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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