The week of
November 3, 2020
PHENND Events/Activities
Cultural Humility and Historical Understanding – Understanding What is Now Pennsylvania through Indigenous Experience – Nov 10
PHENND
The Community-based Global Learning Collaborative, the Pennsylvania Council for International Education, and the Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development are cooperating...
Service Stories: Episode 14
PHENND
Hosts Sara Guiang & Sarah Kaplan – who have both completed a year of service as AmeriCorps VISTAs with PHENND – sit down each episode to interview a fellow volunteer serving in Philadelphia....
Other Local Events and Workshops
The Past Four Years: What Have We Learned? – Nov 11
National Constitution Center
Join a bipartisan post-election discussion exploring what we have learned in the past four years about parties, partisanship, and the structures of our democracy. Anne Applebaum and Yascha...
Lunch and Learn: Virtual Poverty Simulation and Q&A – Nov 18
Bethesda Project
Bethesda Project and Keystone First invite members of the Philadelphia community to participate in a virtual discussion that will break down misconceptions, cultivate community connection, and...
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week 2020 – Nov 15-22
Bethesda Project
From November 15-22, 2020, Bethesda Project will recognize Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, an annual program that brings people together across the country to draw attention to issues...
Three-part fundraising series – Nov 3, 10, 17
Free Library of Philadelphia
[via the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey] The Regional Foundation Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia is again offering its Diversity Your Funding series of...
Save the Date: Virtual Symposium & Publishing Workshop – Jan 14-15
Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania
This symposium is a partnership between the three journals of the Community Development Society, which feature local and community development scholarship and practice work. In conjunction with this...
Rebuild Ready: Access to Capital & Financing Info Session – Nov 5
PIDC
Are you a Philadelphia-based business planning to work on Rebuild Projects as a Prime or Sub? You may be eligible to receive financing through one of PIDC’s Loan Products, including: Contract Line...
A Conversation with the Register of Wills – Nov 19
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Join PACDC on Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm as the Honorable Tracey L. Gordon shares her Plan, Prepare, Protect Tour via Zoom to our constituency. During this free event,...
PHEAA Social Live: 10 Tips to Pay for College – Dec 4
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)
PHEAA Social Live: Friday, December 4, 2020 Join PHEAA on Facebook and Twitter the first and third Friday of every month at 1:00 PM (ET) as our Higher Education Access Partners discuss and answer...
New Resources
New Report: Exploring Hospital Investments in Community Development
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The new report Exploring Hospital Investments in Community Development provides the first in-depth, national analysis of nonprofit hospitals’ reported spending on community building activities,...
Universities and Community Schools Journal, Fall 2020
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Universities and Community Schools, Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 2020 This issue of Universities and Community Schools appears at a particularly important moment. The pandemic and murders of Black people...
Campus Compact National Webinar Series Archives
Campus Compact
Our 2020-2021 webinar series is well underway with more to support and inspire you. Faculty, staff, students, and partners are welcome to join for information, tools, and resources to help you in...
What Is Media Literacy and How Do We Practice It Using Pulitzer Center Reporting?
Pulitzer Center
Happy Media Literacy Week, educators! To celebrate, our friends at the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) are highlighting five components of media literacy education: Access,...
WSU Community Education Courses Highlight Voting and Civil Rights
Weber State University
Weber State University’s College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, in partnership with WSU Community Education, is offering two free courses this fall that will explore the United States’...
Creating PRESENCE: New program addresses organizational trauma
Lakeside Global Institute
[via the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey] As one of the world’s foremost leaders in trauma-informed care and organizational certification, Dr. Sandra Bloom (who spoke at...
What Now? Post-Election Planning and Processing
Campus Election Engagement Project
The Campus Election Engagement Project has several resources available to help faculty and staff in the post-election season, come what may: The Road Ahead: Processing the 2020 Election with Your...
PA Family Support Needs Assessment
PA Department of Human Services
[via the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey] The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning, in partnership with CHOP’s PolicyLAB, has released the 2020...
