The week of
February 2, 2021
PHENND Events/Activities
The College Prep Roundtable Forum: Incorporating National Initiatives at a Local Level – Feb 2021
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable
The 2021 Forum will connect national models and initiatives to the day to day toolbox of college access individuals. This year’s theme is “National Initiatives, Local Implementation” and will...
When the Marches End (Part 2) Recording
PHENND
ICYMI: Last week’s phenomenal event with the Drs. Taylor was truly inspirational. The University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Penn’s African-American Resource...
Other Local Events and Workshops
29th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair – Feb 6
African American Children's Book Project
Welcome to the 29th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair! One of the oldest and largest single-day events for African-American children’s books in the country is hosted by the...
25th Annual Race Against Hunger – Apr 26
Coalition against Hunger
This year, the Race Against Hunger 5K will be virtual, meaning you can run or walk the distance of a 5K at any location and time during the designated dates that you’d like. You can even complete...
Philadelphia Area Environmental Justice Curriculum Hub
Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
The Philadelphia Area Environmental Justice Curriculum Hub is a living archive of resources for connecting middle and high school students with sites of environmental justice advocacy in and around...
Eviction Prevention: What You Need to Know – Feb 16
West Philadelphia Promise Zone
Have questions about your eviction rights and what resources are available to you? Please join the Promise Zone Housing Committee as we learn more about actions you can take if you are behind on rent...
Virtual Community Meeting: How Can We Protect Our Children from Hurting Themselves with Guns? – Feb 4
West Philadelphia Promise Zone
Every year, thousands of children across this country are killed or injured because they handled a gun that they found, either in their home or in the neighborhood. With the massive increase in the...
Webinar: Crisis Communications Planning that Can Save your Nonprofit and its Reputation – Mar 5
LaSalle Nonprofit Center
Children are sickened by a meal served in your soup kitchen. A fire in your facility damages nearby homes and businesses. A key executive is charged with misuse of funds. While we always aim to...
Webinar: Saving for Children – Feb 18
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
Join PFCU’s Financial Educator as she welcomes guest experts on Saving for Children at a webinar on Thursday, February 18 from 1:00 – 2:00 Learn about savings programs at PFCU and...
Webinars: Updates on PHLConnectED – Feb 4,9,18,23
City of Philadelphia
The City of Philadelphia will be holding weekly webinars held at the times listed below for partners interested in getting an update about PHLConnectED. PHLconnectED is a citywide effort to connect...
Structural Racism – The Ultimate Social Determinant of Health: Environmental Justice – Feb 11
Penn Public Health
Topic: Structural Racism – The Ultimate Social Determinant of Health: Environmental Justice Description: Join Penn Public Health for a conversation about structural racism and environmental...
Unified Sports: Strategies for Inclusive Sports Programming – Feb 23
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative
At the end of 2020, the Collaborative launched the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion education series. We had an incredible response and participation in our first 3 sessions, and hope you will join...
Supporting Athletes with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities – Feb 16
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative
At the end of 2020, the Collaborative launched the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion education series. We had an incredible response and participation in our first 3 sessions, and hope you will join...
Webinar: Improving Studio Culture for Increased Accessibility and Inclusivity – Feb 17
Pennsylvania Dance Education Organization
The Social Justice Committee of the Pennsylvania Dance Education Organization announces a series of professional development webinars for all dance educators. Free of charge and open to the...
2021 One Book, One Philadelphia Announced: The Tradition – Apr 14
Free Library of Philadelphia
“I begin with love, hoping to end there,” Jericho Brown writes in his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection that weaves national history with the deeply personal. The Tradition questions why...
New Resources
New Report: Evaluation is So White: Systemic Wrongs Reinforced by Common Practices and How to Start Righting Them
Funder and Evaluator Affinity Network
What will it take for evaluators of color to flourish in the evaluation ecosystem? Funder and Evaluator Affinity Network’s (FEAN) Action Team set out to answer this question, reviewing research...
New CCD/CPDC Report: Monitoring Philadelphia’s Economic Recovery
Center City District
This Center City District and Central Philadelphia Development Corporation monthly report on the Philadelphia economy and the vitality of Center City shows that the employment rebound in the summer...
New Article: 8 Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout
Chronicle of Higher Education
What can you do this semester to protect your well-being and support your students? Teaching in the new semester? Chances are you’re coming into the classroom – virtual, physical, or both...
Arts, Journalism, and Justice, and Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic Fall Teacher Fellowship Units, Pulitzer Center
Pulitzer Center
This past fall, 23 educators from 22 cities across the formed the inaugural Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow cohort. Twelve fellows in the Arts, Journalism, and Justice track introduced underreported...
