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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