2020 Annual Report on Homelessness in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services
The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services is delighted to announce the 2020 Annual Report has been uploaded to the website and is now live. Now more than ever, housing is healthcare Read more...
Rental Housing Affordability Data Tool
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The strong economic growth that followed the Great Recession did little to erase the persistent shortfall of affordable rental housing in the Third District. Even after this expansion, a substantial...
Survey indicates nonprofits have lost billions due to COVID
Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations
[posted via the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey] The Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations partnered with The Pittsburgh Foundation and a coalition of...
SSIR Guide to Influencing Public Policy
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
A list of SSIR articles to help nonprofits, advocates, and other civil society organizations build support for addressing the social issues brought to the fore by the 2020 US presidential election...
New Report: How Many Households May Be at Risk of Eviction Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
COVID-19 and associated economic shutdowns have led to unprecedented job losses and concerns about how households will pay rent while unemployed and make up for missed payments once reemployed. While...
Partnerships Classifieds
Summer 2021 Legal Internship, Public Interest Law Center
Public Interest Law Center
The Public Interest Law Center is currently accepting applications from law students, graduate students, and undergraduates for its Summer 2021 internship programs. Interns are given significant...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Virtual College Leadership Summit: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Inclusion – Nov 6-7
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Students are invited to join this free two-day summit to engage in critical reflection on the topics of social justice, human rights, and inclusion. The summit is presented by Illinois Holocaust...
Sustainable Innovation Forum, Nov 16-20
Sustainable Innovation Forum
In response to the delay of COP, the 11th edition of the Sustainable Innovation Forum will take place over five days from November 16 to 20, 2020. The Forum, which will be fully virtual and broadcast...
Grant Opportunities
Spruce Foundation Grants: Education, Arts, Health and Wellness, and LGBTQ – Dec 15
Spruce Foundation
We are pleased to announce that the 2020-2021 Spruce Foundation grant application is now live! Each year the Spruce Foundation awards four $5,000 grants to non-profits working to support youth in the...
Resist Invites Applications for Social Change, Justice Grants – Dec 4
Resist
Boston-based Resist redistributes resources back to frontline communities at the forefront of social change and amplifies their efforts to build a better world. To help advance this mission, the...
Social Awareness Art Projects, Puffin Foundation – Dec 4
Puffin Foundation
The Puffin Foundation believes that artists have the unique ability to peacefully challenge those who seek to limit expression and that by sharing their creative talents can speak to and for all...
Fit for Life Foundation Welcomes Proposals That Address Healthy Aging – Nov 23
Fit for Life Foundation
Every year, the Fit for Life Foundation awards grants of $100,000 to three nonprofit organizations or social enterprises that are pioneering projects aimed at promoting lifelong fitness and health....
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity – Nov 16
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) has partnered with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to award the RWJF Award for Health Equity Presented By CCPH (RWJF-CCPH Award). This award...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Director of Development VISTA, Kensington Soccer Club
Kensington Soccer Club
Kensington Soccer Club is dedicated to uniting and advancing the Kensington community with high quality soccer and youth development programs for everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Founded in...
Media Relations Director, American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Application Deadline: November 11, 2020 For consideration, please attach your cover letter and resume to the online application. Summary Of Principal Responsibilities The Media Relations Director...
FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Announces Hosts for Six New Fellowships – Feb 10
Mighty Writers
The FAO Schwarz Family Foundation has selected five social impact organizations to host the 2021-2023 cohort of FAO Schwarz Fellows. The Foundation will sponsor six two-year Fellowships in social...
Development and Communications Manager, Reflect Organization
The Reflect Organization
Job Summary: Reflect’s Development and Communications Manager is a tech-savvy, fundraising generalist who will implement creative strategies across multiple fundraising categories to support...
Chief Marketing Officer, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) seeks a transformative Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to build its brand as a social impact leader in the Greater Philadelphia Region and grow revenue....
