The week of
January 25, 2022
PHENND Events/Activities
PHENND Seeks School-Community Partnership Coordinator VISTAs
PHENND
Join a cohort that works to strengthen communication, collaboration and community in local Philadelphia schools. PHENND seeks 20 full-time AmeriCorps VISTAs: 16 serve as Community Partnership...
Other Local Events and Workshops
INVITATION to Participate in Remake Learning Days – Jan 26 & Feb 2
Philadelphia Education Fund
We are excited to share a new partnership of the Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem and Remake Learning Days. Remake Learning Days (RMLD) is a festival that celebrates the many learning opportunities in a...
Virtual Event: Beyond the Dream: The Enduring Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Jan 31
Rutgers Camden
The “Beyond the Dream” speaker series celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with conversations that will deepen our understanding of Dr. King and the civil rights movement...
Virtual Town Hall: Election Integrity and Voting Rights: Should We Rewrite the Rules? – Feb 15
National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, as part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, present a...
Academic Support Volunteer Training (Virtual) – Feb 2 or 12
School District of Philadelphia
This virtual training is for Academic Support Volunteers supporting schools operated by the School District of Philadelphia. Select your date! Either Wednesday, February 2 from 4:30-8:00 PM or...
PA STEM Coalition Meeting: Meaningful Watershed Experiences – Jan 27
PA STEM Coalition
The PA STEM Coalition Meeting: Meaningful Watershed Experiences will be held on January 27, 2022, 8:30 – 9:30 AM – The session will feature representatives from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation,...
Webinar: PA Health Law Project Intellectual Disability/Autism Waivers Training – Feb 4
Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN)
Did you know that the state of Pennsylvania has special programs called “waivers” to help people with an intellectual or developmental disability and/or on the autism spectrum live in...
New Resources
Updated COVID Guidance for Philly Schools
City of Philadelphia
Throughout the pandemic, the Health Department has updated its guidance based on the latest science, the latest CDC recommendations, and what’s actually happening in Philadelphia. There have been a...
Podcast: Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders-Race and Diversity Today
Stanford Social Innovation Review
“Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders” is produced in partnership by The Pew Charitable Trusts and Stanford Social Innovation Review and hosted by Dan LeDuc and Eric Nee. In the...
Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue & Deliberation in Higher Education
Campus Compact
This book from authors Nicholas Longo and Timothy Shaffer provides a guide to creating space for democracy on campuses by incorporating deliberation and dialogue. We live in divisive and polarizing...
1619 Partnership Opportunities for Afterschool Programs
Pulitzer Center
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for afterschool program educators and administrators to access, adapt, and facilitate 1619 Project resources with their classrooms, and to share their...
The Lead-Free Promise Project
Children First
Children First is heading-up the Lead-Free Promise Project, a 47-member-strong statewide coalition that is taking lead poisoning prevention efforts statewide. Within a few months of our launch, the...
New Report Series: Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change
Equal Measure
In the new three-part report series Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change, Equal Measure shares an emerging picture of how postsecondary institutions and their partners are unearthing complex and...
Youth Electoral Significance Index (YESI)
CIRCLE
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) released their 2022 Youth Electoral Significance Index (YESI) – which quantifies the immense potential electoral...
New Podcast: The Uncertain Educator
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
The Uncertain Educator podcast, a new series developed at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE), looks at the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact and explores how people...
Grant research and planning tool
Free Library of Philadelphia
Grant research and planning tool available from Free Library Set your organization up for fundraising success! The Regional Foundation Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia is pleased to share a...
Results First Clearinghouse Database
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew releases update for Results First Clearinghouse Database The Pew Charitable Trust’s Results First Clearinghouse Database is an online resource that brings together information on the...
Summary of Region 1 Data from the Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program 2019-2020 State Evaluation Report
People's Emergency Center (PEC)
People’s Emergency Center (PEC) has summarized a Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) report on the ‘Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness’ (ECYEH)...
Pandemic Pivots in Teacher Education: Creating and Sustaining the New Normal
Metropolitan Universities journal
This article documents how one Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) at a medium-sized public university in the northeast responded to the needs of their urban partners during the global COVID-19...
Partnerships Classifieds
Volunteer as a Court Watchdog – Jan 27
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
PMC Watches™ is a program for community members to observe bail hearings and share their impressions of the process. These observations are used to advocate for improvements to the judicial...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for Proposals: Metropolitan Universities Journal – Feb 28
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
Metropolitan Universities journal has a proud and successful tradition of publishing timely and innovative special issues. We invite proposals for special issues on any topic likely to be of...
Grant Opportunities
Adult Literacy Grants – Feb 17
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation invites applications for adult literacy programs The Dollar General Literacy Foundation was established in 1993 by Cal Turner and Cal Turner Jr. to honor Dollar...
