The week of
December 4, 2018
Other Local Events and Workshops
Access Excess: Learn how to Navigate Free Materials from Temple University – Jan 8
Temple University
This 1 hour training will provide representatives from 501(c)3 organizations with an overview of the Temple Surplus program, on-site registration to the program, and a computer demo on how to access...
Parent Workshop on Early Reading Skills: Facilitator Training – Dec 12
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Parent Workshop on Early Reading Skills has been developed, delivered multiple times and refined, and is now ready for more facilitators to deliver the workshop to parents. Workshop Description...
Reporting on Student Level Data in the Era of FERPA – Dec 13
Philadelphia Education Fund
Join us for breakfast and discussion on Thursday, December 13th How do we know? When it comes to education, this is often the toughest question to answer. How do we know whether our literacy program...
From Diversity to Inclusion: Breaking Down Barriers on the Path to [Un]Common Ground – Jan 9
Employment Practices Solutions
Employment Practices Solutions will be leading a free seminar on practices and behaviors that foster an inclusive environment. Participants can expect to: Deepen their understanding of the impact of...
Collective Impact Conversations: Local Purchasing – Dec 11
Rutgers University
I am writing to invite you to participate in our next Collective Impact Conversation, which will focus on the development of strategies for local procurement and hiring. This conversation will take...
Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference – Feb 15
Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference
Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference (DVSAC) is the region’s best generalist student affairs event for professionals in higher education (from graduate students to entry-level to seasoned...
Access to High Quality Computer Science Education in Philadelphia – Dec 6
CS4Philly
Access to High Quality Computer Science Education in Philadelphia: What Community Leaders and Parents Need to Know to Advocate for Children & Youth: December 6 The session is for community...
Grants Training in Philadelphia, PA – December 17-18, 2018
Perice College
Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Philadelphia at Peirce College, December 17-18, 2018. Attend this class and you’ll learn how to find grants and write winning grant...
Free Workshop! 2019 Project Planning – Dec 10
Vision Driven Artists
Hosted by Vision Driven Artists and The Rotunda Monday, December 10, 2018 at 6 PM – 8 PM The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Vision Driven Artists has teamed up with The...
Expert Office Hours: Board Development – Dec 12
Regional Foundation Center
Expert Office Hours: Board Development Wednesday, December 12 | 11:30am – 2:30pm (choose a time slot), Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila., PA The Regional Foundation Center is...
Nonprofit Nerds Meetup- Nonprofit Social Media Engagement Strategies for 2019
Regional Foundation Center
Nonprofit Nerds Meetup: Nonprofit Social Media Engagement Strategies for 2019 Monday, December 10 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm, Free Library Business Department, 1901 Vine St., Phila. PA Expand your...
Beyond the Fundamentals of Financial Management – Mar 28
LaSalle Nonprofit Center
We created this class in response to overwhelming demand for a “deeper dive” into what the numbers saying about your organization. It continues the process of understanding, analyzing,...
Fundamentals of Finance – Mar 14
LaSalle Nonprofit Center
This essential, foundational class, is presented 2 more times in Philadelphia and Northampton Counties This course focuses on enabling you to understand and interpret your financial story for both...
Solas Awards Honors Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan – Feb 28
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
2019 Dennis Clark Solas Award Honoree Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan, Co-Founder and Vice President, M. Night Shyamalan Foundation, will be given the Dennis Clark Solas Award for her...
New Resources
Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges: How Public Colleges Reinforce White Racial Privilege
Georgetown University
Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges: How Public Colleges Reinforce White Racial Privilege and Marginalize Black and Latino Students: The Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce finds...
Social Enterprise Directory
Weaver's Social Enterprise Directory
Weaver’s Social Enterprise Directory is a national, online, public directory for social enterprises, defined as businesses that aim to combat social problems, in the United States. The mission of...
The University, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Civic Engagement: Toward Civic Engagement 3.0
Societies
by Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., D. Gavin Luter, and Camden Miller Abstract This essay analyzes and syntheses key theories and concepts on neighborhood change from the literature on anchor institutions,...
New Website: National Service PHL
City of Philadelphia
National Service PHL is your central hub for all national service opportunities and activities in the city of Philadelphia The Philadelphia National Service Task Force (NSTF) is a working group...
Beyond Seats at the Table: Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact
Collective Impact Forum
This past April, over 700 attendees and hundreds more online viewers joined us for the livestream event Beyond Seats at the Table: Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact, a keynote at the 2018...