Evaluation Consultant, Equal Measure
Equal Measure
Equal Measure (formerly the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning) is a $6 million nonprofit evaluation and philanthropic services firm based in Philadelphia. Formally established as a nonprofit...
Social Media Assistant
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters (New Jersey LCV) and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania (CVPA) serve as the leading political voices for the environment in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,...
Miscellaneous
Connecting Communities: Mobilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Rebuild Regional Economies – Nov 12
Connecting Communities
As regions across the country grapple with what it will take to re-stabilize and rebuild their economies, the COVID-19 crisis continues to make clear that our health, jobs and livelihoods are...
Faculty Election Debriefs – Nov 4&6
Scholars Strategy Network
We have heard from a handful of faculty that they are eager for a place to process the election with one another, beyond Nov. 3. In response, we at the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights are...
Webinar: The Arc of Citizenship Bends Toward Justice When We Work Alongside Communities – Dec 10
Campus Compact
This webinar provides participants with ideas and resources to work alongside community organizations in mutually beneficial and reciprocal partnerships to deepen community-engaged civic learning....
Transformational Giving: Philanthropic Strategies for Sustainable Change – Nov 10
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Discover philanthropic strategies for sustainable change during Kris Putnam-Walkerly’s Presentation & Book Launch! This Nonprofit Management session will now only be presented virtually...
Fusion Course Session 2: Enhancing Online Education through Community-Based Learning – Dec 1
Campus Compact
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions had to rapidly shift from in-person to online learning in the spring of 2020. The Fusion Course aims to provide critical training and support for...
Webinar for Educators on the 1619 Project – Nov 5
Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center invites educators to join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5:00pm EST, for a one-hour webinar on ways to connect The 1619 Project to diverse curricula. This webinar will be led...
Johns Hopkins to invest $6M in community-based public safety programs
John Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Innovation Fund for Community Safety will support initiatives in Baltimore that address the root causes of violence. On September 30, 2020, JHU announced a four-year, $6...
Introducing the Year of Civic Engagement, UPenn
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania introduces the Year of Civic Engagement. In a time of great distance, Penn asks their community to think about how it can enact great engagement. The Year of Civic...
Aspen Institute: 2GenLevelsUp Prizes
Aspen Institute
The 2Gen Level Up Prizes will go to those organizations that can best demonstrate how they implemented one of the six resources we have released, with a special emphasis on really honoring parent...
Playworks in the Virtual Classroom – Nov 17
Playworks
About the Event Playworks in the Virtual Classroom is an interactive workshop for educators and child care providers. It will demonstrate strategies to transform online school culture by building...
Webinar: Reflecting and sharing our stories about the 2020 Election – Nov 10
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project is offering a series of webinars for faculty and staff, beginning with a discussion to reflect on and share stories from the 2020 election. The first one will be...
Webinar: Co-Producing Knowledge in Environmental Justice Research and Teaching – Dec 1
Campus Compact
The 21st century is an era of rapid environmental change, from rising sea levels to the growth of cities. Globally, low-income communities and youth constitute a majority of the urban population and...
Online Ten-month Certificate in Nonprofit Management – Jan 5
LaSalle Nonprofit Center
In the works long before the pandemic hit is our all-online, ten-month Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Same great content and same great instructors as our signature face-to-face Certificate in...
All 17 Phila. Satellite Election Offices Are Open
City of Philadelphia
All seventeen of the originally proposed satellite election offices are operating at full status and serving the voters of the city of Philadelphia. Voters may only drop off their own ballot unless...
Lab Assistant training program – apply by Nov 6
West Philadelphia Skills Initiative
West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) is recruiting across Philadelphia for training and job opportunities as a lab assistant with Penn Medicine. Earn $18/hour to start. Who should apply?...