Philly Counts Final Report on 2020 Census Activities – Findings and Recommendations
Philly Counts
Please find our final report, Philly Counts 2020 Final Report, on the work we did to promote participation in the 2020 Census. The Philly Counts team is pivoting to work on promoting and organizing...
New Issue: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Vol. 24, No. 3, December 2020 Issue. The December 2020 Issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement has covered a wide...
COVID-19 and the Educational Equity Crisis
PACE
New evidence on COVID-19 learning loss – From the CORE Data Collaborative The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced an unprecedented disruption to education. In order to recover from this crisis,...
New Poll shows Americans Want To Expand National Service Programs To Help Unify Country
Service Year Alliance
Service Year Alliance aims to make a year of service part of growing up in America. We have witnessed time and again the great potential in bringing corps members together to serve a common purpose,...
Ending Racism Partnership
Urban Affairs Coalition
The Ending Racism Partnership is a citywide, participatory collaboration of Philadelphia residents, leaders, and influencers from community, business, government, and philanthropy to end racial...
Uncommon Individual Foundation Workshops for Students and/or Parents
Uncommon Individual Foundation
As a supplement to the OnTrack online college and career readiness program, (), the Uncommon Individual Foundation offers online and in-person workshops for students and/or parents. Workshops are...
New Article: Professors Assess Fall Instruction and the Impact on Students
Inside Higher Ed
College faculty members finished the fall semester feeling more confident in their online teaching and their institutions’ support for them, but they were also exhausted — and deeply...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Campus Compact Spring 2021 Virtual Conferences – Mar 17 & May 25
Campus Compact
The Promise of Full Participation: Resilience and Responsibility for Racial and Environmental Justice About this Event Compact21 is the Western and Midwestern Campus Compact’s 2021 conference...
Save the Date – The Urgency of Now: Advancing Educational Access, Equity, and Justice for Students – Apr 27-29
National Partnership for Educational Access
Please save the date for the National Partnership for Educational Access’ (NPEA) first-ever virtual conference, The Urgency of Now: Advancing Educational Access, Equity, and Justice for...
Grant Opportunities
1619 Project Education Network Grants – Mar 15
The Pulitzer Center
After hearing from thousands of educators about their enthusiasm for bringing The 1619 Project into classrooms, as well as the need for support and networking opportunities, we’re excited to...
Full-Service Community Schools grant – Mar 1
U.S. Department of Education
The Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration,...
FY 2021 Promise Neighborhoods Competition – Mar 5
U.S. Department of Education
According to the Office of Elementary & Secondary Education, Department of Education, the FY 2021 Promise Neighborhoods Competition for new awards is now open. The purpose of Promise...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Co-Executive Director, Rebel Ventures – Mar 1
Rebel Ventures
Rebel Ventures (Rebel) is a youth-powered nonprofit food business based in West Philadelphia, creating healthy and delicious food for youth in our community. We work to increase access to nutritious...
Deputy Director of Operations, Community Legal Services
Community Legal Services
Philadelphia’s largest public interest law firm, with two offices and 145 employees, is seeking its next Deputy Director of Operations. Founded in 1966, Community Legal Services, Inc. mission is to...
Climate Justice Organizer (Full Time), POWER
POWER
POWER, the largest multi-faith, multiracial, grassroots community organizing network in Pennsylvania, is looking for a job-seeker with strengths in Faith, Organizing and/or Climate Justice and who...
Executive Director, PRC – Feb 19
Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC)
Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to lead and promote individual and collective action to prevent waste and conserve Pennsylvania’s environmental...
Development Director (Full Time), ArtWell
ArtWell
ArtWell, an award-winning youth arts organization, is seeking an energetic, dynamic, and innovative Development Director to join their team. Over the past 20 years, ArtWell has worked with over 400...
Community Partnership Coordinator (Part Time), Fair Hill
Historic Fair Hill
Historic Fair Hill is hiring a part-time, experienced, bilingual community partnership coordinator whose role will be to enact the founding vision of collaborative partnership with the Fairhill...
Delaware River Watershed Fellowship 2021 – Apr 2
Adventure Aquarium
Delaware River Watershed Fellowship 2021 at the Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium The Center for Aquatic Sciences is a member of the Alliance for Watershed Education, (AWE), a...
Miscellaneous
Recruiting Interns for the Environment Think Tank Team
University of Pennsylvania
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania is recruiting interns this spring semester for the Environment Think Tank team. As part of the team, interns will...
