November 1, 2022

PHENND Events/Activities

PHENND Fellows Information Session – Nov 14

PHENND

Interested in making an impact on students, families, and communities in Philadelphia? Become an AmeriCorps VISTA and support local nonprofits and schools in the fight against poverty. Join us for a...

Call for Workshop Proposals: PHENND Conference: Immigration & Refugee Resettlement – Jan 13

PHENND

We are looking for individuals who plan on attending the “PHENND CONFERENCE: Immigration & Refugee Resettlement,” to be held Friday, March 24, 2023, to design and lead paper...

Slide deck & recording – Creating a Culture of Wellbeing

PHENND

In September, PHENND invited Dr. Ian Edwards, Assistant Vice President for Student Wellbeing & Director, Counseling Services at Duquesne University to present at our first College Success...

Webinar: College Access & Success for Undocumented Students – Nov 10

PHENND

Please join PHENND and representatives from (Hyein Lee and Chris Aviles) and their local college partners (Cabrini & Rutgers Universities) to learn about their work with DREAMers (undocumented...

Other Local Events and Workshops

Virtual Class: Motivational Interviewing: An Overview with Application – Nov 10 & 11

Bryn Mawr College

As our systems of care become increasingly recovery oriented, practitioners need tools for eliciting individuals’ involvement in planning and implementing their own recovery strategies. Learn from...

PA Invention Convention 2022-2023: A K-12 Student Invention Competition – Dec 1

PA Invention Convention

Creativity, critical thinking, innovation, teamwork, and communication skills are recognized as the skills that prepare students for increasingly complex school, work, and life environments. The...

PSSE Virtual Meeting: STEM Education Policy and Funding Update – Nov 3

PA Statewide STEM Ecosystem

The PA Statewide STEM Ecosystem (PSSE) Meeting, STEM Education Policy and Funding Update, will be led by Miriam Krause, Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network (PSAYDN), and Jeff...

Clean waterways: How we can protect the Delaware Watershed – Nov 15

Green Philly

How do our actions in the city and suburbs affect our waterways? We may think of the shore as a drive away, but our actions along the river connect us to the oceans around us. Stormwater runoff,...

Virtual School Leader Workshop: Understanding the Nuances of Microaggressions, Part 2 – Nov 9

The Center for Black Educator Development

The Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) Professional Learning Team is offering a series of free workshops to school leaders and teachers grounded in cultural proficiency competencies and...

New Resources

Democracy in Action: Use information and facts to motivate students to vote

Liberal Education Magazine

This recent Liberal Education article from Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University encourages practitioners to stand for facts, consider the...

Workshop Recording: Creating Space for Democracy: Methods for Promoting Civil Discourse in Higher Education

Campus Compact

If you missed the webinar workshop, Creating Space for Democracy: Methods for Promoting Civil Discourse, the recording of this webinar is now available. Worshop Description: Drawing on lessons from...

Media Literacy Week Teaching Guide, Pulitzer Center

Pulitzer Center

What does media literacy look like in your classroom? We’re highlighting resources and opportunities that empower students to process information critically, take action on what they learn, and...

Podcast: Building the Black Educator Pipeline: Respect Our Existence or Expect Our Resistance

The Center for Black Educator Development

EPISODE SUMMARY Edwin Mayorga, Associate Professor at Swarthmore College (in the Department of Educational Studies and the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies), and co-researcher of the...

Food Security Network Resources for Campuses, PCCE

Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)

Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) has the following Food Security Network Resources for Campuses: Campus Food Pantry Best Practices Campus Response Examples to Food Insecurity Food...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Call for Chapter Proposals: Leaning into Politics: Higher Education’s Role in Building the Democracy We Need – Nov 30

Information Age Publishing

This volume seeks to interrogate how institutions of higher education can contribute to building the agency of students to address the most pressing challenges facing democracy and society by leaning...

Middle States Commission on Higher Education 2022 Annual Conference: Empowering Higher Education – Dec 7-9

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Registration is now open for the in-person Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) 2022 Annual Conference: Empowering Higher Education from December 7-9, 2022, in Philadelphia, PA. We...

Call for Proposals: 2023 Gulf-South Summit – Nov 2

Gulf-South Summit

***Deadline Extended to November 2, 2022*** 2023 Gulf-South Summit: Serving Our Surroundings: Creating and Sustaining Authentic Community Engagement April 12-14, 2023 The University of Georgia –...

Grant Opportunities

develop student-centered, anti-oppressive employability skills framework – Oct 7

Opportunity Network

Opportunity Network invites proposals to develop student-centered, anti-oppressive employability skills framework Since 2003, the Opportunity Network (OppNet) has worked to ignite the drive,...

