The Open Society Foundations is accepting applications for its Soros Justice Fellowships.

Grants of up to $120,000 will be awarded to outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system. The fellowships are part of a larger effort within the Open Society Foundations to reduce the destructive impact of current criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families, and communities in the United States by challenging the over-reliance on incarceration and extreme punishment and ensuring a fair and accountable system of justice.

Fellows receive funding through the following three categories: Advocacy Fellowships, Media Fellowships, and Youth Activist Fellowships.

1) Advocacy Fellowships: The Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships are designed to enable lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, researchers, and others with unique perspectives to undertake full-time criminal justice reform projects at the local, state, and national levels. Projects funded in the past range from litigation, to public education, to coalition building, to grassroots mobilization and policy-driven research. Advocacy Fellowships are eighteen months in duration, may be undertaken with the support of a host organization, and can begin anytime between July and November 2018. Advocacy Fellowships come with an award of either $87,000 or $120,000 (depending on level of experience), plus project-related expenses for the eighteen months.

2) Media Fellowships: The Soros Justice Media Fellowships support writers, print and broadcast journalists, artists, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinctive voices proposing to complete media projects that engage and inform, spur debate and conversation, and catalyze change on important U.S. criminal justice issues. The fellowships aim to mitigate the time, space, and market constraints that often discourage individuals from pursuing vital but marginalized, controversial, or unpopular topics in comprehensive and creative ways. Media Fellowships are twelve months in duration, and fellows are expected to make their projects their full-time work during the term of the fellowship. Projects can begin anytime between July and November 2018. The fellowships come with an award of either $58,000 or $80,000 (depending on level of experience), plus project-related expenses for the twelve months.

3) Youth Activist Fellowships: The Soros Justice Youth Activist Fellowships, in partnership with the Open Society Youth Exchange, support outstanding individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 eager to take on projects of their own design that address an aspect of the U.S. criminal justice system. Projects can range from public education and training to grassroots organizing and policy advocacy to social media campaigns and other forms of creative communications. Youth Activist Fellowships must be undertaken in partnership with a host organization. Projects can be full-time or part-time, twelve or eighteen months, and can begin anytime between July and November 2018. Youth Activist Fellowships come with an award of $52,500 for eighteen-month projects (the award is pro-rated for part-time or twelve-month projects), plus project-related expenses, as well as access to a range of training and professional development opportunities.

All projects must, at a minimum, relate to one or more of the following U.S. criminal justice reform goals: reducing the number of people who are incarcerated or under correctional control, challenging extreme punishment, and promoting fairness and accountability in our systems of justice. Applications are strongly encouraged from individuals directly affected by, or with significant direct personal experience with, the policies, practices, and systems their projects seek to address (e.g., applicants who have themselves been incarcerated, applicants who have a family member or loved one who has been incarcerated and whose fellowship project emerges from that experience, or applicants who are survivors of violence or crime).

See the Open Society Foundations website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

Deadline: December 6, 2017

Date & Time: 10/27, 1:00pm – 3:30pm (this is a designated School District PD Day)
Location: Kensington CAPA (online here)
GreenFutures PD Series: Tackling the Challenge of Waste & Consumption At Your School
PD Planner Activity Number: 1000010615
All Philly public school teachers will be able to receive Act 48 credit for this session!

This session will introduce attendees to the National Wildlife Federation’s EcoSchools model, best practices for building a green team and performing a school waste audit, and provide a chance to connect with educators from across the city.

Thanks again for all that you do, and we hope to see you on the 27th! If you have any questions at all, just let me know!

Essential Functions

• Facilitates daily activities in 3-hour afterschool program for up to 15 K-12th students.
• Writes lesson plans and provides instruction in three focus areas: 1) creative and performing arts (i.e., dance, theater, fashion, visual arts, arts and crafts); 2)STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and/or 3)
• Athletics and Health (recreation activities, basketball, soccer, cooking clubs, garden clubs)
• Provides time for students to complete homework, providing direct help as needed.
• Supervises snack time.
• Manages classroom to encourage positive interaction among students, resolves conflicts non-violently.
• Monitors student behavior and recommends any necessary disciplinary action to the Site Coordinator.
• Tracks student progress using Congreso’s data system as appropriate.
• Attends all required training and professional development.
• Attends new staff orientation and ongoing staff meetings.
• Follows all Congreso Program policies and procedures
• Maintains and inventories supplies and equipment. Requests supplies and equipment in timely manner.
• Ensures that classrooms and other school spaces are left in good condition each day and reports any loss or damage to the Site Coordinator.
• Records and reports any incidents that occur.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Non-Essential Functions