Philadelphia Fellowship for Black Artists 2021 – Applications Open Feb 8
Mural Arts Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Fellowship for Black Artists is designed to fund, foster and elevate the important work of Black artists. This spring, twenty artists will be selected to receive consultative...
The Hybrid Campus: A Postpandemic Vision of Higher Education – Feb 18
Strada Education Network
The disruption COVID-19 brought to higher education — with its traditional campuses, residential housing, and face-to-face classes — has been staggering. Yet could this chaotic turn of events...
Survey for Parents and Guardians of Children in Grs. K-6: Observations of the Health of Children during the Pandemic
Fiesta Schoolyards
Fiesta Schoolyards, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming 100 schoolyards in Philadelphia over 10 years has an important new survey. The survey is directed to parents and...
Coronavirus Leadership During Crisis – Feb 2&4
Washington Post Live
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, is chief medical adviser on COVID-19 to President Biden, and has served under seven presidents. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
Campus Compact Institutional Survey
Campus Compact
We’re conducting research on programs that support transformational learning experiences for young people. You can help out by sharing information about some of the great programs at your...
Webinar: The Quest for Authentic Community Engagement: How Market Forces Shape Community Engagement and What to do About It – Feb 25
Campus Compact
It is no secret that market forces play an important role in shaping almost everything in the world, and the higher education civic engagement movement (CEM) is no exception. Market forces have...
Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition – Mar 12
Saint Francis University
The competition is open to all K-12 students in Pennsylvania in the four grade level categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Cash prizes, certificates, and ribbons are awarded for first, second, third,...
The Toolkit: An Open Access Teaching and Learning Resource for Civic and Global Learning – Feb 4
The Collaborative
February 4th, 2:45-4:15 EST – The Toolkit: An Open Access Teaching and Learning Resource for Civic and Global Learning Presenter / Facilitators: Samantha Brandauer – Associate Provost and...
Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Leverage Randomized Evaluation Tools & Measure Social Impact Effectively – Feb 24
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
Cost and complexities are the two major hurdles in measuring social impact for a social sector organization. This 90-minute interactive SSIR Live! webinar (available on-demand later) will outline...
Webinar: A Call to Action with Hope: Considering the Intersection of Faith and Community Engagement at Urban Institutions – Feb 17
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
As our cities continue to face the economic impacts of the pandemic, the imperative to advance racial justice and equity, heightened emotional and mental health trauma, and ongoing uncertainty about...
Webinar: Learning from the Pandemic to Improve Digital Learning Outcomes – Feb 18
Guild Education
Join Guild Senior Strategist Michael Horn in a conversation hosted in partnership with WCET on the lessons we can take from the pandemic to improve outcomes in digital learning. In particular, we...
For Students
Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition – Mar 12
Saint Francis University
The competition is open to all K-12 students in Pennsylvania in the four grade level categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Cash prizes, certificates, and ribbons are awarded for first, second, third,...
Faculty Updates
The Hybrid Campus: A Postpandemic Vision of Higher Education – Feb 18
Strada Education Network
The disruption COVID-19 brought to higher education — with its traditional campuses, residential housing, and face-to-face classes — has been staggering. Yet could this chaotic turn of events...
Campus Compact Spring 2021 Virtual Conferences – Mar 17 & May 25
Campus Compact
The Promise of Full Participation: Resilience and Responsibility for Racial and Environmental Justice About this Event Compact21 is the Western and Midwestern Campus Compact’s 2021 conference...
Campus Compact Institutional Survey
Campus Compact
We’re conducting research on programs that support transformational learning experiences for young people. You can help out by sharing information about some of the great programs at your...
Webinar: The Quest for Authentic Community Engagement: How Market Forces Shape Community Engagement and What to do About It – Feb 25
Campus Compact
It is no secret that market forces play an important role in shaping almost everything in the world, and the higher education civic engagement movement (CEM) is no exception. Market forces have...
New Article: 8 Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout
Chronicle of Higher Education
What can you do this semester to protect your well-being and support your students? Teaching in the new semester? Chances are you’re coming into the classroom – virtual, physical, or both...
Webinar: A Call to Action with Hope: Considering the Intersection of Faith and Community Engagement at Urban Institutions – Feb 17
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
As our cities continue to face the economic impacts of the pandemic, the imperative to advance racial justice and equity, heightened emotional and mental health trauma, and ongoing uncertainty about...
New Article: Professors Assess Fall Instruction and the Impact on Students
Inside Higher Ed
College faculty members finished the fall semester feeling more confident in their online teaching and their institutions’ support for them, but they were also exhausted — and deeply...
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