
October 17 & 24, 2017 8:30 am – 1:00 pm West Chester University Graduate Center 1160 McDermott Drive West Chester, PA 19380 In order to build authentic relationships with young Black and...
New Resources
Combining Stories and Data to Better Prove Your Impact
Social Solutions
Free White Paper: Combining Stories and Data to Better Prove Your Impact by Social Solutions Fundraising is at its best when strong data and inspiring stories are combined to show a nonprofit’s...
New Book: Teaching the Whole Student
Stylus
New Publication from Stylus and AAC&U:Teaching the Whole Student Published by Stylus in association with AAC&U, Teaching the Whole Student is a compendium of engaged teaching approaches by...
Insights and Tips from Global Trends in Giving Report
Network for Good
7 Donor Preferences to Boost Year-End Giving Data Insights and Tips to Maximize Year-End Fundraising Get this: 72% of all philanthropic giving is made up of gifts from individual donors....
23rd Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service
Global Citizen
Please join us as a key partner on Monday, January 15 for the 23rd annual Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service, the largest King Day event in the nation. Last January, some 145,000 people of all...
Working with Young Dual Language Learners and their Families
Early Childhood Action Collective
In our latest brief, Working with Young Dual Language Learners and their Families, Peggy Hickman examines the increasing need to support young children who are dual language learners. This is a...
Community Voices for HIV Cure
BEAT-HIV Collaboratory
In our series “Community Voices for HIV Cure,” supporters of the BEAT-HIV’s research speak about their personal experience and the importance of getting involved. What is the BEAT-HIV Delaney...
Municipal Energy Master Plan
City of Philadelphia
The City of Philadelphia is committed to reducing carbon pollution, which is the biggest contributor to climate change. City buildings, facility operations, and their energy use present significant...
2017 #GivingTuesday Checklist
Network for Good
Get Ready to Rock the Start of Giving Season Nonprofits who kick-off their year-end fundraising with #GivingTuesday raise an average of five times more than those that miss this opportunity. Grab a...
Hubs for Innovations in Immigrant Integration
Social Innovations Journal
We INVITE YOU to read this EDITION HUBS FOR INNOVATIONS IN IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION PLEASE READ the edition: HERE America’s cities have long been gateways for immigrant arrivals. Even as increasing...
Bring FAFSA + Pizza to your school
NextGenVest
FAFSA + Pizza 30 Minute Workshop Sign Up! Get your students prepared to fill out the FAFSA by hosting a 30 Minute NextGenVest + FAFSA Workshop with a trained college student from UPenn, Drexel, and...
Engaging Employers in a Cross-sector Postsecondary Attainment Agenda
Equal Measure
Engaging Employers in a Cross-sector Postsecondary Attainment Agenda: Lessons from Lumina Foundation’s Community Partnership for Attainment Initiative Launched in 2013, Lumina...
Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism
Stylus
New Publication from Stylus and AAC&U: Bandwidth Recovery Published by Stylus in association with AAC&U, Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty,...
Ideas for Easing Low-Income Student Debt
The Institute for College Access and Success
TICAS’ Ideas for Easing Low-Income Student Debt [from National College Access Network] Student loan debt continues to burden students – particularly low-income ones – across the country,...
Partnerships Classifieds
Explore STEM Philly seeks volunteers
Philadelphia Education Fund
Explore STEM Philly connects students, teachers and professionals in a variety of stimulating forums. Each encounter helps students discover the principles of STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
Become a financial boot camp coach
Clarifi
The racial wealth gap is real. And Clarifi is tackling it. This week, Soneyet Muhammad, Director of Community Engagement for Clarifi, penned a guest post on on the state of wealth inequality in...
volunteers needed, Mock Interviews for Lea 8th graders
Henry C. Lea Elementary
Fourth Annual Mock Interviews for Upper School at Henry C. Lea Elementary Thursday, October 26, 2017 From 1-3 Henry C. Lea Elementary 4700 Locust Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19139 Please join...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
NASPA Multicultural Institute: Advancing Equity and Inclusive Practice
NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
December 10 -12, 2017, Hyatt Regency New Orleans – New Orleans, Louisiana The 2017 NASPA Multicultural Institute: Advancing Equity and Inclusive Practice is the premier event for student affairs...
Grant Opportunities
Soros Justice Fellowships
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations Accepting Applications for Soros Justice Fellowships The Open Society Foundations is accepting applications for its Soros Justice Fellowships. Grants of up to $120,000 will...
Community Action Grant for Needs of Women and Girls
American Association of University Women
AAUW’s Community Action Grants provide funds that address issues related to the needs of women and girls or that provide information to educate and benefit the public on those issues. AAUW...
Small Research Grants for education
Spencer Foundation
The Small Research Grants program is intended to support education research projects with budgets of $50,000 or less. In keeping with the Spencer Foundation’s mission, this program aims to fund...
Recyclebank Green Schools Program
Recylcebank
The Recyclebank Green Schools Program encourages students to make a difference in their communities. Promoting environmental education, innovation and creative solutions, this program puts great...
Kensington Avenue Storefront Challenge
Shift Capital
Shift Capital and its partners are launching the Kensington Avenue Storefront Challenge — an opportunity to participate in the reimagining of Kensington Ave as the safe, innovative, inclusive...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Administrative Operations Manager, Springboard Collaborative Philadelphia
Springboard Collaborative
As of October 23, Springboard is no longer accepting applications for this position. Springboard Collaborative is a nonprofit that closes the literacy gap (for Pre-K through 3rd graders) by coaching...
Director, Student Engagement, Community College of Philadelphia
Community College of Philadelphia
Community College of Philadelphia is dedicated to promoting a work environment which attracts and retains talented and diverse faculty and staff, and which challenges each of us to achieve at the...
Lead Science Educators, Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute
Unscheduled part time, temporary. Monday – Friday, 2:30 – 5:30 pm, September – December 2017. Hours are based on the program schedule and could vary. Minimum Qualifications: The...
Senior Community Development Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Using comprehensive knowledge, conducts independent applied research and produces highly specialized and complex original research reports on topics relevant to community and economic development,...
Miscellaneous
How to do a ServiceWorks bootcamp for MLK Day
Corporation for National and Community Service
Although we are barely into fall, it is time to start planning for your 2018 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. As you consider your service activity, we hope you will implement projects that...
#GivingTuesday: Get Your Countdown On!
Iris Creative Group
Holiday catalogues are already in the mail. Help-wanted signs have appeared in shop windows. And candy canes and chocolate coins will replace the Halloween candy on grocery store shelves before the...
Sustaining Collective Impact
Collective Impact Forum
The Collective Impact Forum is excited to announce the 2017 Online Training series which will feature four sessions focused on sustaining your initiative, using data, making meetings more useful, and...
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