Data Leaders Community of Practice program – Sep 30

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation invites applications for Data Leaders Community of Practice program The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is committed to bridging artificial intelligence, data science,...

Projects related to water – Oct 12

National Geographic Society

National Geographic Society invites applications for projects related to water The National Geographic Society has issued a request for proposals for projects related to water. According to National...

Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants – Oct 13

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Burroughs Wellcome Fund invites applications for Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants The Burroughs Wellcome Fund serves and strengthens society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in...

Education in Action, NYLC – Sep 23

National Youth Leadership Council

Education in Action (EIA) engages K-12 educators (in-school as well as afterschool programs) in creating and implementing a year-long service-learning effort with their students to improve education...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Hope Fellow (Coordinator), City of Phila.

City of Philadelphia

Job Description The Hope Fellow (Coordinator) will be responsible for managing external community relationships with violence prevention leaders and community-based organizations for A Hope That...

Chief Financial Officer, Habitat for Humanity – Oct 17

At Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia (“HFHP”) we are builders who work alongside, not for others. We are driven by accountability and defined by our stick-to-itiveness. The CFO develops and...

Federal Grant Project Director / Director of Student Activities, Freire Charter H.S.

Freire Charter High School

Federal Grant Project Director / Director of Student Activities Freire Charter High School is seeking a Federal Grant Project Director (known in-house as Director of Student Activities). The person...

Volunteer Compliance and Data Specialist, CHOP

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Job Summary The Volunteer Compliance and Data Specialist oversees all elements of the compliance and onboarding process and performs a critical role in a volunteer’s entry into the...

Staff Accountant, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (ESPHS) is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its accounting department. The primary responsibilities of the Staff Accountant include weekly and monthly...

Administrative and Guest Support Assistant, Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (ESPHS) seeks an energetic, self-motivated, highly organized team player with strong communication skills, the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced...

Educator (Part-Time, Temporary), Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (ESPHS) seeks outgoing, engaging and passionate people for the part-time, temporary position of Educator. Educators lead tours that deepen the dialogue about...

STEM Academic Mentor, Community College of Phila. – Sep 23

Community College of Philadelphia

The Jr. STEM Academy at Community College of Philadelphia is seeking a STEM Academic Mentor for our 2022–23 After School Artificial Intelligence and Robotics program. Programming will consist...

Build Project Manager, Habitat for Humanity – Nov 7

Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia

At Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia (“HFHP”), we are builders who work alongside, not for others. We are driven by accountability and defined by our stick-to-itiveness. The Build Department...

Miscellaneous

Virtual Workshop: Sharing Creative Models and Innovative Approaches to Faculty Development – Sep 27

Campus Compact

How do we keep faculty motivated and committed to community engagement, and support their progressive refinement of community-engaged competencies while navigating the shifting priorities and...

Elementary/Middle Afterschool STEM Fellows Program Professional Development Opportunity – Sep 28

Philadelphia Education Fund

The Philadelphia Education Fund’s (PEF’s) Elementary/Middle Afterschool STEM Fellows Program is a professional development series designed for Elementary and Middle School District of...

Fels Lab at the University of Pennsylvania: A Resource to Advance Your Critical Initiatives

University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government

How Fels Lab Works Government offices, councils, elected officials, non-profit organizations, and public-sector consulting organizations may submit project proposals to Fels Lab. Our Masters of...

Seeking Host Sites: Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA Program – Nov 1

Campus Compact

Want greater capacity for your civic action, community engagement, and anti-poverty work? The Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program is seeking proposals from campuses to host an AmeriCorps...

Webinar: AmeriCorps NCCC: Preparing to Be a Team Leader – Sep 22

AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region

Are you considering serving in a leadership position with AmeriCorps? Join us Thursday, September 22, 4:00 PM for AmeriCorps NCCC: Preparing to Be a Team Leader. We’ll provide a detailed...

2023 New Leader Institute – Sep 26

New Leaders Council

The New Leaders Council (NLC), a national organization that helps emerging leaders become transformational change-makers, has extended its application deadline to September 26 for its 2023 cohort....

West Chester University Improving STEM Education through Residency (WISER) Program

West Chester University

With funding from the National Science Foundation, NOYCE grant, West Chester University (WCU) offers the West Chester University Improving STEM Education through Residency (WISER) Program where...

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is seeking Editor-in-Chief

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is seeking our next Editor-in-Chief. Since 1994, the MJCSL has been a leading voice in the field of community engagement. The MJCSL...

