The week of
May 14, 2019
Other Local Events and Workshops
Early Bird Registration Open for Equitable Development Conference, June 26-27
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Early Bird Tickets are on sale for the PACDC Community Development Leadership Institute’s Forward Equitable Development Conference on Wednesday, June 26th and Thursday, June 27th! We’re...
PAACE Annual Conference, June 17-18 – Early Registration Discount Ends May 15
Pennsylvania American Council on Education Women's Network
The Pennsylvania American Council on Education Women’s Network (PA ACE) is hosting our third annual state leadership conference at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Harrisburg,...
Early Childhood Job Fair – May 22
Mayor’s Office of Education
Join the Mayor’s Office of Education for a job fair focused on careers working with young children! Date And Time Wed, May 22, 2019 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT Location The School District of...
Who Gets Hired? A conversation about skills and credentials – May 23
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia
Thursday, May 23 5:30-6:30 PM Venture Cafe at the Science Center 3647 Market Street Recent research from Education Testing Service shows that despite earning a four-year degree, a significant number...
FREE! ESL/English Literacy & Civics Classes
District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund
FREE! ESL/English Literacy & Civics Classes at District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund: New classes begin July 8, 2019 Curriculum: • Set Workforce and Career Goals • Improve Reading...
Community Climate Resilience Workshop – May 30
Green Building United
Green Building United is excited to partner with PACDC to present this Community Climate Resilience Workshop, aimed at increasing knowledge of resilience from the city scale down to the neighborhood...
New Resources
Broken Mirrors: Black Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities
Education Trust
If America’s public colleges and universities are supposed to be true democratic engines of opportunity and social mobility, their student body and graduates should at least mirror the racial and...
Policy Strategies for Pursuing Adequate Funding of Community Colleges
The Century Foundation
Community colleges are uniquely situated to address a paramount national challenge: reducing economic inequality. Students who complete an associate’s degree have higher rates of employment and...
Nonprofit Communications Planner
Netwowrk for Good
Spring is in full swing and it’s your chance to get organized! Build out your integrated communications plan for the entire year with this interactive month-by-month planning template. Sync up...
How will your community mobilize for postsecondary attainment?
Equal Measure
Five Critical Questions Across the country, communities are using cross-sector partnerships to address many persistent, historical, and systemic challenges, such as inequities in health and education...
Campus Programming Director for Foster Youth
University of Pennsylvania
INTRODUCTION The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research is committed to increasing higher education access and success for youth who have experienced foster care. Often,...
Greater Good: Lessons from Those Who Have Started Major Grantmaking Organizations
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
With more than 30,000 new private foundations established in the in the past 20 years, it is vital that early-stage grantmakers learn from the wisdom of those who have gone before them so they can...
Teacher Action Group 10th Anniversary Video
Teacher Action Group–Philadelphia
Teacher Action Group (TAG) Philadelphia works to strengthen the influence of educators within schools and over policy decisions. While partnering with parent, student, and community groups, TAG is...
Campus Compact national webinar series video archive
Campus Compact
Did you miss out on the Campus Compact national webinar series? Are there topics you’d like to learn more about? Check out the library of webinars on our YouTube channel. Topics touch on issues...
Community Partnerships Micro-Credential
Campus Compact
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS A focus on how to create and maintain mutually beneficial and reciprocal partnerships Earn this micro-credential by demonstrating an ability to effectively cultivate,...
Community Engagement Fundamentals Micro-Credential
Campus Compact
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS A general overview of community engagement work and introduction to key concepts Earn this micro-credential by effectively and elaborately providing a summary of the...
Integrating Worlds, How Off-Campus Study Can Transform Undergraduate Education
Stylus Publishing
Integrating Worlds , by Scott D. Carpenter, Helena Kaufman and Malene Torp, demonstrates how high-quality off-campus study epitomizes integrative learning, both supporting and enhancing the entire...
Online Toolkit: Communicating Effectively about Community Engagement in Higher Education
Minnesota Campus Compact
This toolkit provides guidance for community engagement professionals, campus communications professionals, campus administrators, and others involved in telling the story of higher education...
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
University of Georgia
The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement’s Spring 2019 issue (Volume 23, No. 1) is now available. This special issue of JHEOE, “Expanding Notions of the Community Engagement...
