The week of
July 27, 2021
Other Local Events and Workshops
All About Healthcare With Pennie – Jul 27
State Representative Brian Sims
Have you heard about Pennie? It’s the new way in Pa. to find healthcare coverage. Join State Representative Brian Sims at 6 on Tuesday, July 27th for a virtual meeting that’s all about Pennie...
Game Day for Kids, PCCY – Aug 5
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
Join Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) on Thursday, August 5th from 1pm to 4pm for Game Day for Kids next to the Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic in Philly (on the Kelly...
Webinar: Child Tax Credit Navigator Training – Jul 28
Mayor's Office of Community Empowerment & Opportunity
The 2021 Child Tax Credit provides a historic lifeline to millions of families across the country at a time when they need it most. Your efforts to ensure that families are enrolled are key to making...
7th Annual PA Statewide Youth Convening, Aug 21-22
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
The time has come to Register for the PA Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC) 7th Annual Pennsylvania Statewide Youth Convening, August 21-22, 2021! We believe in the important role and...
Virtual Town Hall on the Better Care Better Jobs Act – Jul 28
PA Health Access Network
Congress is currently debating what will be included in the upcoming infrastructure package, part of which is the Better Care Better Jobs Act. One critical piece of this legislation is increased...
Need In Deed Summer Book Club: Radical Equations – Aug 4,11 & 18
Need In Deed
This summer we’re reading Robert Moses’s amazing book, Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project. Please join us at any (or all!) of the following times for...
Virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteer Training – Jul 28
PA Health Access Network
PA Health Access Network (PHAN) is excited to be conducting outreach to help connect Philadelphia residents with a COVID-19 vaccine. We need you to help get Philadelphians vaccinated! Are you...
New Resources
New Article: A College Corps to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
Inside Higher Ed
Quinnipiac University is training students to work with local health departments to address vaccine hesitancy in communities across Connecticut. The Connecticut Public Health College Corps program...
National Urban League Calls for Post-COVID Racial Equity in Latest Report
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
While many talk of wanting a return to normal after COVID-19, the National Urban League (NUL), one of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations, is advocating for a “new normal,” one that...
Back to Basics: Quality in Digital Learning
Hechinger Report
Report gives colleges a roadmap for high-quality online education after the pandemic. The abrupt switch to online learning wasn’t ideal, but has offered some valuable lessons. The March 2020 shift...
Facing and Correcting Problems in the Criminal Justice System
Opportunity Youth United
Our new OYUnited Re-entry Action Committee has produced their first set of Recommendations, focused on creating successful re-entry transitions for returning citizens. These Recommendations build on...
Tools for Navigating the Student Voting Space
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition
The Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition has just launched a really cool tool to help you navigate the student voting space just a little bit easier. For the past few years, an alarmingly...
The 1619 Project Education Network
Pulitzer Center
We are so excited to announce our newest partners in our mission to cultivate a more curious, informed, empathetic, and engaged public through educational programming and resources. Forty-two teams...
Podcast: The Key with Inside Higher Ed: Dealing with Students’ Learning Loss
Inside Higher Ed
This episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed‘s news and analysis podcast, explores how colleges are preparing to gauge the extent of — and respond to — the “learning loss”...
New Report: A Space to Be Whole: A Landscape Analysis of Education-Based Racial Affinity Groups in the U.S.
Black Teacher Project
On behalf of the Black Teacher Project, Liberated Genius, and the National Equity Project, we are honored to share with you this new report: A Space to Be Whole: A Landscape Analysis of...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Ohio Campus Compact Annual Meeting – Aug 5-6
Ohio Campus Compact
We wanted to push out a great opportunity coming up August 5-6, the Ohio Campus Compact Annual Meeting, featuring lead author of “From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner...
Best Practices for Youth Development Virtual Conference – Jul 30
The Alliance for Positive Youth Development
Our annual virtual conference is a FREE professional development opportunity to connect with youth development professionals, educators, social workers, and community leaders working on issues...
Grant Opportunities
General support for orgs in Harleysville – Sep 1
Nationwide Foundation
Nationwide Foundation Invites Applications for 2021 Grant Program Established in 1959, the Nationwide Foundation is a nonprofit, private foundation that works to improve the quality of life in...