• Attend relevant workshops or join professional groups as necessary to maintain professional knowledge and licensure.
• Adheres to the Congreso’s security guidelines and ensures the appropriate handling of sensitive information.
• Facilitates and attends relevant staff meetings to promote communication and execution of goals.
• Completes special projects specific to the function of the department or as needed for the department as directed by Supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned within the scope of position expectations.

https://workforcenow.adp.com/jobs/apply/posting.html?client=congresodl&jobId=199704

Springboard Collaborative is a nonprofit that closes the literacy gap (for Pre-K through 3rd graders) by coaching teachers, training family members, and cultivating reading habits. Our main offering, Springboard Summer, is an intensive 5-week summer program that combines daily reading instruction for Pre-K through 3rd graders; weekly workshops training parents to teach reading at home; and an incentive structure that awards learning tools to families in proportion to student reading gains. We also have an Afterschool program during the third and fourth quarters of the school year.

Administrative Operations Manager, Philadelphia

Springboard Collaborative invites talented and passionate candidates to apply for the position of Administrative Operations Manager. The Administrative Operations Manager will be primarily responsible for the smooth administration of operations. The Administrative Operations Manager will support the design and execution of comprehensive, streamlined operational processes. Work will include coordination and oversight of programmatic supply chains, timelines, staff development logistics, and seasonal human resources process. The successful candidate will be a hands-on and participatory multi-tasker with the willingness to work with materials, systems, and people in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment.

The Administrative Operations Manager will report to the Chief Strategy Officer and work closely with the National Program Director and CEO. This is a tremendous opportunity to support an entrepreneurial team in maximizing the impact of a rapidly growing, high-performing organization.

Responsibilities:

Procurement and Supply Chain Management:

· Support vendor contracts to ensure timely procurement of materials

· Coordinate translation of program materials; manage contractual relationships with translators

· Manage and track movement of goods from vendors to Springboard stakeholders at school sites and/or warehouse space

· Ship documents and materials as needed

· Communicate proactively with the National Program Director and Regional Program Directors so all needs are transparent

· Create and oversee inventory management system and inventory records

· Draft and revise all warehouse and materials procedures and protocol

Seasonal HR Support:

· Assist in recruitment of seasonal staff roles on national job boards

· Manage and document hiring, on-boarding, and systems set-up process for all candidates/hires

· Assist with payroll setup and approve seasonal staff pay

· Set up reimbursement for seasonal staff; approve and track seasonal expenses

· Provide seasonal staff with regular budget reports of their relevant budgets

Finance and Administrative Support:

· Track and manage renewals of digital accounts, including licensing

· Ensure bills are paid on time; process bills for signatures and payment; contract billing departments when there are issues

· Ensure Springboard information is up to date on all vendor accounts and all bills

· Manage contracts for part-time employee work and independent contractor consultants

· Manage office contracts, including copier, Internet, and IT

Required skills, qualifications, and characteristics:

· Minimum of a B.A.

· At least 1 year of overall professional experience, including significant experience working in basic computer applications (word, excel, google suite)

· Attentiveness: attention to detail; careful and thorough

· Communication: Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

· Problem solving skills: Sound decision-making; a successful track record of appropriately setting priorities

· Relationship-building skills: An ability to negotiate and to work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders

· Commitment to excellence: Willingness to double-check work and to actively seek ways to improve work

While this description is meant to provide a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of the Administrative Operations Assistant, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate flexibility and can adapt to evolving needs of our organization.

Compensation:

Springboard Collaborative will offer salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

To Apply

Send a resume and brief cover letter describing your interest to info@springboardcollaborative.org.

Fundraising is at its best when strong data and inspiring stories are combined to show a nonprofit’s full impact. This combination demonstrates scale, proves impact, and speaks to the heart – a winning recipe for securing donations. Discover how to better engage donors, improve loyalty, and raise more money in the

Combining Stories and Data to Better Prove Your Impact eBook. In this eBook, you’ll learn:

· The secrets of effective storytelling

· How to use program data in fundraising

· Best practices for how to successfully combine data and stories

· Tips from real-life examples

Click Here to download: Combining Stories and Data to Better Prove Your Impact by Social Solutions

http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/combining-stories-data-better-prove-impact/

The 2017 NASPA Multicultural Institute: Advancing Equity and Inclusive Practice is the premier event for student affairs and academic affairs professionals who are seeking an interactive forum that combines thought-provoking keynote speakers, challenging educational sessions, and opportunities for resource and idea sharing. The Institute exists to connect those with responsibilities for and those who are passionate about multicultural education at institutions across the country.

