The week of
January 31, 2023
Other Local Events and Workshops
Virtual Event: Understanding Financial Aid Offers – Feb 1
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)
After being accepted to college, students will receive a financial aid offer that outlines their financial aid eligibility at each school for which they applied. Each offer will contain similar...
31st Annual African American Children’s Book Fair – Feb 11
The African American Children's Book Project
The 31st Annual African American Children’s Book Festival will take place Saturday, February 11, 2023, 1:00-4:00 PM at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Award-winning authors and illustrators...
Rutgers-Camden Black History Month Events – Feb 1,2,9
Rutgers Camden
Rutgers University-Camden celebrates Black History Month by honoring stories of the past that influence the success of the future. This year we invite our campus community and partners to join us...
Still Marching for Our Lives: Youth Gun Violence Prevention Summit – Feb 18
March for Our Lives
The Still Marching for Our Lives, Youth Gun Violence Prevention Summit will take place on February 18 , 2023 (snow date: February 25, 2023) at Philadelphia Masjid, 4700 Wyalusing Avenue,...
2023 DVCEE Educators of Color Career Open House – Mar 9
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Please join us at Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE) for our DVCEE Annual Educators of Color Career Open House (formerly the DVCEE Recruitment Fair) on March 9th, 2023! Attendees will have an...
Walking the Edge: Art from Our Borders and Boundaries
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
The Schuylkill Center presents Walking the Edge, a communal display on the experience of walking in nature. We are inviting the creative public to share their impressions, reflections and encounters...
DelCo Black History Experience: Walker-Williams Project at Widener University – Feb 23
Widener University
We invite you to attend the inspiring Black History Month experience we call The Walker-Williams Project on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM in Widener University’s Alumni Hall. This program...
New Resources
OnTrack to Post-Secondary Education Workshops
Uncommon Individual Foundation
OnTrack to Post-Secondary Education (OTPSE) is an online college and career readiness curriculum designed to help students, parents, counselors, educators, and after-school program staff successfully...
A Little Known HUD Program Could Help Lift Renters Out of Poverty
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
In this Spotlight Exclusive, Markita Morris-Louis, CEO of Compass Working Capital, breaks down how HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS) helps to lift low-income families out of poverty. She...
Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research Has Launched Their New Website
The Field Center for Children's Policy Practice & Research
The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research brings together experts in child welfare to impact the lives of vulnerable children and families. Our leaders, the visionary faculty,...
ECMC Foundation 2022 Annual Report
ECMC Foundation
The ECMC Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report, Activating Change, is now available to read and explore online. We chose the theme, Activating Change, to honor the ideas and learnings that brought us...
Missed out on LIHWAP? You can still get help through PAHAF
City of Philadelphia
The City of Philadelphia understands the pandemic has caused uncommon financial stress to many residents. As a result, we continue to help individuals and families access financial relief at the...
How ‘Tangled Titles’ Affect Philadelphia
Pew Charitable Trusts
Officials in Philadelphia and elsewhere have long grappled with the issue of “tangled titles” for homes—situations in which the deed to a property bears the name of someone other than the...
Live the Legacy Podcast, Third Season
Andrew Goodman Foundation
The Live The Legacy Podcast is back with its third season! Our podcast explores the rich history of how young people, especially young people of color, have taken the reins to secure our democracy...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for Proposals: Conference on Community Writing: Activating Radical Imagination – Feb 5
Coalition for Community Writing
The Coalition for Community Writing (CCW) is happy to remind you that our proposal submission portal is open for the October 12-14, 2023, conference in Denver, and we will be accepting proposals...
Grant Opportunities
Education for American Civic Life initiative – Mar 1
Teagle Foundation
Teagle Foundation invites applications for Education for American Civic Life initiative The mission of the Teagle Foundation is “to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as...
Sustainable Disaster Relief Fund – Feb 24
Vanguard Charitable
Vanguard Charitable issues RFP for Sustainable Disaster Relief Fund Vanguard Charitable manages two mission-driven funds focused on the areas of intermediate to long-term disaster relief and the...
Communities Transforming Policing Fund – Feb 8
Borealis Philanthropy
Borealis Philanthropy invites applications for Communities Transforming Policing Fund Borealis Philanthropy has announced that the Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) has issued a request...
Grants for nonprofit publishers – Mar 1
J.M. Kaplan Fund
Kaplan Fund invites applications from nonprofit publishers The Kaplan Fund’s Furthermore program supports nonfiction book publishing about art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Freedom Schools Literacy Academy Paid Teacher Apprenticeship
The Center for Black Educator Development
The Center for Black Educator Development is hiring teachers and professional educators for Summer 2023 to work in Camden and Philadelphia! Freedom Schools Literacy Academy gives current K-2nd...
