The week of
March 26, 2018
PHENND Events/Activities
K-16 June Institute – Call for Proposals
PHENND
Are you interested in leading a breakout session at our June Institute? This year’s theme is “College Access and Success” and will be attended by about 100 students, campus...
Other Local Events and Workshops
Education Reform, Communities, and Social Justice: Exploring the Intersections
Rutgers University
Registration is now open for the third annual research conference on Education Reform, Communities, and Social Justice: Exploring the Intersections, which will be held at the Edward J. Bloustein...
PHLYouthTalk: Gun Violence: From Parkland to Philly
Philadelphia Youth Commission
Please join the Philadelphia Youth Commission and the Millennial Advisory Commission on Tuesday, March 27 for a special #PHLYouthTalks conversation about the issue of gun violence in Philadelphia and...
Public Hearing on Racial Disparities in Home Lending
City Council
From Jojy Varughese, Urban Affairs Coalition Several articles involving racial discrimination and redlining came out in the past few weeks, specifically looking into lending patterns in the...
QuickBooks for Nonprofits
Free Library of Philadelphia
Thu, April 5, 2018 10:00 Regional Foundation Center at Parkway Central Library This course establishes best practices for designing a QuickBooks system to meet the complex needs of a nonprofit...
Lunch & Learn: Canva for Social Media
Free Library of Philadelphia
Thu, April 19, 2018 12:00 Business Resource and Innovation Center at Parkway Central Library Social media posts that include images can help increase your engagement by 650%! Learn how to use Canva,...
Project Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
Free Library of Philadelphia
Tue, April 24, 2018 10:00 Regional Foundation Center at Parkway Central Library Do you have a project to make happen? This workshop uses the example of planning a large Shakespearean production to...
Riverbend Summer Science Inquiry Institute 2018
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Free Professional Development Opportunity for 3-5th grade teachers! Transform your classroom, improve your science teaching and learn ways to integrate science into your English and math curriculum....
Building Healthy Competition Training Workshop
Up2Us Sports
Join Up2Us Sports for our one-day training module that focuses on leveraging competitive environments to help young people learn valuable sport and life skills. This interactive workshop examines the...
Creating & Mastering a Successful Leadership Style
La Salle Nonprofit Center
What Makes a Superior Leader? Creating & Mastering a Successful Leadership Style April 26, 2018 9 AM-4 PM Independence Seaport Museum 211 S. Columbus Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Your skills and...
Re-entry Peer Support and Empowerment Group
Philadelphia FIGHT
From Distress to Success Where individuals with shared life experiences of adverse contact with the Criminal Justice Systems come together to support and empower each other through dynamic dialog,...
Adult College Resource Fair
Graduate! Philadelphia
Jumpstart Your Education and Career! An Adult College Resource Fair and Workshops for Adults Who Have Some College Credit and Want to Go Back To School To Complete Their Degree Adult College...
Working to Increase Graduation Rates at Community Colleges: The Role for the K-12 System
Philadelphia Education Fund
Join us for breakfast on Thursday, April 5th as we discuss: Working to Increase Graduation Rates at Community Colleges: The Role for the K-12 System Approximately, million students are enrolled in...
Youth Poetry Weekly Workshops
Philly Youth Poetry Movement
Weekly Workshops Are Back! PYPM Saturday Workshops return with topics including Creative Writing, Social Justice, and Arts & Business. Saturday, March 31st 12:00 – 3:00 at the The William...
Continuing ed classes on obesity and psychotherapy
Temple University
Continuing Education Professional and Career Development Professor Paul Felker Presents Treating Difficult Clients: Psychotherapy for Client and Therapist April 6, 2018 1:00-4:00 TU-Center City...
Urban Health Summer Institute
Drexel University
The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative would like to invite you to attend the Urban Health Summer Institute, hosted June 18 – 24, 2018 at the Dornsife School of Public Health. Early registrants –...
Center for Youth Development Professionals Meet & Greet
Center for Youth Development Professionals
The Center for Youth Development Professionals is a new entity in Philadelphia, established to meet the professional development needs of adults in Philadelphia who work with or on behalf of youth...
Community Land Trusts: A Tool for Permanent Affordability
Women’s Community Revitalization Project
The City of Philadelphia is changing and as some neighborhoods undergo rapid redevelopment rising housing costs can lead to people being displaced from the communities they call home. Community Land...
Training and Support for Neighborhood-Based Community Organizers
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Iron Sharpens Iron 2018: Training and Support for Neighborhood-Based Community Organizers Join the spring session of engaged neighborhood residents, community organizers and community developers to...
Compass Pro Bono Information Session
Compass Philly
JOIN US FOR A PROSPECTIVE CLIENT INFO SESSION – APRIL 25 If you are considering applying for a Compass pro bono consulting project, please join us on April 25 to hear about Compass’...