For more information go to NASPA website.

https://www.naspa.org/events/2017NMI

Published by Stylus in association with AAC&U, Teaching the Whole Student is a compendium of engaged teaching approaches by faculty across disciplines. These inspiring authors offer models for instructors who care deeply about their students, respect and recognize students’ social identities and lived experiences, and are interested in creating community and environments of openness and trust to foster deep-learning, academic success, and meaning-making.

The authors in this volume stretch the boundaries of academic learning and the classroom experience by seeking to identify the space between subject matter and a student’s core values and prior knowledge. They work to find the interconnectedness of knowledge, understanding, meaning, inquiry and truth. They appreciate that students bring their full lives and experiences—their heart and spirit—into the classroom just as they bring their minds and intellectual inquiry. These approaches contribute to student learning and the core academic purposes of higher education, help students find meaning and purpose in their lives, and help strengthen our diverse democracy through students’ active participation and leadership in civic life.

https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=441418

Come join us in taking a look back at 30 years of the AIDS Library. The nation’s first lending library exclusively dedicated to providing information related to HIV/AIDS. This celebration is in conjunction with the opening for “Still Fighting for our Lives”. Still Fighting for our Lives is a visual exhibition featuring materials from the William Way’s Philadelphia AIDS Library Graphics Collection. There will be Hors d’oeuvres and drinks provided.

Fri, November 10, 2017
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST

LOCATION
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aids-library-30th-anniversary-celebration-registration-37736314332

AAUW encourages proposals for projects that

• Use innovative approaches to address local community needs or build links among community partners
• Build partnerships between schools and community organizations

Special consideration is given to

• Projects directed by or collaborating with AAUW branches and states
• Projects focused on K–14 (including two-year colleges) women and girls’ achievement in math, science, and/or technology
• Projects that include community partners (Community partners might include local schools or school districts, businesses, and other community-based organizations.)

Deadline for online submission of application and supporting documents: January 15, 2018

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/community-action-grants/community-action-grant-application/

Become an active member of the Explore STEM Philly program by volunteering in one of our partnership high
schools or as a citywide science fair judge.

Review the website and contact Nancy Peter, Ed.D. at npeter@philaedfund.org

http://philaedfund.org/programs/advancing-education/philadelphia-math-science-coalition/programs-educators/explore-stem-phi

Data Insights and Tips to Maximize Year-End Fundraising

Get this: 72% of all philanthropic giving is made up of gifts from individual donors. Understanding how and why these donors give is going to have tremendous implications for how you need to fundraise.

Network for Good partnered with Nonprofit Tech for Good, the Public Interest Registry, and other organizations to launch the Global Trends in Giving Report, a research endeavor that seeks to gain a better understanding of how donors prefer to give and engage with their favorite causes and charitable organizations.

Inside this eGuide, you’ll find:

• U.S.-based donor responses from the Global Trends in Giving Report.
• Advice on how these insights can improve your donor outreach.
• Tips on how to improve your year-end fundraising campaign.

https://learn.networkforgood.com/7-donor-preferences-to-boost-year-end-giving-2017.html

Community College of Philadelphia is seeking to fill a Director, Student Engagement position. The Director, Student Engagement is responsible for strategic planning, marketing and implementation of student engagement activities for all students, with a focus on first-year students. The Director will provide oversight to the Matriculation and Onboarding Committee, coordinating activities and services from all College offices involved in guiding a student toward full enrollment. Responsibilities include oversight of the Office of Student Engagement and the following areas: The Student Programming Board, First Year Experience programs including new student orientation, and working collaboratively with other campus offices and services in providing engagement and involvement opportunities for students. The Director is responsible for providing supervision and managerial oversight to the Coordinator of the LGBTQ Center, policy and procedure development, fiscal management, assessment and supervision of office professional and student staff.

For a complete position description, and to apply online, please visit our career site at http://jobs.ccp.edu.

This week, Soneyet Muhammad, Director of Community Engagement for Clarifi, penned a guest post on Generocity.org on the state of wealth inequality in America. According to research by Prosperity Now, the median white household has up to 15 times the wealth of black and Latinx households.