2021 TD Ready Challenge: COVID learning loss – Aug 26
TD Bank
TD Bank Welcomes Applications for 2021 TD Ready Challenge TD Bank is welcoming applications for its annual North American initiative, the TD Ready Challenge, which has C$10 million ($ million) in...
Starling Collective, A Global Learning Community & Innovative Fellowship – Sep 1
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day to encourage people to do good. It is now an independent nonprofit and a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to...
Teacher Diversity Program, NewSchools Venture Fund – Aug 6
NewSchools Venture Fund
The NewSchools Venture Fund works to reimagine public education through powerful ideas, passionate educators, and visionary innovators and provide all children — especially those in underserved...
Campus Takeover Mini Grants
Alliance for Youth Organizing
Campus Takeover is a nation-wide effort to mobilize students around elections and to create a culture of civic engagement on college campuses by facilitating celebratory events during the civic...
Up to Us Voting Modules Fellowship Award – Deadline Extended to Sep 7
Project Pericles
***Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, September 7th. Applications (a two-three paragraph proposal) will be reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis, so faculty are encouraged to apply as...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Field Coordinator, Bucks County, PennFuture
PennFuture
Reports to: Field Director PennFuture’s mission is to lead the transition to a clean energy economy in Pennsylvania and beyond. We protect our air, water, and land, and empower citizens to build...
VITA Trainer & Special Projects Manager
Campaign for Working Families
The Campaign for Working Families (CWF), Inc. is looking for a full-time VITA Trainer & Special Projects Manager to join our team. CWF is a non-profit organization committed to helping working...
Equitable Engagement Director
Mayor's Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
The Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is hiring an Equitable Engagement Director. The Equitable Engagement Director will be responsible for overseeing the successful...
Director, Serve Philadelphia VISTA Program
Mayor's Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
The Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is hiring a Director to oversee the Serve Philadelphia VISTA Program. The Serve Philadelphia VISTA Program Director will be responsible...
Philly Counts Ambassador Program – Sep 6
City of Philadelphia
A part of our partnership with the Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia is supporting and training ambassadors to go out in the community to have conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine. The...
Program Coordinator, Nutrition Education and School Wellness Program
School District of Philadelphia
For forward-thinking administrators and educators, opportunities abound in the School District of Philadelphia. The School District of Philadelphia is committed to transforming the education...
Miscellaneous
Civic Action Planning Support – 9/29
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is pleased to offer several Civic Action Planning support sessions this fall and winter. Join to find the detailed, specialized support you need to keep your Civic Action Plan moving...
Co-Facilitate or Host a Community of Practice – Sep 7
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is seeking experienced community engagement professionals from across our national network to serve as co-facilitators for our Fall 2021 communities of practice (CoPs) in the...
National Voter Education Week – Oct 4-8
National Voter Education Week
Voters, especially new voters, should have the tools, information, and confidence they need to cast their ballots. That’s where National Voter Education Week comes in. After an impressive inaugural...
National Voter Registration Day – Sep 28
National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. First observed in 2012, it has quickly gained momentum ever since. Nearly million voters have registered to...
Webinar: Talking to Voters on National Voter Registration Day – Sep 14
National Voter Registration Day
We’re joining forces with HeadCount and Participant Media to get you amped up and ready to go ahead of the big day! HeadCount was one of the organizations behind the founding of National Voter...
Engagement Scholarship Consortium 2021: Creating Connections and Expanding Possibilities – Sep 13-15
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
The 2021 virtual conference will feature over 100 sessions across 7 tracks in a variety of formats, including panels, workshops, symposiums, posters, and more: Assessment of Engagement Methods for...
Better than Normal – How Nonprofits are Building Back Stronger in the Wake of Local and Global Crises – Sep 22
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review invites you to join us for a complimentary session at this year’s Nonprofit Management Institute. “Better than Normal – How Nonprofits are Building Back...
Webinar Series for Educators: Journalism Skills for Social-Emotional Learning – Sep 8-9
Pulitzer Center
Please join the Pulitzer Center and the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) September 8-9, 2021 from 5:30-6:30 pm EDT for a series of webinars for educators that will connect participants with...
