The week of
January 3, 2023
Other Local Events and Workshops
Virtual Volunteer Support Program Training: Engaging and Managing Volunteers – Jan 19
Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
Join the Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service at this month’s Volunteer Support Program. This training will discuss best practices for managing volunteers. We’ll focus...
Clinical Responsibility in Racial Equity and Cultural Inclusivity – Feb 3
Bryn Mawr College
This 5-day series addresses the challenges in cross-race and same-race clinical practice in the age of antiracism. Cultural humility, anti-oppressive practice, and social justice are values central...
New Resources
The 2023 Good Citizen Calendar
The Philadelphia Citizen
If, like us, your New Year’s Resolution is to be a more civically engaged citizen, then you’ve come to the right place. Here is your official Good Citizen Calendar for 2023. Consider giving of...
Podcast: Building the Black Educator Pipeline
The Center for Black Educator Development
We are calling on our entire community to follow the Building the Black Educator Pipeline podcast on your preferred podcast platform and leave a review if you enjoy these powerful conversations....
New Article: Building and Sustaining A Robust and Diverse Teacher Pipeline
The Center for Black Educator Development
Retaining teachers from diverse backgrounds begins with a culture that is intentionally nonhostile and supportive to those educators—, anti-racist. If a school or district leader is first committed...
Civic Coalition to Save Lives
Civic Coalition to Save Lives
The Civic Coalition to Save Lives is a partnership between Philadelphia Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and Philadelphia Equity...
Highlighting Student Work from the 2021-22 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship Cohort
Pulitzer Center
Educators in our 2021-22 Teacher Fellowship program created and facilitated units in classrooms across the country, elevating underreported stories in a variety of educational settings. Included in...
New Issue: Liberal Education, Fall 2022
American Association of Colleges and Universities
The Fall 2022 issue of Liberal Education (Vol. 108, No. 4), “Battle of the Bandwidth: How to help students recover lost brainpower” is now available. Also in this issue: the link between...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Deepening our Commitment to Equity and Justice in Education: Making the Moment a Movement – Apr 12-14
National Partnership for Educational Access
Please join us back in-person in Boston, MA on April 12-14, 2023. We will gather in community to learn, share, and connect with a national audience of education access professionals from nonprofit...
National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference – Jun 7-9
Institute for Educational Leadership
The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) invites you to attend the 2023 National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference, Spreading Love & Supporting All Children, in...
Call for Proposals: 2023 CSforAllPA Summit – Jan 20
PA Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education is pleased to announce the sixth annual Pennsylvania Computer Science For All (CSforAllPA) Summit will be held June 14-15, 2023...
Grant Opportunities
2023 Visionary Prize for Women’s Economic Empowerment – Jan 25
Hostetler/Wrigley Foundation
Visionary Women, Hostetler/Wrigley Foundation invite nominations for 2023 Visionary Prize for Women’s Economic Empowerment Visionary Women and the Hostetler/Wrigley Foundation invite nominations...
Global Learning for Health Equity Network Planning Grant – Feb 8
University of Maryland
Global Learning for Health Equity Network invites proposals for planning grants Created in 2020 with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Global Learning for Health Equity Network...
Small grant program – Feb 1
Clif Family Foundation
Clif Family Foundation invites applications for small grants The Clif Family Foundation was established in 2006 to support grassroots groups with inspiring ideas and limited funds. The foundation...
Learning & Leadership Grants program for teachers – Feb 1
NEA Foundation
NEA Foundation invites applications for professional development opportunities The NEA Foundation is an independent national philanthropic organization founded by educators to promote the absolute...
Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund – Feb 3
City of Philadelphia
The City of Philadelphia has announced the launch of the Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund, a citywide grant program that will award grants to trusted community-based organizations...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Controller, Phila. Youth Network
Philadelphia Youth Network
The Finance Department (FD) is responsible for the financial operations of Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) in support of the organization’s core functions. In doing so, among other...
Director of Black Male Engagement (Remote)
The Center for Black Educator Development
The Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) exists to (re)build a national Black Teacher Pipeline to achieve educational and racial justice by ensuring there is equity in the recruiting,...
Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) Is Hiring
Citizens Police Oversight Commission
The Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) is the City of Philadelphia’s new, independent civilian oversight agency. The monumental legislation created by City Council and signed by Mayor...
Director of Development, Phila. Youth Network
Philadelphia Youth Network
About Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) PYN alleviates poverty by preparing young people to succeed in tomorrow’s workforce. PYN coordinates partners that connect young people to education and...
Program Manager, Program Implementation, Phila. Youth Network
Philadelphia Youth Network
The Program Manager (PM), Program Implementation is responsible for management and implementation of education and/or employment programs at the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). The position will...
Staff Accountant, Phila. Youth Network
Philadelphia Youth Network
About Finance Department: The Finance Department (FD) is responsible for the financial operations of PYN in support of the organization’s core functions. In doing so, among other responsibilities,...
Program Officer, Lending, LISC
LISC Philadelphia
What We Do With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families. Over the...
Build Warehouse and Purchasing Manager, Habitat for Humanity – Jan 30
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. Habitat’s Build...
Build Project Manager- Home Repair, Habitat for Humanity – Jan 30
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
Position Objective 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...
Construction Volunteer Leader, Habitat for Humanity – Jan 30
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...
Receptionist & Conference Sales Associate, Pendle Hill – Jan 18
Pendle Hill
PENDLE HILL is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center that seeks to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives through learning opportunities, retreat, and community...