In November, Clarifi will be holding a special Boot Camp to address the racial wealth gap head on. In addition to the education, counseling and coaching our regular Boot Camps provide, the initiative will also offer adapted services to meet the needs of communities of color.

Check out the full post to learn more about our efforts to help build a more vibrant, inclusive economy for all. Client recruitment will begin October 9th. Read more »

The racial wealth gap is real and deep but Clarifi is working to collapse it

Interested in becoming a Boot Camp coach?

Clarifi is currently looking to recruit volunteer coaches to help clients take meaningful steps to improve their financial outlook. You do not need to be a financial expert. As one of our coaches puts it, being a coach “Is as simple and sitting and talking with someone.”

Clarifi will also make sure you’re ready to go beforehand. Training sessions will be held on October 17th, 18th or 21st at our main Center City office. Learn more »

https://clarifi.org/programs/clarifi-boot-camp/become-clarifi-boot-camp-coach

Minimum Qualifications: The Lead Science Educator must have at least a college degree in science or education field or equivalent experience in an informal science setting. Previous experience working with elementary-aged children, presenting hands-on activities, and a proven record of responsibility a must. Candidate needs to be able to work with little supervision, have the ability to be flexible to teach in various settings, and demonstrate professionalism with site staff. A valid driver’s license and functioning vehicle are a must.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: The Lead Science Educators will travel to Philadelphia County community centers or out-of-school-time facilities to conduct the GSK Science in the Summer ™ program to 2nd – 6th graders as part of after-school programming. Duties will include classroom management in an after-school setting, facilitating hands-on science activities, coordinating with another educator to help deliver the content, and contacting the site staff prior to the program to discuss logistics.

https://www.fi.edu/job-openings/lead-science-educator

Historically, the work we have funded through these grants has spanned, a range of topics and disciplines, including education, psychology, sociology, economics, history, and anthropology, and they employ a wide range of research methods. The following examples of recently funded small grants illustrate the diversity of what we support:

• an experimental study of how college students use visual representations in solving math problems
• a study exploring the process of racial and rural identity formation among African American high-school students who attend de facto segregated schools in the rural South
• a mixed-methods study focusing on the different types of knowledge novice and experienced teachers draw on in teaching for reading comprehension

The majority of small grant proposals that are funded by the Foundation are “field-initiated” in the sense that they are not submitted in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP). In the past, we have requested that proposals within the Small Grants program be submitted within one of the areas of inquiry listed below. The Foundation does not use this information in the review process, but captures it in the application to better understand the variety of research that is proposed. The areas are broadly organized as follows:

Field-Initiated: Proposals in this area are those that fall under the Spencer Foundation’s general mission of funding research on education, but don’t appear to fit in one of the areas mentioned below. Although the areas below are broad, there are many projects that don’t have a strong focus in any of them; those should be tagged with Field-Initiated as the research area in the online application.

The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity: This area would include projects that seek to shed light on the role education can play in reducing economic and social inequalities — as well as, sometimes, reinforcing them — and to find ways to more fully realize education’s potential to promote more equal opportunity. Proposals where the primary aim is to examine the ways in which differences in social and educational experiences (such as quality and character of schooling or the number of years in school) translate into differences including employment, earnings, and civic and academic outcomes would be included in this area.

Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources: Studies in this area would be those that will lead to better understanding and improvements in the intellectual, material, and organizational resources that contribute to successful teaching and learning. They may investigate questions that are grounded directly in teaching practice, as well as research about important aspects of child and adult learning processes and contexts that hold promise for guiding informed policymaking.

The New Civics: This area represents the broader Foundation belief that cultivating knowledge and new ideas about civic education will ultimately improve students’ lives and enrich society. The designation “new” refers to an expanded understanding of civic education and its relationship to civic action. Thus, proposals with this focus would deepen our understanding of influences on civic action, attend to social inequalities in civic education, and have the potential to shape future research and practice in these fields.

Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems: Research in this area would contribute to strengthening the capacity of schools and education systems to operate as learning organizations. Because the capacity and motivation for organizational learning depend as well on the larger institutional structures within which schools and systems operate, research on, among other things, the roles of school boards, governments and unions; the role of markets and competition in the funding of schools; and the perceptions, concerns, and opportunities for voice among parents and the broader public would fall under this area.

