The PHENND Sustainability Coordinator will coordinate the student engagement arm of the Green STEM Philly initiative. The PHENND Sustainability Coordinator will recruit up to 11 college student project assistants, one for each partner high school identified by the larger Green STEM Philly initiative. The Coordinator will provide indirect supervision to the students, facilitate their payroll, and organize ongoing training in partnership with project leadership. In Summer 2022, the Coordinator will work to identify Green STEM internship positions for 20 high school students, facilitate their payroll, and also support internship host sites. The PHENND Sustainability Coordinator will work also with various PHENND constituencies to build, sustain, and support a sustainability themed network. This will include monthly generation and distribution of a Sustainability newsletter, and playing a supporting role in periodic Sustainability-focused PHENND events.

This is a one-year, part-time position.  To apply, click here.

The Wilmington campus includes the Old Town Hall (1798) adjoining the Delaware History Museum and the Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage (created in 2016). Across the street from these museum buildings (which include the museum store and staff offices) stands the DHS Research Library, the Library Annex (in the 1816 Robert Porter House), and the four Colonial-era buildings that comprise Willingtown Square. Each of the Wilmington buildings are contributing properties to the Market Street Commercial District on the National Register of Historic Places.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The successful candidate must demonstrate a passion for public history, African American history and culture, and knowledge of the value and relevance of history in today’s society. Maturity and integrity are essential characteristics of the successful candidate. The position requires the ability to engage broad sectors of the public with information, context, and relevance of African American history critical. Knowledge of Delaware history and the uniqueness of the African American experience in Delaware history and that of the Mid-Atlantic region is a plus.

This position reports to the Delaware Historical Society Executive Director and the Mitchell Center Advisory Council.

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The Managing Director of Program Design will report to the VP of Partner Success and work as part of the Partner Success Leadership Team at Springboard. This is a great opportunity to support Springboard’s tradition of consultative sales and collaborative partnerships. Program Designers partner with local leaders to design FELA programs that are personalized according to local context. At Springboard we believe that families, teachers, and local leaders have strengths and assets that are best realized through shared leadership. To that end, Springboard programs are customizable and always led by local leaders. Springboard’s Program Design Team prioritizes the important work of understanding local context and deepening community engagement through partnership phases of outreach, consultation, involvement, collaboration, and shared leadership.

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The NBA Foundation aims to drive economic opportunity in the Black community through employment and career development by funding programs that generate successful transitions from school to meaningful employment for Black youth.

To that end, the foundation has issued a Request for Proposals for its grants program. The foundation invests in local and national organizations (with priority given to those operating in NBA markets) that promote school-to-career and workforce development opportunities. Organizations should provide skills training, mentorship, professional coaching, and pipeline development to foster employment and career advancement for Black youth ages 14 through 24.

Approximately twenty capacity-building or program support grants will be awarded in this cycle, with grants ranging from $100,000 to $1 million.

Applicants must qualify as tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or a T3010 if operating in Canada), and annually serve a minimum of twenty-five youth.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the NBA Foundation website.

Deadline: August 18, 2021

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation invites applications for its Accelerator Program Grants, a grant opportunity that provides nonprofits with data support, tools, and expertise to develop and test a data hypothesis.

The program aims to advance nonprofit data maturity while equipping nonprofit organizations with the tools and expertise they require to develop and test proof-of-concept data experiments. Accelerator nonprofits selected for these grants gain up to six months of experience using an advanced analytics “sandbox” that can handle large, complex datasets — foregoing the need for nonprofits to set up and invest in a test infrastructure before knowing if it’s a good fit for their teams. The theme for this year’s cohort is Data to Drive Climate Action, and nonprofits working across a range of climate change and environmental issues are invited to submit applications. Up to twelve climate action organizations will be selected for the next cohort, which runs for nine months in 2022.

Accelerator nonprofits demonstrate a commitment to shared learning — including documenting and setting an example for how others in their field can advance nonprofit data maturity in an impactful, responsible, inclusive way.

Nonprofits receive direct technical support from the foundation’s in-house Data and Society engineering team, access to an advanced data management platform, and up to $100,000 in supplementary support for expenses related to the data project.

