The week of
July 6, 2021
Other Local Events and Workshops
CEA Learning Series: Community Meeting Management – Aug 18
Mayor's Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
The Civic Engagement Academy (CEA) is about inspiring local community change through training and skills development. Learn how to host a successful meeting and manage conflict. Date and Time:...
Health Report: Women Working in Health Care – Jul 8
The Philadelphia Inquirer
From lab technicians and cardiac surgeons to respiratory therapists and trauma nurses, health care workers have faced challenges, triumph, tragedy and flat-out exhaustion during the COVID-19...
Webinar: What’s Next in the Fight for Adequate and Equitable Funding for PA Public Schools? – Jul 21
PA Schools Work
The PA budget is signed, so now what? Join the PA Schools Work campaign at our next Lunch & Learn webinar on Wednesday, July 21 at noon to talk about what the budget means for public schools and...
New Resources
New Article: How the Pandemic Widened the Education Gap for Boys of Color
Chalkbeat
Chalkbeat looks at the pandemic’s impact on three Black Chicago teenage boys. “In Chicago and across the country, there is growing evidence that this year has hit Black and Latino boys — young...
PA Schools Work Resources for Public School Advocacy
PA Schools Work
Here are some resources that we hope will be helpful for advocating for public schools: School District Fact Sheets Comprehensive Advocacy Toolkit Special Education Funding Factsheet Career and...
Digital Divide Persists Even as Americans with Lower Incomes Make Gains in Tech Adoption
Pew Research Center
An analysis from Pew Research Center explores the differences between low- and high-income adults and use of technology and digital access. Roughly a quarter of adults with household incomes below...
Video: Opportunities to Cut Child Poverty: Understanding the Data and Evidence
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and the American Academy of Political and Social Science co-hosted a webinar to discuss the American Rescue Plan and what years of rigorous research and analysis...
LIFTing Families From Generational Cycles of Poverty
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Michelle Rhone-Collins, CEO of LIFT, describes the organization’s experience during the pandemic and her “skeptical optimism” that the country as a whole has learned more about how to help...
Podcast: The Key with Inside Higher Ed: Race, Leadership and Engaging with contrary Viewpoints
Inside Higher Ed
Listening to alternative points of view isn’t a particularly favored activity in many corners of society these days. But it remains one of the best ways – perhaps one of the only ways – of...
New Curricular Resource: Listening Guide for the 1619 Podcast
Pulitzer Center
Hear The 1619 Project come alive with episodes of 1619, a podcast exploring the legacy of slavery in systems and society. Connect your students with the past and present through multimedia...
New Article: The Purpose-Driven Curriculum
Inside Higher Ed
Creating intentionally designed curricular pathways to ensure that graduates acquire the skills and knowledge we value. During the reimagining of higher education necessitated by the pandemic, higher...
New Book: Promoting Equity and Justice Through Pedagogical Partnership
Stylus Publishing
Faculty and staff in higher education are looking for ways to address the deep inequity and systemic racism that pervade our colleges and universities. Pedagogical partnership can be a powerful tool...
Partnerships Classifieds
Writers House Steering Committee Seeking New Member Applications – Jul 15
Rutgers Camden
The Writers House at Rutgers-Camden is seeking 2-3 new Steering Committee members beginning in Fall 2021. These are volunteer positions open to the Rutgers community, including faculty, staff, and...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Talloires Network Leaders Conference 2021 – Sep 30 – Oct 3
Tufts University
The Talloires Network Leaders Conference (TNLC), scheduled for Thursday, September 30th from 8:00am (EDT/UTC-4) to Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 2:00pm (EDT/UTC-4), will bring together university,...
Save the Date: Engagement Scholarship Consortium Virtual Conference – Sep 13-15
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) International 2021 Virtual Conference: Creating Connections and Expanding Possibilities, September 13-15, 2021 Check back for updates to pre-conference...
Grant Opportunities
Grants for Family Members of Frontline Healthcare Workers Who Died of COVID-19 – Dec 31
Brave of Heart Fund
Brave of Heart Fund® Invites Applications From Family Members of Frontline Healthcare Workers Who Lost Their Lives Due to COVID-19 The Brave of Heart Fund® was established in partnership with the...
Wellness for All program – Aug 13
Women’s Sports Foundation
Women’s Sports Foundation Invites Applications for Wellness and Fitness Programs The Women’s Sports Foundation was established in 1974 and works to advance the lives of women and girls...
Wellness and Fitness Programs – Aug 13
Women’s Sports Foundation
The Women’s Sports Foundation was established in 1974 and works to advance the lives of women and girls through sports and physical activity. To that end, the foundation invites applications...
Art and Change Grants, Leeway Foundation – Aug 1
Leeway Foundation
The Leeway Foundation believes that art is a vital tool for community building, self-expression, and individual and collective transformation and can bridge differences, center those who have been...