Partnerships Classifieds
Tablers wanted, MightyFest Writing Carnival (ages 2-14) – apply by Aug 1
Mighty Writers
Event date: Saturday, September 28, 2019 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: Aviator Park, across from the Franklin Institute Join us for the 2nd annual MightyFest Writing Carnival for kids! We have...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for posters: Urban Health Symposium – May 15
Drexel University
LAST CHANCE to submit an abstract for the Urban Health Symposium poster session! The deadline is May 15, 2019. Don’t miss out on the chance to submit a poster abstract for Reimagining Health in...
Community Engaged Learning in STEM Conference, June 12-14; Deadline to Register May 24
EPICS University Consortium
Interested in how Community-Engagement fits within Engineering, Technology and Computing? Then the 2019 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop, Co-sponsored by IEEE and hosted by University of South...
Call for Proposals: Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, Due May 29
Association of American Colleges and Universities
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and its Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) are pleased to announce the 2019 Transforming STEM Higher Education Network Conference. November...
Call for Proposals: Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering, Due June 7
Imagining America
Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering, Mighty Dreams: Designing and Fostering Belonging in ‘America’, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Friday,...
Debate for Civic Learning Institute, Sept. 20-21
James Madison University
Apply to participate in the Debate for Civic Learning Institute held at James Madison University Friday September 20 – Saturday September 21, 2019 sponsored by James Madison University,...
Call for Proposals: Campus Compact Conference, March 30-April 1, 2020, Due June 30
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is now accepting proposals for the Compact20 national conference. We seek proposals that explore and connect to our theme: The Promise of Full Participation: Democracy, Opportunity,...
Grant Opportunities
Documentary Film Proposals From Latino American Perspective – Jun 3
Latino Public Broadcasting
Latino Public Broadcasting Seeks Documentary Film Proposals From Latino American Perspective Latino Public Broadcasting is a leader in the development, production, acquisition, and distribution of...
Proposals for Community-Based Archives – Jul 1
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Invites Proposals for Community-Based Archives The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation endeavors to strengthen, promote, and, where necessary, defend the contributions of the...
Fulfilling Basic Needs – Supporting the Whole Student – Jun 7
ECMC Foundation
ECMC Foundation seeks to support a cohort of organizations and/or higher education institutions that further the research, development and scaling of basic needs initiatives at two-year and four-year...
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grants – May 31
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
DVRPC Opens Funding Opportunity for Projects that Reduce Congestion and Improve Air Quality Earlier in April, DVRPC opened a competitive funding round for the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality...
NASPA LEAD Initiative Institution Application, Due June 30
NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
The LEAD Initiative began in 2012-2013 with three primary goals. First, the initiative was seen as a way to advance the institutionalization of Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) work...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Summer Research Fellowship for Grad Students on Cost of Attendence
University of Pennsylvania
CHEWNING SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS uAspire is pleased to announce the inaugural posting of the Chewning Research Fellowship, a summer-long research position established to...
Garden Maintenance Assistant, QEW African Diaspora Earthcare Coalition
QEW African Diaspora Earthcare Coalition
QEW African Diaspora Earthcare Coalition – Plant Medicine Project JOB DESCRIPTION Garden Maintenance Assistant Primary Collaborative Relationship: African Diaspora Earthcare Coalition and Plant...
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
About The Organization The Pennsylvania Innocence Project was founded in 2008 to exonerate persons convicted of crimes they did not commit and prevent innocent people from being convicted. Over the...
UWGLV AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteers
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) has begun our search for our 2019-2020 AmeriCorps VISTAs! The deadline to apply is 7/1/2019. Please consider this exciting opportunity to contribute...
Miscellaneous
Webinar: How To Create An Engaged Board of Directors, A Step by Step Guide, May 16
Charity How To
Date and Time: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 PM You’ll learn from this live webinar: How to Identify the Best Candidates for Your Nonprofit Board of Directors How to Screen Your...
Call for Manuscripts: Journal of Nonprofit Education Leadership (JNEL)
Journal of Nonprofit Education Leadership
The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership (JNEL) invites manuscripts for consideration for publication in a Spring 2020 themed issue on the use of high-impact practices (HIPs) in...
What Good Does a Degree Do? Leveraging Social Norms to Influence Student Motivation – May 15
National College Access Network
Wednesday, May 15 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Every college has its own student norms for how to act, what to wear, and even why to attend college in the first place. In most cases, these norms are...
Webinar – Excellence: A Critical Examination of Accountability, May 30
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Please join our upcoming webinar, “Excellence: A Critical Examination of Accountability,” on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 2:00 – 3:00 Today, the demand for global competitiveness in...
Webinar: Copywriting for Marketing and Fundraising, May 23
Iris Creative Group Inc.