Educator (Part-Time, Temporary), Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site – Feb 12
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 discussion-based walking tours...
Community Resource Corps Spring 2023 Cohort – Feb 9
Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service
The Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service is recruiting members to join the Community Resource Corps (CRC) AmeriCorps Program’s Spring 2023 cohort. Corps Members will work...
Project Assistant (College/Graduate/Post-Graduate Students), Connect the Dots – Feb 15
Connect the Dots
Connect the Dots is a women-owned stakeholder/community engagement firm that innovates participatory processes to connect diverse voices to decision-making. Our work focuses on building meaningful...
Project Manager, Connect the Dots – Feb 6
Connect the Dots
Connect the Dots is a women-owned stakeholder/community engagement firm that innovates participatory processes to connect diverse voices to decision-making. Our work focuses on building meaningful...
Program Manager, SAADA
South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)
The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) uses the power of stories to create belonging for + million South Asian Americans. Our archive, storytelling projects, artistic partnerships, walking...
Gladwyne Assistant Summer Camp Director, Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
The Assistant Camp Director is responsible for supporting the management and facilitation of Riverbend’s Summer Camp program to meet the mission, vision and strategic goals of Riverbend...
Lead and Assistant Camp Counselors (McKaig), Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Lead Camp Counselors are responsible for creating a positive camp experience for a group of campers each week. This includes mentoring their counselor team, planning and implementing activities for...
Lead and Assistant Camp Counselors (Gladwyne), Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Lead Camp Counselors (Gladwyne) are responsible for creating a positive camp experience for a group of campers each week. This includes mentoring their counselor team, planning and implementing...
Executive Director, Playworks
Playworks
ABOUT PLAYWORKS: at Playworks we believe in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. We are changing the school climate by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school...
Mitigation Specialist, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project – Feb 1
The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) seeks to end the practice of charging youth as adults. In the meantime, YSRP seeks to lessen the duration and impact of adult criminal sentences on...
Director of Development & Communications, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project – Feb 8
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project
The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) seeks a dynamic and values-led Director of Development & Communications. Reporting to the Executive Director and working collaboratively across...
Institutional Events Manager, National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to teaching about the Constitution. Located on Philadelphia’s historic Independence Mall, steps from where the...
Podcast Producer, National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center serves as America’s leading platform for constitutional education and debate, fulfilling our congressional charter “to disseminate information about the United...
High School Special Education Teacher, Remedial Math, Belmont Charter Network
Belmont Charter Network
Belmont Charter High School was founded in 2017 and we offer a positive, inclusive and supportive environment. Here, we understand success means something different to every student and we give them...
After School Lead Teacher K-5, Belmont Charter Network
Belmont Charter Network
This position for an after school teacher responsible for leading afternoon care hours with students in 1st through 5th Grade. OST (Out of School Time) teachers plan lessons and facilitate...
Miscellaneous
Youth Development Workforce Survey
Fab Youth Philly
Calling all youth workers, tutors, sports coaches, parks and afterschool staff and volunteers, and more! Contribute to the first of its kind national survey about the youth fields workforce. Have...
Philadelphia Cable Television Survey
PhillyCAM
PhillyCAM, the city’s public access television, needs community input! The City of Philadelphia is gathering information about community needs from local residents regarding cable television...
National Black Lives Matter at School Virtual Week of Action – Feb 6-10
Black Lives Matter at School
Join the Black Lives Matter at School 2023 Virtual Week of Action, February 6-10. Monday: Write Night with Free Minds Book Club, 7 pm Tuesday: Celebrating Globalism and Collective Value...
Philadelphia Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Lottery – Feb 5
Philadelphia Housing Authority
The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has opened the HCV (Housing Choice Voucher, formerly known as Section 8) Waiting List through a lottery. HCV is a federal rental assistance program that helps...
Webinar: Tax Time Bankable Moments & Resources for Consumers – Feb 7
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
You are invited to the FDIC national webinar: Tax Time Bankable Moments & Resources for Consumers on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 1:00-2:30 PM. This national webinar will promote opportunities to...
Virtual Event: Launching Urban’s Financial Well-Being Data Hub: A New Approach to Improving Financial Security and Advancing Equity – Feb 21
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is launching the Financial Well-Being Data Hub to harness the potential of consumer data to improve financial security and advance equity. Through the Data Hub, we will bring...
2023 Spring Community of Practice, Campus Compact – Feb 13
Campus Compact
Communities of Practice (CoPs) provide a unique opportunity for Campus Compact members to join peers across the country to dig deeper into specific areas of engagement practice. Through discussions,...