Purposes and Values of Education: Proposals in this area would be interested in advancing analytical, historical, and empirical work that probes effectively and creatively into deeply challenging and permanently important issues which can contribute toward social decision-making that moves education along constructive paths.

Deadlines
Small Research Grant proposals are accepted 4 times per year. The next deadline is at 4:00pm CDT, November 1, 2017.

http://www.spencer.org/small-research-grants

Interested schools can find more information – FAQs, sample application, and examples of past finalist projects – on the Green Schools Program website. Recyclebank representatives in your community can also provide marketing materials with further details about Recyclebank and the Green Schools Program.

HOW IT WORKS

Schools located in Recyclebank home recycling communities are eligible to submit an (online) application that creates,
continues or expands sustainable practices.

The Green Schools Program Committee will contact your school to confirm acceptance of the application and may follow up regarding status and outstanding questions.

The top fifty proposals will be selected by the Committee and given the opportunity to raise up to $2,500 for their projects.

Accepted proposals will be placed on the Green Schools Program website, where members can donate their Recyclebank points online. For every 250 points donated to a school’s project, we will grant $1.

We encourage students and teachers to spread the word to their friends and family; we will also provide finalists with toolkits (handouts, posters, letters, etc.) to promote their projects within the community. Donated Recyclebank points can come from anywhere, so schools can also reach out to members outside of their own communities for help making their goals a reality.

Schools will receive grant checks in the mail, and can additionally opt for a “big check” presentation ceremony with
representatives from Recyclebank, the principal, and the students and teachers involved in the project.

IMPORTANT DATES
• Application period begins: Monday, September 25, 2017
• Application deadline: Friday, November 17, 2017
• Accepted schools are notified: Friday, December 15, 2017
• Donation period begins: Monday, January 8, 2018
• Donation period ends: Friday, March 16, 2018
• Green School results announced: Friday, March 23, 2018
• Checks are mailed: Monday, April 2, 2018

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT HTTP://RECYCLEBANK.COM/GREENSCHOOLS

*Recyclebank reserves the right at any time during the program to change or modify the value per point for the Green Schools Program.

Last January, some 145,000 people of all backgrounds and ages volunteered throughout the tri-state region in the 22nd annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. As a result: ​​

• 65,000 meals were prepared and served to those in need.
• 34,000 books were donated and sorted for distribution to centers and schools in some of our region’s most underserved communities.
• 56,000 hygiene kits or toiletries were donated and distributed to those in need.

As you plan for the January 15 King Day of Service–and ongoing service beyond–we encourage you to think about organizing a project(s) that embraces Dr. King’s legacy of citizen action, social justice, and meets the needs of the community.

To register your 2018 project(s), visit http://www.mlkdayofservice.org and click the “Register a Project” button on the top menu bar. Please register your 2018 King Day project(s) as soon as possible and no later than Friday, December 1. This will allow you to publicize your projects, recruit volunteers, and request FREE King Day of Service T-shirts.

If you need help using our website, please call us at 215-851-1811 or email us at mlkdayofservice@globalcitizen365.org. To help support your organizing efforts, we will host a series of organizing workshops and webinars. We will discuss best practices for project development, volunteer management, and outreach.

http://mlkdayofservice.org/resources/

If you have further questions about the planning process, contact Mela Still, Outreach and Programs Manager, at Mela@globalcitizen365.org or 215-851-1806.

We look forward to continuing our work together to organize meaningful service opportunities for the January 15 King Day of Service.

http://ecactioncollective.org/images/Dual-Language-Learners-FINAL.pdf

On Thursday, October 12, CNCS and Points of Light will host a webinar on how to do a ServiceWorks bootcamp as a day of service project. ServiceWorks bootcamps are one day events that engage community volunteers and youth to develop workplace and interpersonal skills. At the end of the session, participants work together on a service project.

Learn about how to implement a bootcamp! We hope you can join us for the webinar listed below and that you will find it useful as you develop you King Day of Service project.

Please click on a link below to register.

Join my webinar!

Thu, Oct 12, 2017, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/331985479944201524

http://beat-hiv.org/community-voices-hiv-cure/

What is the BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory?

The Delaney Collaboratory to Cure HIV-1 Infection by Combination Immunotherapy (BEAT-HIV Collaboratory) is a consortium of more than 30 top HIV researchers from leading academic research institutions working with government, nonprofit organizations, and industry partners to test combinations of several novel immunotherapies under new preclinical research and clinical trials.