The week of
April 13, 2021
PHENND Events/Activities
Sustainability Partnership Mini-Presentation and Networking Event – Apr 29
PHENND
This will be the first in a series of PHENND Sustainability events highlighting existing campus-community partnerships that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals here in the Delaware Valley,...
Other Local Events and Workshops
The Evolution of the Racism Sequence, Speaker Series – Apr 20
University of Pennsylvania
More than 50 years ago, Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) introduced the Racism Sequence curriculum—a series of courses that deeply examine the implications of racism for...
Change the Subject: A documentary film and discussion – Apr 14
Haverford College
Melissa and Óscar noticed that the term “illegal alien” in Dartmouth’s library catalog refered to undocumented migrants. Their inquiries on when the term started to be used and how...
Family Literacy Program, May 17 – July 17
Nationalities Service Center
Nationalities Service Center is now enrolling for its Family Literacy Program. Our family literacy program aims to help immigrant parents enrich their English language,literacy, and parenting skills,...
Webinar: PA Redistricting 101 – Apr 22
Ceiba
Join LatinoJustice PRLDEF and CEIBA for its Pennsylvania Redistricting 101 webinar on April 22, 2021 at noon. A fair redistricting process is crucial to ensuring voting districts are drawn...
COVID-19 Vaccine: Separating Fact from Fiction – Apr 14
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Florencia Polite of Penn Medicine will be leading a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine on April 14th at 4:00PM. This event is open to the public; please RSVP via this form so event organizers...
Community College of Philadelphia – News and Updates for HS Counselors – Apr 16
Community College of Philadelphia
We hope you will be able to join us (Community College of Philadelphia) for our Annual Spring Counselor Professional Development on April 16, 2021, 1:00-2:30 PM via Zoom. As we look toward the fall,...
Virtual Town Hall: The American Rescue Plan – Apr 16
Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN)
Eleven years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the American Rescue Plan, passed last month in Congress, is the boldest expansion of health care in a decade. It will lower health care...
Civic Saturday Philadelphia: Voicing Your Vote – May 8
Better Civics
Join emerging civic leaders for original music, poetry, and discussion about the upcoming election. Learn what’s on the ballot and how you can make an immediate impact in your community by...
Tax Benefits: Getting the Money You’re Owed & Deserve – Apr 13
Office of Councilmember Allan Domb
Every year, Philadelphians miss out on receiving hundreds of millions of dollars that are owed to them through many local, state and federal tax benefits. Now, more than ever, it’s important that...
2021 Summer Institute on GIS & Public Health – June 14-18
Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives
This comprehensive institute is designed to develop the following skills: Understand a broad range of ways the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used Critically analyze maps and research...
An Inside-Out Approach to Equity in STEM – Apr 20 & May 4
The Philadelphia Regional Institute for STEM Educators
The Philadelphia Regional Institute for STEM Educators (PRISE) is hosting a speaker and panel series titled: An Inside-Out Approach to Equity in STEM. We are taking a systems view of examining how...
Closing the Gender Wealth Gap: Increasing Access to Affordable Housing – Apr 28
Women's Way
In fall of 2017, WOMEN’S WAY launched The Women’s Economic Security Initiative (WESI), a long-term, systems-level collaborative initiative centered around the shared vision that all women in the...
Heritage Storytime: Cooking Culturally – Let’s Cook for Ramadan – Apr 15
Global Philadelphia Association
What is Heritage Storytime? Heritage Storytime (HS) is a series of monthly storytime episodes presented virtually for children. Each HS episode will focus on a heritage-related theme and will feature...
5th Annual Children with Complex Challenges Conference – May 7
The Quaker School at Horsham
Our 5th Annual Children with Complex Challenges Conference will be held virtually from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm on Friday, May 7, 2021. The keynote speaker, Dr. Russell Barkley, will talk about ADHD...
Virtual Workshop: Success Depends on You! WHY and HOW to Measure Program Effectiveness – May 19
RSVP of Montgomery County
Participants will discuss how success is measured within your organization and learn how to plan, execute, and measure program outcomes and meet stakeholder objectives. Nonprofits define success...
New Resources
Stand Up, Speak Up, Let’s Keep Each Other Safe: Stop Asian Hate
City of Philadelphia
Atlanta’s tragic shootings on March 16, 2021 broke the hearts and minds of the Asian and Asian American community across the United States. After generations of marginalization and invisibility,...