Date and Time: Thursday, May 23, 2:00–3:15 When you are responsible for nonprofit communications, writing is an essential –and unavoidable – part of the job. Great headlines, compelling...
ALL IN Democracy Challenge: Nominate Outstanding Educators and Students, Deadline July 1
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge seeks nominations for awards recognizing outstanding contributions to improving college student democratic engagement. We invite you to nominate educators...
Call for Nominations: Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, Deadline May 31
Campus Compact
The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career if not in a tenure line) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with...
Call for Nominations: 2019 Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty, Deadline June 1
Swearer Center Brown University
Sponsored by the Swearer Center at Brown University in partnership with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), the annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of...
College Success Network
Fulfilling Basic Needs – Supporting the Whole Student – Jun 7
ECMC Foundation
ECMC Foundation seeks to support a cohort of organizations and/or higher education institutions that further the research, development and scaling of basic needs initiatives at two-year and four-year...
How will your community mobilize for postsecondary attainment?
Equal Measure
Five Critical Questions Across the country, communities are using cross-sector partnerships to address many persistent, historical, and systemic challenges, such as inequities in health and education...
Campus Programming Director for Foster Youth
University of Pennsylvania
INTRODUCTION The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research is committed to increasing higher education access and success for youth who have experienced foster care. Often,...
Faculty Updates
Community Engaged Learning in STEM Conference, June 12-14; Deadline to Register May 24
EPICS University Consortium
Interested in how Community-Engagement fits within Engineering, Technology and Computing? Then the 2019 Global EPICS Symposium and Workshop, Co-sponsored by IEEE and hosted by University of South...
Call for Manuscripts: Journal of Nonprofit Education Leadership (JNEL)
Journal of Nonprofit Education Leadership
The Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership (JNEL) invites manuscripts for consideration for publication in a Spring 2020 themed issue on the use of high-impact practices (HIPs) in...
PAACE Annual Conference, June 17-18 – Early Registration Discount Ends May 15
Pennsylvania American Council on Education Women's Network
The Pennsylvania American Council on Education Women’s Network (PA ACE) is hosting our third annual state leadership conference at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Harrisburg,...
Webinar – Excellence: A Critical Examination of Accountability, May 30
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Please join our upcoming webinar, “Excellence: A Critical Examination of Accountability,” on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 2:00 – 3:00 Today, the demand for global competitiveness in...
Call for Proposals: Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, Due May 29
Association of American Colleges and Universities
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and its Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) are pleased to announce the 2019 Transforming STEM Higher Education Network Conference. November...
Integrating Worlds, How Off-Campus Study Can Transform Undergraduate Education
Stylus Publishing
Integrating Worlds , by Scott D. Carpenter, Helena Kaufman and Malene Torp, demonstrates how high-quality off-campus study epitomizes integrative learning, both supporting and enhancing the entire...
Call for Proposals: Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering, Due June 7
Imagining America
Imagining America 20th Anniversary National Gathering, Mighty Dreams: Designing and Fostering Belonging in ‘America’, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Friday,...
Debate for Civic Learning Institute, Sept. 20-21
James Madison University
Apply to participate in the Debate for Civic Learning Institute held at James Madison University Friday September 20 – Saturday September 21, 2019 sponsored by James Madison University,...
Call for Proposals: Campus Compact Conference, March 30-April 1, 2020, Due June 30
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is now accepting proposals for the Compact20 national conference. We seek proposals that explore and connect to our theme: The Promise of Full Participation: Democracy, Opportunity,...
Online Toolkit: Communicating Effectively about Community Engagement in Higher Education
Minnesota Campus Compact
This toolkit provides guidance for community engagement professionals, campus communications professionals, campus administrators, and others involved in telling the story of higher education...
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
University of Georgia
The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement’s Spring 2019 issue (Volume 23, No. 1) is now available. This special issue of JHEOE, “Expanding Notions of the Community Engagement...
ALL IN Democracy Challenge: Nominate Outstanding Educators and Students, Deadline July 1
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge seeks nominations for awards recognizing outstanding contributions to improving college student democratic engagement. We invite you to nominate educators...
Call for Nominations: Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, Deadline May 31
Campus Compact
The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award recognizes one senior faculty member (post-tenure or middle-to-late career if not in a tenure line) each year. Honorees (who must be affiliated with...
Call for Nominations: 2019 Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty, Deadline June 1
Swearer Center Brown University
Sponsored by the Swearer Center at Brown University in partnership with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), the annual Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of...
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