COVID-19 Trauma-Informed Workforce Initiative Fund – Jul 6
Temple University
Temple University is excited to announce its COVID-19 Trauma-Informed Workforce Initiative Fund, specifically targeting medically underserved urban, suburban, and rural communities impacted by...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Pt-time Math Teacher, One Bright Ray Community High School
One Bright Ray
The mission of One Bright Ray Community High School, an independent, accelerated high school, is to provide quality education to Philadelphia’s adult learners in search of a positive school...
Various seasonal jobs, Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
What makes the Zoo a unique place to work? Whether you are involved with caring for animals, educating our visitors or working in a behind-the-scenes position in administration, maintenance or garden...
Director of Community & Content, ImpactPHL
ImpactPHL
ImpactPHL is dedicated to growing the Greater Philadelphia region’s impact economy. Through community building, advocacy, content, and events, ImpactPHL aims to create a more equitable,...
Executive Director, Life Science Cares Philadelphia
Life Science Cares
Life Science Cares is a collective effort of the life sciences industry to reduce the impact of poverty on our neighbors. With over 350,000 Philadelphia residents living below the poverty line, Life...
Field Organizer, Civic Engagement Program, SEAMAAC
SEAMAAC
General Description: SEAMAAC welcomes applications for a Field Organizer in the Civic Engagement Program. SEAMAAC is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, with the mission “To support and serve...
IMPaCT Training Specialist, Penn Center for Community Health Workers
Penn Center for Community Health Workers
About the opportunity: We have developed IMPaCT, a nationally-recognized, evidence-based Community Health Worker (CHW) model, and there is growing demand from organizations across the country to use...
Assistant Director, Division of Civic & Global Engagement, Arcadia Univ.
Arcadia University
The Assistant Director will bolster University efforts to cultivate civic and community engagement and inspire university stakeholders to strive for positive social impact. Specifically, the...
Digital Navigation Specialist, SEAMAAC
SEAMAAC
The Digital Navigation Specialist plays an important role in advancing digital equity in Philadelphia. The Specialist will conduct digital access outreach, phone support, and in-person support to...
Miscellaneous
Bus 101 Side Hustler Summer Boot Camp
Samuel Reed III
The Bus 101 Side Hustler Summer Boot Camp is a program geared for youth and fledging adult entrepreneurs. Youth (ages 14-18) who complete the program are eligible to receive $200 start-up funds for...
Race in America: History Matters with Author Clint Smith – Jul 8
Washington Post Live
Clint Smith traveled to nine locations from Monticello in Virginia to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana to examine how slavery is remembered. In the new book, “How The Word is Passed,” Smith...
Webinar: Vaccines & Variants – Jul 7
Washington Post Live
The number of coronavirus infections is rising again as the delta variant becomes more dominant in the United States. The World Health Organization is advising fully vaccinated people to wear masks...
Philadelphia’s New Youth Poet Laureate
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia is delighted to announce that Andre’a Rhoads, a rising junior at Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls and a North Philadelphia resident, is the 2021–22...
Minding our workforce: The importance of noncognitive skills in employment – Jul 8
American Enterprise Institute
In surveys, employers routinely cite noncognitive skills as the most important and hardest-to-find attributes among applicants. AEI’s Brent Orrell recently published a volume of essays by key...
Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First: Results from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative – Jul 15
Urban Institute
In 2014, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced a plan to better serve some of the city’s most vulnerable residents with supportive housing and intensive services. The Denver Supportive Housing...
Workshops for Educators: Elevating Underreported Stories of Resilience in the Classroom through Global News and Media Literacy – Jul 21-23
Pulitzer Center
Join the Pulitzer Center and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for an engaging webinar and workshop series introducing methods for diversifying and analyzing news and media sources from a human...
Faculty Updates
Podcast: The Key with Inside Higher Ed: Race, Leadership and Engaging with contrary Viewpoints
Inside Higher Ed
Listening to alternative points of view isn’t a particularly favored activity in many corners of society these days. But it remains one of the best ways – perhaps one of the only ways – of...
New Article: The Purpose-Driven Curriculum
Inside Higher Ed
Creating intentionally designed curricular pathways to ensure that graduates acquire the skills and knowledge we value. During the reimagining of higher education necessitated by the pandemic, higher...
Talloires Network Leaders Conference 2021 – Sep 30 – Oct 3
Tufts University
The Talloires Network Leaders Conference (TNLC), scheduled for Thursday, September 30th from 8:00am (EDT/UTC-4) to Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 2:00pm (EDT/UTC-4), will bring together university,...
Save the Date: Engagement Scholarship Consortium Virtual Conference – Sep 13-15
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) International 2021 Virtual Conference: Creating Connections and Expanding Possibilities, September 13-15, 2021 Check back for updates to pre-conference...
New Book: Promoting Equity and Justice Through Pedagogical Partnership
Stylus Publishing
Faculty and staff in higher education are looking for ways to address the deep inequity and systemic racism that pervade our colleges and universities. Pedagogical partnership can be a powerful tool...
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