New Tool: Self-Assessment of Place-Based Systems Change Efforts
Mathematica
Dismantling Disparities in Communities: Resources and Tools to Advance Systems Change Regardless of focus—whether on cradle-to-career education, health, transportation, economic development, or...
New Article: What does education have to do with action — in the face of the climate crisis?
Generocity
Universities and schools are undertaking clearer roles in one of our most fundamentally global issues: environmental sustainability and resilience. Initiatives underway across our state include a...
PCCY Resources for the American Rescue Plan Act
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
The American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Act) has all the potential to be a game changer for children. Congress has done its part in passing this historic legislation that can cut the national child...
Each One Teach One Early Childhood Training Digital Resources
Each One Teach One
Each One Teach One Early Childhood Training provides digital resources to increase adults’ understanding of how to support the learning of children ages 0 to 8 years. We support new educators...
New Report: Aligning Systems: Early Childhood Development and Health Forums, 2017-2020
Aspen Institute
When it comes to giving families the best chance for success, the impact of access to quality health care and early child development is undeniable. Yet silos and inefficiencies among these systems...
New Article: What We Can Learn From the Pandemic To Close the Nutrition Gap
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
In this week’s Spotlight Exclusive, Healthy Food Community of Practice Advisory Team describes the positive and innovative responses to address food and nutrition insecurity during the COVID-19...
New Survey Results: Alumni Perspectives—Are Student Loans Worth It?
Strada Education Network
The latest Strada Public Viewpoint provides research gathered over the course of 2020 in partnership with Gallup, and surveyed nearly 5,000 alumni who had borrowed money to pay for school about...
Podcast: The Key with Inside Higher Ed: Mergers and Other ‘Transformational Partnerships’
Inside Higher Ed
Merger is something of a dirty word in higher education, given that most of them are takeovers in which one college usually disappears. But as financial, demographic and other changes force many...
New Report: #RealCollege 2021: Basic Needs Insecurity during the Ongoing Pandemic
The Hope Center
Entering the fall 2020 term, higher education was reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Enrollment was down—particularly among students most at risk of basic needs insecurity; fewer students had...
Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies: Beautiful Experiments (Vol. 3, Issue 1)
Swarthmore College
We are thrilled to announce the release of the latest issue of #CritEdPol, the online journal of critical education policy studies at Swarthmore College. The theme of “beautiful experiments,”...
New Report: Adaptive Public Space: Places for People in the Pandemic and Beyond
Knight Foundation
On March 24, 2021, Knight Foundation released “Adaptive Public Space: Places for People in the Pandemic and Beyond”, a Knight-commissioned report examining seven public spaces across the to...
Partnerships Classifieds
Red Cross Blood Drive – Apr 15
Global Citizen
Global Citizen wants you to help get the word out about an upcoming blood drive for the Red Cross. You can also feel free to sign yourself up here. Here are the quick details: Date: Thursday, April...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Post-Capitalism Conference – Apr 22-25
Cooperation Humboldt
Thursday, April 22 – Sunday, April 25 This conference is offered at no cost to participants. Anchored by: Humboldt State University Native American Studies, Politics, Sociology and...
Call for Presentations: NAAEE Annual Conference, The Power of Connections – May 7
North American Association for Environmental Education
NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) is holding its annual conference virtually in Fall 2021, October 12–15. The pandemic has made us realize how much we crave connection....
Call for manuscripts: Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion at Urban Institutions – Deadline Extended – May 10
Metropolitan Universities journal
***Deadline Extended to May 10, 2021*** Metropolitan Universities journal is pleased to announce an upcoming issue, “Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion at Urban Institutions.” Over the past six...
Grant Opportunities
Grassroots Organizing for Social Change – June 1
Ben and Jerry's Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Invites Applications for Social, Environmental Justice Projects The Ben and Jerry’s Foundation is inviting applications for its Grassroots Organizing for Social...
Helping Hands Grants Program – May 31
American Psychiatric Association Foundation
American Psychiatric Association Foundation Invites Applications for Helping Hands Grants Program The American Psychiatric Association Foundation welcomes applications for its Helping Hands Grants...
New Health and Well-Being Grant Program – Apr 23
Cigna Foundation
Cigna Foundation Invites Proposals for New Health and Well-Being Grant Program The Cigna Foundation today announced an open call for applications for its new Health and Well-Being grant program, part...
First-Responder Grants – May 12
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Invites Applications for First-Responder Grants The mission of the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is to impact the lifesaving capabilities and lives...