Partnerships Classifieds
The 2018 Family Support Holiday Drive – Temple University
Temple University
Sponsored by the Intergenerational Center at Temple University College of Education the 2018 Family Support Holiday Drive serves the approximate 200+ children/youth of the: Family Friends Program...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
2019 Project Kaleidoscope STEM Leadership Institute
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Institute I: July 9–14, 2019 Institute II: July 16–21, 2019 The Claggett Center, Adamstown, Maryland Deadline 1: January 15, 2019 | Notification by March 1 Deadline 2: March 15, 2019 |...
5th Annual Public Philosophy Networks Conference – Philosophy from All Walks of Life – Call for Proposals
Public Philosophy Network
Michigan State University Kellogg Conference Center October 17-19, 2019 Call for Workshops, Panels, Papers, Reports Abstracts Due January 31, 2019, please submit to: The Public Philosophy Networks...
2019 IMPACT Conference, Charlottesville, VA, February 21-24, 2019
IMPACT
The IMPACT Board and Planning committee are so excited to bring you this year’s conference with Madison House and the University of Virginia. Our hope, just like every year, is that this...
Leadership Strategies for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts -December 13-14, 2018, Baltimore, MD
Academic Impressions
Join our expert speakers and a cohort of your peers for this one-of-a-kind workshop designed to equip leaders in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) world with the tools and skills to...
Grant Opportunities
Healthy Smiles Healthy Children Access to Care Grants
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children Invites Proposals for Access to Care Grants The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry established Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children in 1987 with the aim of providing...
Conservation Projects
Conservation Alliance
Conservation Alliance Invites Nominations for Conservation Projects The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor businesses that seeks to protect threatened wild places in North America for their...
K-5 Science and Math Projects
Toshiba America Foundation
Toshiba America Foundation Invites Applications for K-5 Science and Math Projects The Toshiba America Foundation is accepting grant applications from K-5 grade school teachers for innovative science...
Big Read: Community-Wide Reading Programs – Jan 24
National Endowment for the Arts
Big Read Accepting Grant Applications for Community-Wide Reading Programs The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to restore reading to the center of American culture....
Small Grants Program
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Clif Bar Family Foundation Accepting Applications for Small Grants Program The Clif Bar Family Foundation is accepting applications for its Small Grants program. Through the program, general support...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
High School Math Teachers, School District of Philadelphia
School District of Philadelphia
High School Math Teachers needed for the remainder of the 2018-2019 school year: Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus. Certification preferred. Potential to extend role based on performance, credentials and...
Healthy Futures – Health Promotion Council VISTA
Health Promotion Council
The Chronic Disease Management and Prevention VISTA will be involved as a critical team member within the Training and Capacity Building (TCAP) Department of Health Promotion Council, which covers a...
Workforce Institute VISTA, Public Health Management Corporation
Public Health Management Corporation
Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is a nonprofit public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities. With more than 2,500 employees supporting this family of programs...
Now Hiring Seasonal Employees – Snow Removal Help in Norristown
Youth Empowerment Program
The Youth Empowerment Program is seeking young adult ages 16 -18 for snow removal help in Norristown. Earn $ per hour. The young adults, ages 16 – 18, need to reside in a TANF [Temporary...
Rec Center Program Manager – Mighty Writers
Mighty Writers
About Mighty Writers Mighty Writers is a nonprofit that teaches Philadelphia kids, two to 17, to think and write with clarity. Our free, out-of-school writing programs in four Philadelphia...
Miscellaneous
World Hunger Leadership Challenge
Lead2Feed Challenge
World Hunger Leadership Challenge Accepting Student Entries for World Hunger Service Learning Projects The Lead2Feed Challenge was established to encourage middle and high school students to hone...
Pre-Apprenticeship programs to serve Opportunity Youth in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Works
Philadelphia Works Awards $600,000 in Contracts for New Pre-Apprenticeships Pilot programs will better connect Philadelphia youth and young adults to opportunities in skilled trades and Information...
Request For Proposals – Teen Lounge
Fleisher Art Memorial
Ends on November 26, 2018 Teen Lounge at Fleisher Art Memorial is accepting project proposals from teaching artists for paid residencies! Teen Lounge is a free, drop-in afterschool arts program...
The Art of the Relationship: Board Orientation that Sets the Right Direction
La Salle Nonprofit Center
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 – 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm REGISTER Once you have found new board members, make sure you offer an effective orientation experience that doesn’t assume...
Aspen Presidential Fellowship: Community College leadership
Aspen Institute
Aspen Fellows application open for 2019-20 cohort During the next decade, more than 80 percent of community college presidents are projected to retire, creating a need to develop leaders. The Aspen...
Leadership Training: Do You Serve on a Board?