Pulitzer 2021 Virtual Teacher Fellowship, Journalism and Justice – Sep 22
Pulitzer Center
We are so excited to announce that applications are open for our 2021-2022 Teacher Fellowship program! As part of this paid, virtual Fellowship, educators will connect over the course of the...
Navigating Grad School as a First-Gen. &/Or Low-Income Graduate – Aug 31
Alliance for the Low-Income and First-Generation Narrative
Entering grad school after college comes with new challenges. From finding mentorship and community, to figuring out your finances and what comes after grad school, please join our first-gen...
Election Official and Campus Engagement National Survey – Sep 3
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN Challenge) and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (SLSV) are nonpartisan organizations that are developing a report to better understand the...
Democratic Engagement
National Voter Education Week – Oct 4-8
National Voter Education Week
Voters, especially new voters, should have the tools, information, and confidence they need to cast their ballots. That’s where National Voter Education Week comes in. After an impressive inaugural...
National Voter Registration Day – Sep 28
National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. First observed in 2012, it has quickly gained momentum ever since. Nearly million voters have registered to...
Webinar: Talking to Voters on National Voter Registration Day – Sep 14
National Voter Registration Day
We’re joining forces with HeadCount and Participant Media to get you amped up and ready to go ahead of the big day! HeadCount was one of the organizations behind the founding of National Voter...
New Article: Getting Out the Student Vote in an Off Year
Inside Higher Ed
Youth voting soared in 2020. Can student groups and civic organizations keep the momentum going for this year’s state and local contests? Student voting organizations are gearing up to capitalize...
Election Official and Campus Engagement National Survey – Sep 3
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN Challenge) and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (SLSV) are nonpartisan organizations that are developing a report to better understand the...
Up to Us Voting Modules Fellowship Award – Deadline Extended to Sep 7
Project Pericles
***Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, September 7th. Applications (a two-three paragraph proposal) will be reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis, so faculty are encouraged to apply as...
Faculty Updates
Civic Action Planning Support – 9/29
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is pleased to offer several Civic Action Planning support sessions this fall and winter. Join to find the detailed, specialized support you need to keep your Civic Action Plan moving...
Co-Facilitate or Host a Community of Practice – Sep 7
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is seeking experienced community engagement professionals from across our national network to serve as co-facilitators for our Fall 2021 communities of practice (CoPs) in the...
Engagement Scholarship Consortium 2021: Creating Connections and Expanding Possibilities – Sep 13-15
Engagement Scholarship Consortium
The 2021 virtual conference will feature over 100 sessions across 7 tracks in a variety of formats, including panels, workshops, symposiums, posters, and more: Assessment of Engagement Methods for...
Virtual Symposium Anti-Racist Community-Engaged Learning: Principles, Practices and Pedagogy – Sep 20
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education to offer this virtual symposium. Join in a national dialogue with leading scholars on advancing best practices in...
New Article: Getting Out the Student Vote in an Off Year
Inside Higher Ed
Youth voting soared in 2020. Can student groups and civic organizations keep the momentum going for this year’s state and local contests? Student voting organizations are gearing up to capitalize...
New Article: We Must Name Systemic Changes in Support of DEI
Inside Higher Ed
It’s taken decades for us to get to a place where most people agree that the academy is not the objective, level playing field we all hoped it would be. Now it is time to not just say the system is...
New Article: Universities after Neoliberalism: How to Build a Democratic Civic University
Nonprofit Quarterly
Truth be told, many if not most universities have lost their way, embracing private gain and economic advancement over what are supposed to be their core purposes of educating ethical democratic...
Election Official and Campus Engagement National Survey – Sep 3
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN Challenge) and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (SLSV) are nonpartisan organizations that are developing a report to better understand the...
COVID-19 Resources for Higher Education Institutions
GivePulse
As developments about COVID-19 and its emerging variants continue to impact our communities, it’s important to stay knowledgeable about requirements and recommendations for public safety. We...
Up to Us Voting Modules Fellowship Award – Deadline Extended to Sep 7
Project Pericles
***Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, September 7th. Applications (a two-three paragraph proposal) will be reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis, so faculty are encouraged to apply as...
Conference on Community Writing – Oct 21-23
Coalition for Community Writing
The Coalition for Community Writing invites you to co-create with us in community, to explore collaborations, and to weave narratives for action in the local, national, and global at our fourth...
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