Early Childhood Foundation Invites Letters of Intent – May 31
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood Invites Letters of Intent The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood supports development projects and promising research with the potential to significantly...
Dr. Seuss Foundation Welcomes LOIs – May 1
Dr. Seuss Foundation
The mission of the Dr. Seuss Foundation is to be a catalyst for improved literacy, broadly conceived, through strategic partnerships and investments. To advance this mission, the foundation welcomes...
COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Mayor's Office of Public Engagement
The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund is a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to COVID-19. The Fund ultimately seeks to increase rates of...
The Elevate Prize, 2021 – May 5
The Elevate Prize
$5 million. 10 winners. One goal: To make good famous. The Elevate Prize is awarded annually to a radically diverse group of 10 problem solvers who are tackling the most urgent issues around the...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Big Picture Phila. School Job Openings
Big Picture Philadelphia
Big Picture schools have a selective recruitment process because we expect advisors and staff to make dramatic, measurable gains not just in student achievement, but in students lives. The challenges...
National Service Diversity Accelerator VISTA – Apr 30
City of Philadelphia
We are officially recruiting for a National Service Diversity Accelerator VISTA as a part of the Serve Philadelphia VISTA Program. This VISTA project will build a sustainable model for the fellowship...
Development Specialist, PHDC
Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC)
The Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), a non-profit organization funded primarily by the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is looking for a Development...
College Access Coordinator (Contract, Temporary)
Philadelphia Education Fund
The College Access Coordinator at the Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF) will work collaboratively with other College Access Program Coordinators to support an assigned high school in achievement of...
Director,Trio College Access Program
Philadelphia Education Fund
A key aspect of Philadelphia Education Fund’s work is ensuring that every high school student in Philadelphia is supported in understanding and pursuing their options for a postsecondary academic...
VP Finance/CFO
Philadelphia Education Fund
The Philadelphia Education Fund’s mission is to drive exceptional outcomes for all students by developing great teachers and building paths to college and career success. Founded in 1985, today...
Director of Organizing, POWER
POWER
Job Overview This position will be responsible for ongoing coaching, training, supervision and support to the team of Organizers, so that they can most effectively organize congregations and...
CCD Community Service Representatives,
Center City District
Community Service Representatives (CSRs) function as goodwill ambassadors for the Center City area, and serve as the “eyes and ears” of the Philadelphia Police Department. CSRs walk specific...
Playworks PA Americorps Recess Coaches
Playworks
Playworks seeks 3-4 full-time Americorps members for the 2021-2022 school year. Recess Coaches will be equipped to lead K-8 students through safe, healthy, and inclusive play to transform school...
Miscellaneous
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Requests Input from Area School & Community Leaders
Young Audiences Arts for Learning
We are conducting a consulting and research initiative for Young Audiences Arts for Learning of NJ and SE PA. Input is needed from NJ and Philadelphia area school leaders, youth-serving...
Reinventing Our Communities Cohort Program
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The ROC Cohort Program is in-depth racial equity capacity building program for cross-sector community cohorts to connect, explore, and apply local solutions for small business programs. Selected...
Votes & Ballots Revamp Brainstorming – Apr 15
Students Learn Students Vote
Join the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Resource & Support Subcommittee for this year’s FIRST Coalition-wide ideation session where we will be revamping Votes & Ballots! Together, we...
Webinar: Advancing Community Engagement Through Data – Apr 20
Collaboratory
In Fall 2020 community engagement professionals across eight Indiana University campuses established a system-level working group to collect and leverage community engagement data to better...
2021 Women PeaceMakers Event – Apr 22
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice is pleased to invite you to the 2021 Women PeaceMakers event! The Kroc School’s signature Women PeaceMakers (WPM) event returns...
Webinar: Teaching Social Action: An Introduction – Apr 16
Bonner Foundation
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend a 90 minute webinar — Teaching Social Action: An Introduction — for faculty, staff, and students who want to consider developing a...
Participate in Survey: Professional Development Research Study – Apr 29
Philadelphia Education Fund
We hope you will assist us with a professional development research project, and take 10-15 minutes to complete this survey. We are conducting a study that seeks to answer this question: What types...
2Gen Coordinator Community of Practice – Apr 16
Aspen Institute
Over the past decade, integration of various systems, services, and programs have increasingly been moved and managed by “2Gen Coordinators.” Though this title varies, 2Gen Coordinators are...
Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Economics Profession – Apr 13
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
We want to extend an invitation to you to join us on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, from 12:00 noon to 3:30 , for Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Economics Profession, the fifth installment of our...
Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom – Apr 13
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) is continuing our webinar series for faculty and staff on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST. In Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom we will...
Democratic Engagement
Votes & Ballots Revamp Brainstorming – Apr 15
Students Learn Students Vote
Join the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Resource & Support Subcommittee for this year’s FIRST Coalition-wide ideation session where we will be revamping Votes & Ballots! Together, we...
Webinar: Advancing Community Engagement Through Data – Apr 20
Collaboratory
In Fall 2020 community engagement professionals across eight Indiana University campuses established a system-level working group to collect and leverage community engagement data to better...
Civic Saturday Philadelphia: Voicing Your Vote – May 8
Better Civics
Join emerging civic leaders for original music, poetry, and discussion about the upcoming election. Learn what’s on the ballot and how you can make an immediate impact in your community by...
Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom – Apr 13
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) is continuing our webinar series for faculty and staff on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST. In Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom we will...
K-16 Partnerships
Dr. Seuss Foundation Welcomes LOIs – May 1
Dr. Seuss Foundation
The mission of the Dr. Seuss Foundation is to be a catalyst for improved literacy, broadly conceived, through strategic partnerships and investments. To advance this mission, the foundation welcomes...
Sustainability
New Article: What does education have to do with action — in the face of the climate crisis?
Generocity
Universities and schools are undertaking clearer roles in one of our most fundamentally global issues: environmental sustainability and resilience. Initiatives underway across our state include a...
Call for Presentations: NAAEE Annual Conference, The Power of Connections – May 7
North American Association for Environmental Education
NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) is holding its annual conference virtually in Fall 2021, October 12–15. The pandemic has made us realize how much we crave connection....
Sustainability Partnership Mini-Presentation and Networking Event – Apr 29
PHENND
This will be the first in a series of PHENND Sustainability events highlighting existing campus-community partnerships that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals here in the Delaware Valley,...
Faculty Updates
Votes & Ballots Revamp Brainstorming – Apr 15
Students Learn Students Vote
Join the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Resource & Support Subcommittee for this year’s FIRST Coalition-wide ideation session where we will be revamping Votes & Ballots! Together, we...
Webinar: Advancing Community Engagement Through Data – Apr 20
Collaboratory
In Fall 2020 community engagement professionals across eight Indiana University campuses established a system-level working group to collect and leverage community engagement data to better...
New Article: What does education have to do with action — in the face of the climate crisis?
Generocity
Universities and schools are undertaking clearer roles in one of our most fundamentally global issues: environmental sustainability and resilience. Initiatives underway across our state include a...
Webinar: Teaching Social Action: An Introduction – Apr 16
Bonner Foundation
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to attend a 90 minute webinar — Teaching Social Action: An Introduction — for faculty, staff, and students who want to consider developing a...
New Survey Results: Alumni Perspectives—Are Student Loans Worth It?
Strada Education Network
The latest Strada Public Viewpoint provides research gathered over the course of 2020 in partnership with Gallup, and surveyed nearly 5,000 alumni who had borrowed money to pay for school about...
Podcast: The Key with Inside Higher Ed: Mergers and Other ‘Transformational Partnerships’
Inside Higher Ed
Merger is something of a dirty word in higher education, given that most of them are takeovers in which one college usually disappears. But as financial, demographic and other changes force many...
Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom – Apr 13
Campus Election Engagement Project
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) is continuing our webinar series for faculty and staff on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST. In Reducing Political Tension in the Classroom we will...
New Report: #RealCollege 2021: Basic Needs Insecurity during the Ongoing Pandemic
The Hope Center
Entering the fall 2020 term, higher education was reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Enrollment was down—particularly among students most at risk of basic needs insecurity; fewer students had...
Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies: Beautiful Experiments (Vol. 3, Issue 1)
Swarthmore College
We are thrilled to announce the release of the latest issue of #CritEdPol, the online journal of critical education policy studies at Swarthmore College. The theme of “beautiful experiments,”...
Call for manuscripts: Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion at Urban Institutions – Deadline Extended – May 10
Metropolitan Universities journal
***Deadline Extended to May 10, 2021*** Metropolitan Universities journal is pleased to announce an upcoming issue, “Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion at Urban Institutions.” Over the past six...
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