Democratic Engagement
The Past Four Years: What Have We Learned? – Nov 11
National Constitution Center
Join a bipartisan post-election discussion exploring what we have learned in the past four years about parties, partisanship, and the structures of our democracy. Anne Applebaum and Yascha...
Faculty Election Debriefs – Nov 4&6
Scholars Strategy Network
We have heard from a handful of faculty that they are eager for a place to process the election with one another, beyond Nov. 3. In response, we at the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights are...
WSU Community Education Courses Highlight Voting and Civil Rights
Weber State University
Weber State University’s College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, in partnership with WSU Community Education, is offering two free courses this fall that will explore the United States’...
Webinar: Reflecting and sharing our stories about the 2020 Election – Nov 10
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project is offering a series of webinars for faculty and staff, beginning with a discussion to reflect on and share stories from the 2020 election. The first one will be...
What Now? Post-Election Planning and Processing
Campus Election Engagement Project
The Campus Election Engagement Project has several resources available to help faculty and staff in the post-election season, come what may: The Road Ahead: Processing the 2020 Election with Your...
All 17 Phila. Satellite Election Offices Are Open
City of Philadelphia
All seventeen of the originally proposed satellite election offices are operating at full status and serving the voters of the city of Philadelphia. Voters may only drop off their own ballot unless...
Faculty Updates
Faculty Election Debriefs – Nov 4&6
Scholars Strategy Network
We have heard from a handful of faculty that they are eager for a place to process the election with one another, beyond Nov. 3. In response, we at the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights are...
Webinar: The Arc of Citizenship Bends Toward Justice When We Work Alongside Communities – Dec 10
Campus Compact
This webinar provides participants with ideas and resources to work alongside community organizations in mutually beneficial and reciprocal partnerships to deepen community-engaged civic learning....
Universities and Community Schools Journal, Fall 2020
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Universities and Community Schools, Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 2020 This issue of Universities and Community Schools appears at a particularly important moment. The pandemic and murders of Black people...
Virtual College Leadership Summit: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Inclusion – Nov 6-7
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Students are invited to join this free two-day summit to engage in critical reflection on the topics of social justice, human rights, and inclusion. The summit is presented by Illinois Holocaust...
Fusion Course Session 2: Enhancing Online Education through Community-Based Learning – Dec 1
Campus Compact
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions had to rapidly shift from in-person to online learning in the spring of 2020. The Fusion Course aims to provide critical training and support for...
Campus Compact National Webinar Series Archives
Campus Compact
Our 2020-2021 webinar series is well underway with more to support and inspire you. Faculty, staff, students, and partners are welcome to join for information, tools, and resources to help you in...
WSU Community Education Courses Highlight Voting and Civil Rights
Weber State University
Weber State University’s College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, in partnership with WSU Community Education, is offering two free courses this fall that will explore the United States’...
Webinar: Reflecting and sharing our stories about the 2020 Election – Nov 10
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project is offering a series of webinars for faculty and staff, beginning with a discussion to reflect on and share stories from the 2020 election. The first one will be...
What Now? Post-Election Planning and Processing
Campus Election Engagement Project
The Campus Election Engagement Project has several resources available to help faculty and staff in the post-election season, come what may: The Road Ahead: Processing the 2020 Election with Your...
Webinar: Co-Producing Knowledge in Environmental Justice Research and Teaching – Dec 1
Campus Compact
The 21st century is an era of rapid environmental change, from rising sea levels to the growth of cities. Globally, low-income communities and youth constitute a majority of the urban population and...
Save the Date: Virtual Symposium & Publishing Workshop – Jan 14-15
Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania
This symposium is a partnership between the three journals of the Community Development Society, which feature local and community development scholarship and practice work. In conjunction with this...
PHENND Fellows Blog
Service Stories: Episode 14
PHENND
Hosts Sara Guiang & Sarah Kaplan – who have both completed a year of service as AmeriCorps VISTAs with PHENND – sit down each episode to interview a fellow volunteer serving in Philadelphia....
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