Expressions of Interest are due August 31, 2021. Selected organizations will be asked to join a series of exploratory and technical project-scoping conversations before being invited to submit a formal proposal for consideration. Final decisions will be made in November 2021, with ten to twelve Accelerator projects launched in 2022.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation website.

Deadline: August 31, 2021 (Expression of Interest)

https://www.mcgovern.org/our-work/data-and-society/accelerator-program/

Want to help families support early reading? If your organization works with Philly families with infants and toddlers, William Penn Foundation has books for you at no charge! All you need to do is have a way to provide interactive guidance about reading with children.

I’ll Build You a Bookcase by literacy specialist, Jean Ciborowski Fahey. This engaging story incorporates tips about how to support early language development at home and is available in English, Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Interested? Complete this form by Friday, August 20.

REGISTER FOR FREE BOOKS

BENEFITS

• Participants in the NOW Professional Development Program will be trained by industry executive leaders and Temple University management staff!
• Participants will learn/gain professional skills and information that will make them a more confident and competitive job seeker!
• Participants will build their network of direct contacts with area company leaders!
• Participants will receive personal career coaching!
• Participants will receive valuable job referrals!

Fall 2021 Schedule for NOW Professional Development Seminar

• September 30 General Interest Meeting
• October 7 Creating Your Best Resume
• October 14 Effective Job Search Tactics
• October 21 Mock Interviews: Practice Makes Perfect!
• October 28 Image, Style, Deportment in the Workplace
• November 4 Financial Literacy / Public Speaking
• November 11 Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
• November 18 Community Service Project Presentations
• December 2 Continuing Education & Career Self-Assessment
• December 9 Opportunity Knocks Dinner (Awards Dinner with Employers)

GENERAL INTEREST MEETING – SEPTEMBER 30th @ 6PM-8PM

The NOW Professional Development Program workshops are held once a week, Thursday evenings, for eight weeks. The General Interest Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 30, 2021, 6pm-8pm, at the Charles Library, Rm. 401, 1900 North 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

TO REGISTER FOR THE GENERAL INTEREST MEETING

To reserve your seat at the upcoming General Interest Meeting, please email your current resume with a one paragraph explanation as to why you’re interested in participating in the NOW Professional Development Program to: mike.robinson@temple.edu

QUESTIONS? OR, FOR MORE INFORMATION…

Contact Michael Robinson, M.S., Director-Community Outreach & Hiring/Temple University Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative: 215-204-0677. Thank you!

More info is available on our website,  including the application link.

The application deadline is midnight local time on Thursday, September 9, 2021.

If you have any questions, you can reach out to uAspire VP of Policy, Ali Caccavella at ali@uaspire.org.

At the end of 2020, as part of our strategic planning process, our staff developed six new core values to guide our work: justice, community, integrity, empathy, pride, and tenacity. These values provided the perfect framework for the story we wanted to tell. As you flip through the pages of the report, Paths to Promising Futures, we hope you will see how we live these values every day.

The work our clients and counselors do together is very rarely easy. Yet with the support of partners like you, we’re confident that we’ll reach our destination.

• Schedule a Vaccination Appointment Here!
• Get COVID-19 updates sent to your phone. Text COVIDPHL to 888-777 to receive free text alerts with info and updates from @PHLPublicHealth.

For the latest updates and information on COVID-19 in Philadelphia please click here.

Being vaccinated against COVID-19 results in an eight-fold reduction of risk if you’re fully vaccinated compared to when you are not. If you’re fully vaccinated, you have a 25-fold reduction of your risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID. The COVID vaccines protect people very well and are the best way to avoid a severe enough infection that could end up in hospitalization.

Simply put: the COVID vaccines work extremely well and are saving lives every day.

The City has a vested interest in ensuring that all staff are protected as thoroughly as possible from severe COVID infection and death. That’s why as of September 1, the City will be instituting the following new policies.

This event is free & open to the public!  Learn more about NOMO.

Date and Time: August 22, 2021, 12:00-6:00 PM

Location: City Hall Courtyard

Date and Time: Thursday, August 26, 2021, 6:00 PM –  7:30 PM

The exhibit’s research and development will be discussed alongside the digital project Suffrage. Race. Power. Unerased, which re-centers the contributions of Black women in the suffrage movement through multimedia experiences and dialogue. Join us to learn more and share your own stories!