Webinar: Transformative Project-based, Integrative Global Learning x STEM – Feb 8
The Forum on Education Abroad
Come and join a discussion of ongoing work at Worcester Polytechnic Institute by Kathleen Head, Director of the Global Experience Office and Dr. Sarah Stanlick, Assistant Professor in the Department...
APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement – Feb 15
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is seeking nominations for the 2023 Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement. This award honors significant civic or community...
Rejoin the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement for 2023-2033
Tufts University Institute for Democracy and Higher Education
It’s time to rejoin the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement to be a part of the study for elections from 2023 – 2033. To reauthorize: 1) access the new authorization form;...
Teaching in Higher Education Certificate for Teachers and Professionals
Temple University
How can the certificate benefit you? Perhaps you are a current faculty member looking to enhance your teaching or advance your career, or you are a high school teacher or a professional in another...
Webinar: Re-Envisioning Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure – Feb 13
LEAD California
Join LEAD California, Collaboratory, and North Carolina Campus Engagement for this important webinar on Promotion and Tenure with our national leaders! Many institutions know promotion and tenure...
Campus Compact Faculty Development: Curriculum Redesign Institute – Mar 1&2
Campus Compact
This Campus Compact Faculty Development Series brings together faculty from across institutions, disciplines, and varying levels of community engagement expertise to participate in an intensive...
Webinar: AmeriCorps NCCC: A to Z – Feb 7
AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region
Thinking about serving with AmeriCorps NCCC? Join us for an interactive webinar about our program options, benefits, and requirements. We’ll help you decide if NCCC is the right fit for you!...
University-Assisted Community School Partnership (UACS) Workshop Series and Community of Practice Survey
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) is collaborating with UACS partners to offer a two-part series in Spring 2023 that will explore examples of university-assisted community school...
Webinar: Campus Structures and Functions for Equitable Engagement – Feb 23
Campus Compact
In this webinar, hear from college and university campuses that have integrated diversity, equity, and inclusion into their civic and community engagement structures. Facilitated by Castel...
Women In Natural Sciences Nominations (Rising 9th Grade Students) Are Open – Feb 15
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) Program at The Academy of Natural Sciences is currently in the nomination portion of the application process in search of rising 9th grade students for the 2023...
Federal Work Study Legislation Focus Group – Feb 8 & 10
Campus Compact
We want to hear from you about the federal work study (FWS) on your campus. Join us for a conversation with Jumpstart for Young Children and Campus Compact to learn about an exciting federal work...
Call for Participants: Research Study on Black Service-Learning Student Experiences
HE-SL Listserv
Rochelle Smarr is a doctoral candidate conducting a study about Black student experiences in service-learning courses. Black students participate in service-learning courses at higher rates than any...
Democratic Engagement
Rejoin the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement for 2023-2033
Tufts University Institute for Democracy and Higher Education
It’s time to rejoin the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement to be a part of the study for elections from 2023 – 2033. To reauthorize: 1) access the new authorization form;...
Live the Legacy Podcast, Third Season
Andrew Goodman Foundation
The Live The Legacy Podcast is back with its third season! Our podcast explores the rich history of how young people, especially young people of color, have taken the reins to secure our democracy...
College Success Network
OnTrack to Post-Secondary Education Workshops
Uncommon Individual Foundation
OnTrack to Post-Secondary Education (OTPSE) is an online college and career readiness curriculum designed to help students, parents, counselors, educators, and after-school program staff successfully...
Faculty Updates
2023 Spring Community of Practice, Campus Compact – Feb 13
Campus Compact
Communities of Practice (CoPs) provide a unique opportunity for Campus Compact members to join peers across the country to dig deeper into specific areas of engagement practice. Through discussions,...
Webinar: Re-Envisioning Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure – Feb 13
LEAD California
Join LEAD California, Collaboratory, and North Carolina Campus Engagement for this important webinar on Promotion and Tenure with our national leaders! Many institutions know promotion and tenure...
Campus Compact Faculty Development: Curriculum Redesign Institute – Mar 1&2
Campus Compact
This Campus Compact Faculty Development Series brings together faculty from across institutions, disciplines, and varying levels of community engagement expertise to participate in an intensive...
University-Assisted Community School Partnership (UACS) Workshop Series and Community of Practice Survey
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) is collaborating with UACS partners to offer a two-part series in Spring 2023 that will explore examples of university-assisted community school...
Webinar: Campus Structures and Functions for Equitable Engagement – Feb 23
Campus Compact
In this webinar, hear from college and university campuses that have integrated diversity, equity, and inclusion into their civic and community engagement structures. Facilitated by Castel...
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