The week of

April 23, 2019

PHENND Events/Activities

17-18 PHENND Annual Report

PHENND

We are pleased to share the new PHENND Annual Report which profiles our accomplishments during the 2017-2018 academic year. The report also includes brief summaries from many of our member...

Spring K-16 Partnerships Newsletter

PHENND

Please enjoy the K-16 Partnerships Summer Newsletter. In this issue: PHENND K-16 Summer Institute – May 31st Phillip B. Lindy Award for Excellence in K-16 Partnerships K-16 VISTA Project and...

Other Local Events and Workshops

Parents Progressing with Life, Apr. 24

Progressive Life Center

Parents Progressing with Life (PPWL) is a free parenting program provided by Progressive Life Center, Inc. (PLC) in Philadelphia to empower parents. We take a creative look at positive parenting...

Engage to Grow, May 16

Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania

Engage to Grow, May 16, 2019, Wilkes-Barre, PA, is the third annual civic engagement and service learning conference for the NE Pennsylvania Service Learning Consortium which will feature keynote...

Goodwill of Delaware & Delaware County Hosting Job Fair, May 15

Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

The Goodwill of Delaware & Delaware County will be hosting a job fair in partnership with State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams’s office on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 10 AM – 2 PM at the...

Free CLE on Systems Change and Youth Court, May 7

PA Bar Association

The PA Bar Association will be holding a series of four hours of free CLE on systems change and youth court with a program at the Delco Bar headquarters May 7th, from 11 to 3   To receive more...

Cahn Collaborative Reception, May 7

Cahn Collaborative

Please join us as a Sponsor for the May 7, 2019, from 6:00 to 8:30 , Cahn Collaborative Reception at the Inn at Swarthmore as we honor Edgar Cahn and youth court across Pennsylvania and beyond. The...

Fair Wages for an Equitable Philadelphia, May 1

Philadelphia Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM Location: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Close to 15,600 adults living in Philadelphia work...

Champions for College Completion Event, May 16

College Possible

Date and Time: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Location: Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 2001 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 College Possible...

New Resources

Afterschool Programs: A Review of Evidence Under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Research for Action

Millions of American parents rely on afterschool programs to provide supervision, academic support, physical activity, and enrichment for their children. Federal funding for afterschool programs,...

K-12 Resource: Science Fair Central

Discovery Education

The Home Depot and Discovery Education have joined forces to help STEAM-power classrooms and homes across the country as students prepare for the careers of tomorrow. With 10 million students from...

Partnerships Classifieds

Host an MPH Fieldwork student

University of Pennsylvania

Submit an application to host a MPH Fieldwork student Interested in hosting a graduate MPH student intern from UPENN? Thank you for your continued partnership with the Penn Center for Public Health...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Community Colleges as Civic Power Plants: Generating, Harnessing, and Spreading Civic Power – May 23

Campus Compact of the Mid-Atlantic

May 23, 2019 10am – 4pm Hosted by Campus Compact of the Mid-Atlantic and Prince George’s Community College Community Colleges as Civic Power Plants: Generating, Harnessing, and Spreading...

Spring 2019 Volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice

Governors State University

The Spring 2019  volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice is live at  The Journal  is dedicated to providing undergraduate students...

Grant Opportunities

Small grants program for infant health – May 31

Child Health Foundation

Child Health Foundation Invites Applications for Innovative Small Grants Program The Child Health Foundation works to improve the lives of children in low-income settings by empowering local...

Projects Focused on Global Warming – Jul 12

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ray C. Anderson Foundation Invites Applications for Projects Focused on Global Warming In 2018, the NextGen Committee at the Atlanta-based Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a private family foundation...

Lyle Spencer Education Research Awards – May 22

Spencer Foundation

Spencer Foundation Invites Applications for Lyle Spencer Research Awards The Chicago-based Spencer Foundation, the only national foundation focused exclusively on supporting education research, is...

Sports programs that address health equity – May 29

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Accepting Applications for Sports Awards The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award program recognizes sports teams, athletes, and community-based organizations...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Executive Director, YMCA of Delaware

YMCA of Delaware

The YMCA of Delaware is Delaware’s largest non-profit organization committed to strengthening the citizens of Delaware through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Our...

Penn State to hire neighborhood residents

Penn State University

Penn State will be hiring residents in the neighborhoods around the Rail Park and East Parkside and Cobb’s Creek areas to conduct door-to-door surveys spring 2019. The surveys will give...

Research Support/Interviewer Supervisor

Penn State

Penn State will be conducting door to door surveys in neighborhoods around the Rail Park and East Parkside and Cobb’s Creek spring 2019 and will be hiring a resident to supervise in each...

RSVP AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR – KleinLife Senior Services

KleinLife Senior Services

FLSA Status: Exempt Union Eligible Classification: PI Position Summary The RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) and Community Services Coordinator reports to Director of RSVP at the...

Associate Director – Civic House at UPenn, Application Deadline Apr. 29

Civic House

Civic House has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director to join our staff, working primarily with the Penn Civic Scholars Program. The person in this role will also contribute to a variety...

Training Room Manager

Hopeworks 'n Camden

Hopeworks ‘N Camden is a nationally recognized not-for-profit organization founded in 2000 in Camden, NJ. Our Vision is to heal communities by creating safe pathways through which we own our...

AmeriCorps VISTA, Penn State Brandywine.

Penn State Brandywine

Penn State Brandywine is seeking a full-time, 12-month AmeriCorps VISTA to assess the current state of the Penn State PaSSS Retention program at Penn State Brandywine, and to specifically create or...

Director of Development, Application Deadline, May 31

How I Decide Foundation

Founded in 2014, the How I Decide Foundation is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) based in suburban Philadelphia.  Our team is composed of academics, educators, and business professionals, and our...

Makerspace Director

Friends' Central

Friends’ Central School seeks a Makerspace Director to lead our 6th through 12th grade creative and collaborative learning makerspaces. Ideal candidates will have experience managing a makerspace,...

Part-time Research Assistant, Connecting Latinos en Pareja

Connecting Latinos en Pareja (CLP)

Connecting Latinos en Pareja (CLP) at Temple University is seeking a team-oriented, high energy, and self-motivated part-time Research Assistant. CLP is an HIV prevention research study targeting...

Miscellaneous

2019 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, Nominations due May 31

Campus Compact

Campus Compact is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty award. The award recognizes senior faculty at Campus Compact member institutions for exemplary...

Campus Compact Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program

Campus Compact

The Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program will launch on Thursday, April 25. Two micro-credentials will be available to earn: Community Engagement Fundamentals and Community...

Faculty Updates

Engage to Grow, May 16

Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania

Engage to Grow, May 16, 2019, Wilkes-Barre, PA, is the third annual civic engagement and service learning conference for the NE Pennsylvania Service Learning Consortium which will feature keynote...

2019 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, Nominations due May 31

Campus Compact

Campus Compact is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty award. The award recognizes senior faculty at Campus Compact member institutions for exemplary...

Campus Compact Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program

Campus Compact

The Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program will launch on Thursday, April 25. Two micro-credentials will be available to earn: Community Engagement Fundamentals and Community...

Spring 2019 Volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice

Governors State University

The Spring 2019  volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice is live at  The Journal  is dedicated to providing undergraduate students...


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