Attendees will receive information about additional resources available online to continue the conversation in their own communities and lift up contemporary movements in the fight for the vote. This program is inspired by the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Making Her Mark exhibit, now on view free of charge online and in person: for more details visit the Free Library of Philadelphia website.

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The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings will host a virtual panel discussion that considers the present and future of ECE in the United States. The panel will consist of experts with backgrounds in ECE policy, practice, and research. It will examine where the sector stands—almost 18 months into the pandemic—and where it might be and should be headed.

This event will take place on Tuesday, August 17 at 2 p.m. Click here to register.

Mark your calendar! Reading Promise Week is October 11-17. Philly’s second annual family literacy festival is set to bring books, resources, and family fun to neighborhoods citywide.

All events are free, highlight local resources, and are designed for and by the community. Read by 4th is here to help by providing books, giveaways, and support to those hosting literacy events during the week.

Want to host an event? Register here.

Apply by August 18, 2021.

The Collaborating for Equity and Justice Framework (CEJF) (Wolff, et al. 2017 was developed as a counter to the popular Collective Impact (CI) approach (Kania & Kramer 2011). CEJF moves beyond CI by fore-fronting equity and justice through six foundational principles:

1. Explicitly address issues of social and economic injustice and structural racism.
2. Employ a community development approach in which residents have equal power in determining the SECs agenda and resource allocation.
3. Employ community organizing as an intentional strategy and as part of the process. Work to build resident leadership and power.
4. Focus on policy, systems, and structural change.
5. Build on the community engagement literature and scholarship.
6. Construct core functions for the collaborative based on equity and justice that provide basic facilitating structures and build member ownership and leadership.

This course is taught with the purpose of translating global rhetoric to local action.  Upon completion of the course participants will leave with a collective impact strategy document to create societal impact and influence systems and policies within their own ecosystem. Participants will also have an opportunity to publish an article within the Social Innovations Journal.

The dates of the course live sessions are: Wednesday Evenings Eastern Standard Time 3:00 – 5:00 (19:00 UTC +0) on the following dates 9/8; 9/15; 9/22; 9/29; 10/6; and 10/13.

To learn more about course description, course moderators, course methodology and philosophy, and course values contact Nicholas Torres at nick@socialinnovationspartners.org.

Apply here.

Who We Are: Philadelphia Academies, Inc. is a 51-year-old non-profit whose mission is to design and implement industry informed, career-connected learning strategies and school supports that position young people for success in post-secondary education and the workforce. We envision a world where all young people have the skills, resources, and networks to reach their full potential.

Position: 9th Grade Success Coach (Full-Time)
The 9th Grade Success Coach is responsible for providing coaching and technical assistance to partner schools in data utilization and intervention planning strategies, as well as implementing supportive practices for 9th grade students. The 9th Grade Success Coach works as part of a team of professionals, and reports to the Associate Director of Data Supports and Evaluation.

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Applications close: September 14, 2021

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Holland Scholars are respected, strategic leaders across their institution who are known for contributing to cutting-edge research related to their administrative role. Their scholarship may focus on, but is not limited to, topics such as diversity/equity, campus culture, faculty development, student health and well-being, curricular innovation, research productivity, planning and assessment, student retention and progress, and community engagement. Holland Scholars approach leadership by drawing on literature and research to ignite the potential of their institution to be successful in its mission and goals. They are inquisitive, inclusive and collaborative, and they are driven to ask and answer scholarly questions critical to their field and professional role as evidenced by a record of their own scholarship. They put their scholarship to good use in addressing urgent issues in urban/metropolitan environments. Their work inspires others to do the same.

Nominations and complete applications due September 30, 2021.

Learn more and submit a nomination.

Bail Watch is a program designed for community members to observe bail hearings and share their impressions of the process. These observations are used to advocate for improvements by sharing concerns with the courts and other criminal justice partners.

What do volunteers do?

• As a ball observer, you will go to preliminary arraignments and record your observations and insights for us using our given forms.
• Your schedule will be entirely your own. Simply dedicate as much or as little time as you are able.
• We welcome adults of all ages and educational backgrounds to join us, your unique insight is very much needed.

How do I sign up?

We will be holding a brief informational and training session on Thursday, August 26 at 12:00 PM.

If you are interested in volunteering or attending the informational and training session, contact Duncan Hardiman at dhardiman@pmconline.org.