2022-2023 Community Revitalization Fellowship – Feb 25
Center for Community Progress
Center for Community Progress invites applications for 2022-2023 Community Revitalization Fellowship The Community Revitalization Fellowship of the Center for Community Progress is a learning...
Women of Color Grant Program – Feb 9
Fearless Fund
The Fearless Fund and The Tory Burch Foundation are partnering again to launch the Women of Color Grant Program. This exciting opportunity will award up to 150 small businesses $10,000 –...
Small grants for youth, elderly programs – Feb 1
Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial
Wurts Memorial offers small grants for youth, elderly programs The Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial is a charitable foundation formed to carry out the wishes of Henrietta Tower Wurts, who passed away...
Racial & Economic Justice Fund – Feb 1
Bread and Roses Community Fund
Deadline approaches for Racial & Economic Justice Fund Bread & Roses Community Fund has always centered racial and economic justice — the Black Panther Party and the Welfare Rights...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
PHLConnectED Grants Consultant – Jan 31
The Mayor's Fund for Philadelphia
PHLConnectED is seeking an independent contractor Grants Consultant to lead grants management for up to three different PHLConnectED grant programs across an up to 18-month period. Grants management...
Safety Captains, Fab Youth Philly
Fab Youth Philly
We are currently recruiting for our next cohort of Safety Captains. The Safety Captains Initiative is a youth workforce development project of Fab Youth Philly. The Safety Captain initiative is a...
Director of Development and Communications, TeenSHARP
TeenSHARP
Founded in 2009, TeenSHARP prepares talented Black, Latino, and low-income students for top colleges and community-centered leadership. We do so in pursuit of a vision that, one day, the diversity of...
Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) Manager , Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
Over the past two years, the Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) has been growing its membership, infrastructure, organization systems, and policy processes so Philadelphians who are most impacted by...
Program Manager for Infrastructure and Floodplain Resilience, Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
The Program Manager for Infrastructure and Floodplain Resilience will focus on strengthening the internal enabling environment for the development of infrastructure systems and capital improvement...
Program Strategist for Place-Based Initiatives, Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
The Program Strategist for Place-Based Initiatives will have a vital role in building community resilience through comprehensive place-based innovations. The role will advance a strategic framework...
Environmental/Active Transportation Planner, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
This Office of Climate and Environment position assists in collecting and analyzing data, researching policy, conducting studies, developing analytical tools, engaging project stakeholders, and...
Sustainability Director, Chester County Planning Commission
County of Chester
The Chester County Planning Commission is seeking qualified candidates for the newly created position of Sustainability Director. This position provides a unique and rewarding opportunity to lead the...
K-12 Gallery Educator (Part-Time), Barnes
The Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation seeks two Art Gallery Educators for K-12 school groups. The Gallery Educator is a member of the School Programs team that provides in-person and online programming for PreK12...
Executive Director, Cloud 9 Community Farms
Cloud 9 Community Farms
Cloud 9 Community Farms is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit with a mission to foster leadership, resilience, and environmental stewardship through youth and community-led food and garden programs. You...
Manager of Communications, Women’s Way
Women's Way
WOMEN’S WAY is looking for an ambitious, independently motivated jack-of-all-trades to lead our communications efforts. This role would be perfect for a self-starter with big ideas, impeccable...
Miscellaneous
Join a Spring Community of Practice – Feb 4
Campus Compact
Campus Compact’s Communities of Practice (CoPs) offer community engagement practitioners from across the country a platform and space for shared learning and collegial support to advance their...
Philly Tech Gateway: Free After School Program for 12th Grade Students – Jan 27
Philadelphia Academies
This February Philadelphia Academies, Inc. (PAI) is launching a new After School Technology Bridge program (“Philly Tech Gateway”). We are actively recruiting 15 12th graders to be a part of this...
Emerging Voices Fellowship, PEN America – Jan 31
PEN America
Applications for the Emerging Voices Fellowship are due January 31st! The Fellowship provides a virtual five-month immersive mentorship program for early-career writers from communities that are...
Call for Nominations: Multisector Partner Group, Center for Health Justice – Feb 18
AAMC Center for Health Justice
A guiding principle of the AAMC Center for Health Justice is that our goal – for all communities to thrive – reaches beyond health care. That’s why we’re looking for voices from beyond...
Building Community Capacity: A Community-Engaged Approach to COVID-19 Testing in African-American Churches – Feb 3
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an innovative approach to combating health inequities through robust partnerships, community mobilization, and responsiveness to community-identified...
Engaged Scholarship Symposium 2022 – Feb 25
Campus Compact
The UMass Dartmouth community and Campus Compact invite you to join us for our 9th Annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium. Andrew J. Hoffman, the keynote, is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable...