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Whether you’re currently serving on a non-profit board or not, the Arts + Business Council’s Business On Board 2019 program is a great leadership development opportunity to take part in. Over the...
Emerging Leader Fellowship
Stoneleigh Foundation
The Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellowship is a two-year, full-time, hands-on position for early career professionals. Fellows work collaboratively with a host organization and the Stoneleigh...
Intensive TESOL Certificate Course
MotherTongue TESOL
Mother Tongue Intensive TESOL Certificate Course 4-day Intensive TESOL course Course Dates- January 10-13 Mother Tongue TESOL is an intensive 100-hours ESL teacher training and certification course...
College Success Network
Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Conference
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Engaged Inclusivity: Perceptions, Realities, and Aspirations March 28, 2019 to March 30, 2019 Omni William Penn 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219 “If we are to achieve a richer culture,...
2019 Summer Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success
Association of American Colleges and Universities
June 18–21, 2019 Villanova University Applications Due March 7, 2019 The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success will help campus and state system teams advance student success by...
Diversity & Democracy: Examining the Past, Transforming the Future
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Examining the Past, Transforming the Future – AAC&U Publication Diversity & Democracy, Summer 2018 Vol. 21, No. 3 This issue of Diversity & Democracy examines how colleges and...
Creativity-Infused Pedagogy to Foster a Civic Consciousness
Association of American Colleges and Universities
By Carol-lynn Swol, Project Associate, Association of American Colleges and Universities Art and design curricula empower students to be thoughtful and engaged with society. The creative process,...
Book: Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education
Stylus Publishing
A Strategy to Transform Universities and Communities by Erica K. Yamamura and Kent Koth Foreword by Geoffrey Canada While an increasing number of universities have or are committed to engaging their...
Replication Grant: Stay the Course
Catholic Charities Fort Worth
RFP opens to replicate Catholic Charities Fort Worth’s Stay the Course Stay the Course is a community college program created by Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW). It combines case...
Aspen Presidential Fellowship: Community College leadership
Aspen Institute
Aspen Fellows application open for 2019-20 cohort During the next decade, more than 80 percent of community college presidents are projected to retire, creating a need to develop leaders. The Aspen...
New College Success documentary: Unlikely
Three Frame Media
World premiere of documentary on higher ed set for Napa Valley Festival Immigrants. Parents. Working Adults. First Generation. Meet the faces of today’s higher ed students and follow the...
Faculty Updates
Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Conference
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Engaged Inclusivity: Perceptions, Realities, and Aspirations March 28, 2019 to March 30, 2019 Omni William Penn 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219 “If we are to achieve a richer culture,...
2019 Summer Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success
Association of American Colleges and Universities
June 18–21, 2019 Villanova University Applications Due March 7, 2019 The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success will help campus and state system teams advance student success by...
Diversity & Democracy: Examining the Past, Transforming the Future
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Examining the Past, Transforming the Future – AAC&U Publication Diversity & Democracy, Summer 2018 Vol. 21, No. 3 This issue of Diversity & Democracy examines how colleges and...
Book: Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education
Stylus Publishing
A Strategy to Transform Universities and Communities by Erica K. Yamamura and Kent Koth Foreword by Geoffrey Canada While an increasing number of universities have or are committed to engaging their...
Book: Community-Based Global Learning
Stylus Publishing
The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad by Eric Hartman, Richard C. Kiely, Christopher Boettcher, and Jessica Friedrichs Foreword by Rafia Zakaria International education,...
Call for Papers: The International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership and Social Change
International Undergraduate Journal For Service-Learning
The International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership and Social Change has a call for papers. You can view the Journal at The Journal is dedicated to providing undergraduate...
Civic Learning & Engagement Rubrics for Gen Ed Programs
HE-SL Listserv
AAC&U will be releasing a new publication in January 2019: We Have a Rubric for That: The VALUE Approach to Assessment. More information can be found here: IUPUI’s learning outcomes,...
Democracy under Siege – Article in AAC&U Newsletter
American Association of Colleges and Universities
This article attempts to reframe what is going on with US democracy and democracies elsewhere in a different way than the divided political parties that governs the narrative in this period of...
Volunteering in America Report
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation has released its 2018 report on Volunteering in America, a “comprehensive report of volunteer highlights and trends in the United States of America.” On the report’s website,...
Call for Workshops & Papers: Philosophy from All Walks of Life
Public Philosophy Network
Michigan State University Kellogg Conference Center October 17-19, 2019 Call for Workshops, Panels, Papers, Reports Abstracts Due January 31, 2019, please submit to: The Public Philosophy Networks...
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