Miscellaneous
Webinar: Defining Community – Nov 17
Anchor Schools Alliance
How do you define community? For your school, is “community” the students, families, faculty, staff, and alumni found within its four walls? What’s the difference between community...
AmeriCorps 101 Webinar – Nov 29
AmeriCorps
Ready to tackle the challenges facing your community but not sure where to start? Join us for AmeriCorps 101, an interactive webinar to learn about thousands of AmeriCorps service opportunities and...
Future Trends Forum (Virtual): How do campuses worsen community inequalities? – Nov 10
The Future Trends Forum
This week we’re exploring campus-community relations. On Thursday, November 10th, from 2-3 pm EST, we’ll be joined by John Jay College professor Evan Mandery, author of the powerful...
Windows, Mirrors & Doors: The Joy of Math Literacy – Nov 16
ParentChild+
Join us next week, on 11/16, for the next installment of ParentChild+’s virtual series Windows, Mirrors, & Doors, where children’s book authors, educators, and advocates will lead us...
College Promise Members: College Civic Learning for an Engaged Democracy – Dec 13&14, Feb 6&7
College Promise
College Promise is proud to be a founding and lead partner in the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition. Our shared goal is to make it a policy and educator priority to include all...
Jr. STEM Academy (6th-8th Graders), CCP
Community College of Philadelphia
Hands-on learning and innovative technology experiences await you at Community College of Philadelphia’s Jr. STEM Academy. Are you looking for an afterschool program for your child for the...
Webinar: The Quiet Inequity: Disability Discrimination and Ableism in the Nonprofit – Dec 13
Nonprofit Learning Lab
Disability discrimination and ableism are rarely at the forefront of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DEI) discussions in the nonprofit workplace. Yet over 61 million people in the US live with...
Hybrid Event: Next-Generation Innovations in Housing Affordability – Nov 15
Urban Institute
The US housing market finds itself at a pivotal moment: an acute housing supply shortage of about 4 million units coupled with historic home price appreciation have led to a crisis in affordability....
Unify Challenge: College Bowl
Unify America
From cable news to social media, we tend to get information that confirms what we already believe. We live in media bubbles. And while it’s human nature to find that comforting, it’s not so...
Webinar: Bridging and Visualizing Institutional K-12 Engagement Data – Nov 8
Collaboratory
Tuesday, November 8th at 2:00-3:00 PM EDT Collaboratory is hosting a webinar in partnership with Indiana University. IU will be sharing how they are leveraging and visualizing their community...
Webinar: Dissertation Dish: Evaluating Engaged Research in Promotion and Tenure: Not Everything that Counts Can Be Counted – Dec 1
LEAD California
The Dissertation Dish is a collaboration between the International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), Imagining America, and LEAD California (formerly...
Virtual Conversations: American Cities Rebuilding 2022 – Nov 16-17
The WNET Group
Amid a wavering pandemic and economic uncertainty, American Cities Rebuilding 2022 will focus on the revitalization of the American city from the unique perspective of the political, cultural and...
Certificate in Service-Learning Instructional Leadership Winter 2023 Cohort – Nov 30
National Youth Leadership Council
The Certificate in Service-Learning Instructional Leadership is designed for mid-level to advanced practitioners who are passionate about the benefits of engaging students in service-learning. The...
School District of Philadelphia Teacher Residency Program – Nov 9
School District of Philadelphia
The School District of Philadelphia is excited to announce the launch of our seventh recruitment cycle for our Teacher Residency Program! To date, over 200 passionate and highly qualified teacher...
Virtual Event: Where Does Education Reform Go From Here? – Nov 15
Schools That Can
Following years of virtual schooling for students, severe understaffing and overwork for teachers, and cataclysmic changes to education as we know it brought on the pandemic, where do we go from...
Virtual Event: INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital Age – Nov 28-30
Knight Foundation
We hope you will join us virtually for INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital event, taking place November 28-30, 2022, engages leaders in the biggest questions at the intersection of...
Virtual Event: International Service-Learning Forum – Nov 10
National Youth Leadership Council
The International Service-Learning Forum is designed to be an interactive learning experience for both experienced practitioners and those new to service-learning. The workshops will offer insights...
Democratic Engagement
Virtual Event: INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital Age – Nov 28-30
Knight Foundation
We hope you will join us virtually for INFORMED: Conversations on Democracy in the Digital event, taking place November 28-30, 2022, engages leaders in the biggest questions at the intersection of...
Subscribe To The Voting Rights Roundup
Andrew Goodman Foundation
Because there are no “off years” in democracy, we’re keeping a close eye on local and state elections, the rise in voter suppression bills around the country, and legislation that...
Sustainability
Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem
Philadelphia Education Fund
The Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem is one of 94 international STEM Ecosystems and convenes STEM stakeholders to increase collaboration, coordination, and access. In partnership with GSK, the...
Faculty Updates
Webinar: Carnegie Community of Practice: Section 6 of the Application – Aug 2
Collaboratory
Collaboratory is facilitating a national community of practice focused on leveraging the Elective Classification framework as an opportunity to recruit allies and generate buy-in for community...
ENGAGE! Exploring the Power of the Arts in our Communities
IUPUI
The latest edition of ENGAGE! (published by the IUPUI Office of Community Engagement) features articles written by practitioners, researchers, administrators, and more that explore the power of the...
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