Webinar: AmeriCorps NCCC: A to Z – Jan 27
AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region
Looking to learn more about AmeriCorps’ upcoming opportunities? Thinking about serving with AmeriCorps NCCC? Join us for an interactive webinar about our program options, benefits, and...
Survey: Nonpartisan Student Voting Groups – Feb 11
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
In 2021, ALL IN surveyed and interviewed nonpartisan student voting groups on campuses across the country to better understand the landscape, strategies, challenges, and needs of these important...
Centering BIPOC Student Voices in Shaping the Future of Work
The Opportunity Network
The Opportunity Network (OppNet) is collaborating with Cortico’s LVN (Local Voices Network)’s to facilitate a series of conversations that center the voices of BIPOC students to help design and...
Virtual Event: Students and Freedom of Expression on Campus – Jan 25
Knight Foundation
Please join us on Tuesday, January 25 at 2 ET, for a robust virtual discussion on campus free speech hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Today’s students are challenging free-speech norms...
Webinar: Strengthening Social Connectedness: Key Concepts & Fundamentals – Jan 26
Visible Network Labs
After nearly two years of social distancing and quarantines, people are more aware than ever of the importance of social connectedness. However there is often a great deal of confusion around this...
Access Engineering: Spring 2022 Application for H.S. Students – Feb 1
University of Pennsylvania
Access Engineering is a group of engineering students from the University of Pennsylvania whose goal is to provide an engineering education to students in the Philadelphia area. We provide (now...
Democratic Engagement
Virtual Town Hall: Election Integrity and Voting Rights: Should We Rewrite the Rules? – Feb 15
National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, as part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, present a...
Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue & Deliberation in Higher Education
Campus Compact
This book from authors Nicholas Longo and Timothy Shaffer provides a guide to creating space for democracy on campuses by incorporating deliberation and dialogue. We live in divisive and polarizing...
Survey: Nonpartisan Student Voting Groups – Feb 11
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
In 2021, ALL IN surveyed and interviewed nonpartisan student voting groups on campuses across the country to better understand the landscape, strategies, challenges, and needs of these important...
Youth Electoral Significance Index (YESI)
CIRCLE
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) released their 2022 Youth Electoral Significance Index (YESI) – which quantifies the immense potential electoral...
For Students
Access Engineering: Spring 2022 Application for H.S. Students – Feb 1
University of Pennsylvania
Access Engineering is a group of engineering students from the University of Pennsylvania whose goal is to provide an engineering education to students in the Philadelphia area. We provide (now...
Sustainability
Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) Manager , Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
Over the past two years, the Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) has been growing its membership, infrastructure, organization systems, and policy processes so Philadelphians who are most impacted by...
Program Manager for Infrastructure and Floodplain Resilience, Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
The Program Manager for Infrastructure and Floodplain Resilience will focus on strengthening the internal enabling environment for the development of infrastructure systems and capital improvement...
Program Strategist for Place-Based Initiatives, Phila. Office of Sustainability
City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability
The Program Strategist for Place-Based Initiatives will have a vital role in building community resilience through comprehensive place-based innovations. The role will advance a strategic framework...
Environmental/Active Transportation Planner, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
This Office of Climate and Environment position assists in collecting and analyzing data, researching policy, conducting studies, developing analytical tools, engaging project stakeholders, and...
Sustainability Director, Chester County Planning Commission
County of Chester
The Chester County Planning Commission is seeking qualified candidates for the newly created position of Sustainability Director. This position provides a unique and rewarding opportunity to lead the...
Faculty Updates
Join a Spring Community of Practice – Feb 4
Campus Compact
Campus Compact’s Communities of Practice (CoPs) offer community engagement practitioners from across the country a platform and space for shared learning and collegial support to advance their...
Engaged Scholarship Symposium 2022 – Feb 25
Campus Compact
The UMass Dartmouth community and Campus Compact invite you to join us for our 9th Annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium. Andrew J. Hoffman, the keynote, is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable...
Virtual Event: Students and Freedom of Expression on Campus – Jan 25
Knight Foundation
Please join us on Tuesday, January 25 at 2 ET, for a robust virtual discussion on campus free speech hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Today’s students are challenging free-speech norms...
New Report Series: Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change
Equal Measure
In the new three-part report series Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change, Equal Measure shares an emerging picture of how postsecondary institutions and their partners are unearthing complex and...
Pandemic Pivots in Teacher Education: Creating and Sustaining the New Normal
Metropolitan Universities journal
This article documents how one Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) at a medium-sized public university in the northeast responded to the needs of their urban partners during the global COVID-19...
Call for Proposals: Metropolitan Universities Journal – Feb 28
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
Metropolitan Universities journal has a proud and successful tradition of publishing timely and innovative special issues. We invite proposals for special issues on any topic likely to be of...
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