Pi Wars USA Experience: A Family-Fun Day of Raspberry Pi Robotics
Achievement House Cyber Charter School
Join us for the 2018 Pi Wars USA Experience A Family-Fun Day of Raspberry Pi Robotics Pi Wars USA is a 1-day event for students and their families, using Raspberry Pi controlled robots to navigate a...
Judy Wicks: “From Me to We” Screening
WHYY
Tue, April 17, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT WHYY, Inc 150 North 6th Street Judy Wicks is the founder of SBN and co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. Her work on farm to...
New Resources
Youth Movements Around the World
Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
Young People’s Revolutions: Examining Youth Movements Around the World This lesson plan pools resources on how young people are leading protests and social action in 4 countries (Tunisia,...
Get (or be) a skills-based volunteer
Philadelphia Foundation
Skills-based volunteers to provide free capacity building support The Philadelphia Foundation (TPF) has announced a formalized partnership with Catchafire, an online service that connects social good...
PA homeless students at highest level ever
People’s Emergency Center
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has released a report on its education programs for children and youth experiencing homelessness. A summary of the report by the People’s Emergency...
State of Opportunity in America Report
Center for Advancing Opportunity
Vast Majority of Residents of “Fragile Communities” Say College Is Important By Kim Cook, Executive Director, National College Access Network NCAN members and the families we serve have long...
Facilitator’s Guide for Effective School Partnerships Toolkit
Abt Associates
[Note: PHENND was pleased to be a part of the original research that informed the Toolkit, through the work of our School Community Partnerships VISTA Project.] Schools and districts have long...
Housing instability negatively affects the health of children and caregivers
ScienceDaily
One in three low-income renters face housing instability, placing them at greater risk of poor health and other hardships, according to new research out of Boston Medical Center, published in...
The Impact of Housing Quality on Children’s Health
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Can Housing Explain Racial Disparities in Childhood Asthma? A recent post in How Housing Matters looks at the relationship between housing and childhood asthma – and specifically whether housing...
Lending Patterns in Philadelphia Not Much Better Than in the 1930s
Center for Investigative Reporting
Reveal Report Finds Lending Patterns in Philadelphia Not Much Better Than in the 1930s Reveal, a publication of the Center for Investigative Reporting, has released the findings from their yearlong...
Read and Rise program for summer camps
Free Library of Philadelphia
Help Children Prevent Learning Loss Over The Summer Attention summer camps: help children avoid reading loss this summer by becoming a Read and Rise site. Over the summer, students can lose two-three...
[White Paper] A Better Donor Experience
Network for Good
[White Paper] A Better Donor Experience: Is it the Cornerstone of Donor Loyalty? Turn first-time donors into recurring supporters by providing an engaging donor experience. It’s a startling fact:...
Partnerships Classifieds
Get (or be) a skills-based volunteer
Philadelphia Foundation
Skills-based volunteers to provide free capacity building support The Philadelphia Foundation (TPF) has announced a formalized partnership with Catchafire, an online service that connects social good...
Sacred Places / Civic Spaces Call for Design Precedents
Community Design Collaborative
How can historic sacred places support civic engagement, social cohesion, and neighborhood equity? The Community Design Collaborative in partnership with Partners for Sacred Places is excited to...
11th annual Philly Spring Cleanup
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful
Cobbs Creek Cleanup United by Blue is joining forces with Philadelphia Water Department and Keep Philadelphia Beautiful to celebrate the 11th annual Philly Spring Cleanup! SATURDAY, APRIL 7 2018...
Tablers wanted for student college and career fair
U.S. Dream Academy
On behalf of the team at Dream Academy Philadelphia, we would like to invite you to attend our upcoming College, Internship, and Career Fair. The purpose of this event is to provide elementary,...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for Proposals: Creative Aging Conference
National Center for Creative Aging
Proposals sought for Creative Aging Conference in Philadelphia The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) and LeadingAge will present the 2018 Creative Aging Conference on October 26-27 at the...
2018 Black Educators Rock Conference
Black Educators Rock
Prolific Professional Development Opportunity for Your District, School, Campus, or Organization July 12-15, 2018 Jacksonville, FL For the first time in the history of the US, children of color are...
Sacred Places / Civic Spaces Call for Design Precedents
Community Design Collaborative
How can historic sacred places support civic engagement, social cohesion, and neighborhood equity? The Community Design Collaborative in partnership with Partners for Sacred Places is excited to...
Grant Opportunities
Free Clinics Grant Program
American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
AAFP Accepting Applications From Free Clinics Grant Program The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation advances the values of family medicine by promoting humanitarian, educational, and...
