November 8, 2022

PHENND Events/Activities

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

Waste Management Practices – Dec 1

Environmental Research & Education Foundation

Environmental Research & Education Foundation invites proposals for waste management practices The mission of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is to advance scientific...

Education research projects – Dec 5

Spencer Foundation

Spencer Foundation invites applications for education research projects The Spencer Foundation aims to investigate ways in which broadly conceived education can be improved worldwide. The foundation...

Archival Projects – Nov 15

Society of American Archivists

Society of American Archivists invites applications for archival projects Founded in 1936, the Society of American Archivists Foundation seeks to empower archivists to achieve professional excellence...

New Grant Opportunity for Tax Credit Outreach – Dec 1

City of Philadelphia

CEO and the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation are excited to announce a new grant opportunity for community-based organizations interested in conducting grassroots outreach to connect...

Expand Computer Science at Your School – Nov 21

Code.org

is awarding $1 million to schools to help more students access computer science! As part of our 10th Hour of Code celebration, we’ll be awarding $10,000 to 102 schools (one middle and one high...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Executive Director, Women in Transition

Women in Transition

WIT is an organization dedicated to empowering people with the knowledge, support, and ability to thrive beyond domestic abuse/intimate partner violence and substance abuse. Our staff are dedicated...

Policy Fellowship for Graduate and Doctoral Students (Part-Time), Sustainable Business Network

Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBN) is proud to announce our Policy Fellowship Program, offering graduate and doctoral students interested in understanding and working...

Home Visitor Asthma Program (Chester), CHOP

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP) was launched in 1997 by Founder and Medical Director Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens specifically to support...

Deputy Director, Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University

Drexel University

The Urban Health Collaborative at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University is seeking a dynamic leader to serve as Deputy Director for Administration. The UHC is a multi-disciplinary...

Director of Community Science, Academy of Natural Sciences

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel

The Director of Community Science is responsible for the direction and strategic expansion of the department, which facilitates the creation and support of local community-based projects to provide...

Assistant Director, Affinity Engagement, Villanova University

Villanova University

Duties And Responsibilities Program Management: Oversees the strategic development and daily management of a growing group of social and identity-based Affinity Networks (, Villanova University Black...

Program & Events Manager, SAADA

SAADA

SAADA (South Asian American Digital Archive) uses the power of stories to create belonging for + million South Asian Americans. In doing so, we hope to build a more inclusive society: one that...

Research Assistants (Part-Time), School District of Philadelphia – Nov 18

School District of Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia Office of Research and Evaluation is looking for paid part-time Research Assistants to administer the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to students in School...

Miscellaneous

Campus Compact Community College Network Meetings

Campus Compact

Join the Campus Compact Community Colleges Network for monthly meetings. Members will come together to discuss topics of mutual interest and ask questions, provide feedback, and help guide Campus...

Save the Date: Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement – Mar 31

Campus Compact

Join us for the second Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement! This hybrid event will occur physically at UMass Dartmouth and virtually throughout the world. It will feature panels and...

Zoom Meeting: Collaboratory Scholars (Community Engagement & Professional Development) – Nov 9

Collaboratory

The next Collaboratory Scholars zoom meeting is November 9, 1:00-2:00 PM. The Scholars is a Zoom meet-up for graduate and undergraduate students across the country who are interested in...

Project Coordinator, PA Training & Technical Assistance Network – Nov 18

Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network

The PA Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) CSinPA team is hiring a project coordinator to facilitate the design and development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Toolkit to support...

Webinar: Managing the Impact of COVID in Hispanic-Serving Institutions – Nov 3

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to do so. In addition to traditional challenges faced in sustaining HSIs, its leaders...

Webinar: Child Poverty: Trends and Outlook – Nov 2

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

A recent report published by Child Trends points to what the authors term an unprecedented decline in child poverty rates since 1993. The report has garnered significant attention and presents an...

Recruiting Post-Secondary Students & K-12 Educators for Computer Science in PA Virtual Community

CSinPA

We are recruiting post-secondary students and K-12 educators to help the CSinPA virtual community grow. Positions are short-term, 100% virtual, and offer flexible scheduling. Post-secondary...

Request for Participants: A Research Study: “How to Recruit and Retain Volunteers: The Reasons or Motivations Why People Volunteer”

PennSERVE

Drs. Jeananne Nicholls (DBA) & Kurt Schimmel (DBA), from Slippery Rock University reached out to PennSERVE requesting we share with our programs an opportunity to participate in their research...

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