Webinar: Telling an Executive Level Story – Oct 18

Nonprofit Learning Lab

Despite ever-changing technologies, one skill remains vital to master: the ability to tell a compelling, executive-level story. It is essential to understand the basic principles of how to tell an...

Webinar: Fundraising Event Marketing Tips to Bridge the Generational Divide – Sep 21

Nonprofit Learning Lab

We all know marketing and promotion are vital to the success of your fundraising events. But how do you reach the right donors on the right channels? Find out where 1,029 social donors of all ages...

CUMU and Collaboratory Partner to Launch Research Fellowship – Nov 28

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

***Deadline Extended to November 28, 2022*** Research fellow will leverage data to advance knowledge on campus-community partnerships The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), in...

Webinar: Higher Together: The Impact of a College Degree for Young Parents – Sep 22

Generation Hope

Generation Hope is hosting a webinar to engage the organization’s staff and alumni – all former teen parents – in a discussion on its latest report’s findings. The report, “Higher Together:...

Online Event: Helping neighborhoods reduce poverty without displacement – Sep 20

Brookings

Neighborhoods with concentrated poverty are found in every medium and large metropolitan area in the United States. In fact, around one in 15 people in the United States lives in a neighborhood with...

Black Voters Matter: Volunteer Opportunities, Internships & Campus Activism

Black Voters Matter

Black Voters Matter is expanding their reach across the country, particularly in 11 states (including PA) and Their opportunities are as follows: Student Volunteers – BVM needs volunteers,...

Virtual Journalist Classroom Visit Opportunities for Hispanic Heritage Month

Pulitzer Center

About the Virtual Journalist Visit Program The Pulitzer Center offers free virtual journalist visits to K-12 schools worldwide. We have worked with more than a thousand journalists over the years,...

Webinar: How to Design for Belonging and Inclusion in Your Organization – Oct 19 & 26

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)

Join us for this unique two-part 180-minute e-certification program, where you will learn to use tangible design tools to cultivate a sense of belonging and inclusion in your team and organization....

AAC&U 2023 Virtual Institute on ePortfolios – Oct 17

American Association of Colleges & Universities

In January 2023, the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), will again lead the Institute on ePortfolios utilizing a year-of-engagement model. The Institute on ePortfolios...

Penn School of Arts and Sciences High School Programs: Young Scholars Program – Dec 1

University of Pennsylvania

The Young Scholars High School Program allows outstanding juniors and seniors attending a local high school to take college courses in the fall and spring semesters. In the Young Scholars Program,...

Democratic Engagement

Black Voters Matter: Volunteer Opportunities, Internships & Campus Activism

Black Voters Matter

Black Voters Matter is expanding their reach across the country, particularly in 11 states (including PA) and Their opportunities are as follows: Student Volunteers – BVM needs volunteers,...

National Constitution Center Series of Major Initiatives

National Constitution Center

This is an exciting time at the National Constitution Center. As we prepared for Constitution Day on September 17, we launched a series of major initiatives to expand our reach as America’s leading...

For Students

High Schoolers: Get Your Free Art Here

The Philadelphia Citizen

John Orr, the executive director of Art-Reach, touts the under-used citywide program that gives all 62,000 Philadelphia high school students free admission to 20 of the city’s top museums and...

Penn School of Arts and Sciences High School Programs: Young Scholars Program – Dec 1

University of Pennsylvania

The Young Scholars High School Program allows outstanding juniors and seniors attending a local high school to take college courses in the fall and spring semesters. In the Young Scholars Program,...

Sustainability

PA offers larger EV rebates & new charging stations

Green Philly

Pennsylvania is trying to get more residents to go electric. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that its offering larger consumer rebates for electric vehicles,...

Faculty Updates

Virtual Workshop: Sharing Creative Models and Innovative Approaches to Faculty Development – Sep 27

Campus Compact

How do we keep faculty motivated and committed to community engagement, and support their progressive refinement of community-engaged competencies while navigating the shifting priorities and...

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is seeking Editor-in-Chief

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is seeking our next Editor-in-Chief. Since 1994, the MJCSL has been a leading voice in the field of community engagement. The MJCSL...

CUMU and Collaboratory Partner to Launch Research Fellowship – Nov 28

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

AAC&U 2023 Virtual Institute on ePortfolios – Oct 17

American Association of Colleges & Universities

In January 2023, the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), will again lead the Institute on ePortfolios utilizing a year-of-engagement model. The Institute on ePortfolios...

Call for Manuscript Proposals: Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), Special Issue on Immigration and Immigrant Community Engagement – Oct 1

Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship

Call for Manuscript Proposals: Democracy Realized through Immigrant Integration This special journal issue brings together an interdisciplinary and demographically diverse group of students,...

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