Projects Connecting Mathematics to Other 9-12 Grade Subjects
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCTM Accepting Applications for Projects Connecting Mathematics to Other 9-12 Grade Subjects The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics works to ensure equitable mathematics learning of the...
Youth Literacy Grant Program
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Accepting Applications for Youth Literacy Grant Program The Dollar General Literacy Foundation was established in 1993 in honor of Dollar General’s...
Walmart Community Grant Program
Walmart Foundation
Walmart Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Grant Program The Walmart Foundation is accepting applications through its Community Grant Program. Through the annual program, grants of up to...
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 projects related to the urban experience; natural and historic...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
AmeriCorps VISTA, HIAS-PA/Civic House
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (Civic House & HIAS PA)-PA/NYCC HIAS Pennsylvania (HIAS PA) has provided legal and social services for immigrants and refugees since 1882 in order to ensure their fair...
Special Events/Outreach Coordinator, RSVP Montgomery County
RSVP of Montgomery County
RSVP is seeking a part-time Special Events/Outreach Coordinator. The position is 25 hours per week. OVERALL PURPOSE Plan, coordinate and promote special events to ensure they run smoothly and are...
Development Director, Clarifi
Clarifi
The position including coordinating grant applications and reporting, cultivating major donors, developing fundraising appeals, maintaining individual and corporate donor relations, and developing...
Summer Environmental Educators, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center’s Nature Ramblers summer camp is an environmentally focused program that strives to give children the opportunity to explore and learn about their relationship to the...
Adventure Treks Leaders, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center’s Summer Adventure Treks is an environmentally focused adventure camp for young adults. Week-long programs are designed to challenge campers emotionally, physically, and...
Play Captain Supervisors and Project Manager, Fab Youth Philly
Fab Youth Philly
FAB YOUTH PHILLY is looking for dynamic, organized and reliable youth development professionals to lead teams of teens as part of our Play Captain Initiative. There are 4 Play Captain Supervisor...
Coordinator, Community Support, American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Position Description Save lives. Fulfill yours. At the American Cancer Society, saving lives is our mission. We achieve our mission by drawing on our humanity. Humanity made up of courage,...
various VISTA positions, Serve Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia
Serve Philadelphia VISTA Corps Application Open The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is currently accepting applications from qualified candidates to join the...
Studio Institute Program Summer Internship
Brandywine Workshop and Archives
The Archives are Moving & Intern Opportunity During the summer of 2018, the Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA) will begin the relocation of its archives. The Archives cover a forty-five year...
Volunteer Coordinator VISTA, Read By 4th
Free Library of Philadelphia
Join the team! The Volunteer Coordinator will prepare campaign partners to sustain key initiatives that leverage community volunteers to support the goals of the campaign. The Read by 4th Volunteer...
various summer positions, SMASH Wharton
Level Playing Field Institute
SMASH Wharton is a new summer STEM program that serves minority students of color from underrepresented communities in Philadelphia. SMASH Wharton at UPenn is looking for instructors to teach Math,...
Miscellaneous
Signature Work from First Year to Capstone
Association of American Colleges and Universities
AAC&U Webinar: Signature Work from First Year to Capstone: Scaffolding throughout the Curriculum Friday, April 27, 2018 2:00 ET AAC&U is pleased to announce the latest webinar in a series...
2018 SummerSessions at Friends Select School
Friends Select School
Where the City Meets Your Kid June 18 – July 27 (1-6 week courses available) Friends Select SummerSessions provides a unique experience that will engage, challenge, and enrich students in...
2018 Chancellor’s Awards for Civic Engagement at Rutgers University–Camden
Rutgers University
These awards recognize the contributions of our campus community and partners to Camden and across southern New Jersey. Nominations are being accepted in eight categories, all listed below with the...
Youth Fostering Change
Juvenile Law Center
When: March 27, 2018 Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am EST To Register: Please email Rachael Ickes at cwtpreg@ with your name, email address, and agency name. Youth Fostering Change, a project at...
Sparking Social Capital in the 21st Century
Social Innovations Institute
Social capital is in decline. Community trust, networks of resources, and authentic communication systems are critical to the fabric of healthy and sustainable communities, as well as a bedrock...
Young Writers & Illustrators Spring Short Story Contest
The World Was Made for You
Write & Illustrate Your Own Story Co-hosted by children’s author Nahjee Grant OPEN TO ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST: Write & illustrate a story no longer than 32 pages about...
Upcoming Webinar: Crowdfunding for Service Years
Service Year Alliance
Upcoming Webinar: Crowdfunding for Service Years – Insights from the 2017 Pilots Thursday March 29, 2018 1:00-2:00pm EST Service Year Alliance piloted crowdfunding throughout 2017 and would...
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