February 21, 2023

PHENND Events/Activities

PHENND Seeks School-Community Partnership Coordinator VISTAs – Jun 23

PHENND

Take the next step in your career and join a cohort that works to strengthen communication, collaboration and community in local Philadelphia schools! PHENND seeks several full-time AmeriCorps...

Other Local Events and Workshops

Green Philly 3rd Annual Virtual Symposium – Mar 23

Green Philly

Passionate about actionable green solutions for a better future? Join us in “Moving Forward” on March 23, 2023, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM for our virtual symposium. Our 2023...

PSSE Virtual Meeting: Department of Defense (DoD) Investments in STEM Education and Resources for STEM Stakeholders – Mar 9

PA Statewide STEM Ecosystem

The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest federal employer of civilian scientists. With issues of national security increasingly being waged through science and technology, the DoD has great...

Institutional Change that Promotes Lasting Community Engagement: The Promise of University-Assisted Community Schools Virtual Series – Mar 20 & Apr 17

Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)

Community Schools are comprehensive neighborhood centers and democratic institutions built on partnerships. They result in improved student learning, development, and community wellbeing. When...

Read by 4th Lunch & Learn: PA School Funding Lawsuit – Mar 9

Read by 4th

In 2014, school districts, parents, and advocacy groups came together to file a lawsuit to argue that Pennsylvania’s process for funding schools, relying heavily on local taxes, is tantamount to...

HOOT (Healing Ourselves Outdoors Together) Adventures Virtual Spring Season – Mar 26 or 29

Temple University Harrisburg

It’s Project Time with HOOT (Healing Ourselves Outdoors Together)! HOOT is a great way for families to start exploring outdoor recreation in a safe, supported way. Join other families who are also...

Spread the Word and/or Nominate a Student: STEM Educator Career Exploration Fair & PRISE Student Stem Educator Awards – Mar 18

The Philadelphia Regional Institute for STEM Educators

Do you know High School students who seem to have a knack for teaching – they like explaining things to their classmates and friends and helping others? For such students who are also interested in...

New Resources

Penn State Launches K-12 Engagement Network

Penn State Outreach

The Penn State Outreach K-12 Engagement Network broadens the reach and awareness of the University’s resources for K-12 students, families, educators, and administrators. There are many...

Swipe Out Hunger 2023: BIPOC Food Leaders Collective

Swipe Out Hunger

Swipe Out Hunger is excited to announce a new space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders engaging in food security work to network and share resources! As Black History month...

How Nonprofits and Corporations Can Bring About Even More Change

Urban Affairs Coalition

Discover the insightful perspectives shared in the latest Leader to Leader article by the Satell Institute featuring Sharmain Matlock-Turner. Sharmain highlights the significance of the wealth of...

Every Voice, Every Vote: PA Youth Vote’s Youth Voter Education and Engagement Project

PA Youth Vote

PA Youth Vote is taking a bold step towards empowering the next generation of voters with their one-year intensive project. Focusing on youth voter education and engagement, PA Youth Vote will be...

Compass 2021-2022 Annual Report

Compass

Check out our 2021-2022 Annual Report! We are so grateful for the collective work and impact of our volunteers and nonprofit clients. Over the past year alone, we celebrated our 20th anniversary,...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) Institute – Jun 12-16

American Association of Colleges and Universities

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) TIDES Institute, derived from our evidence-based professional development model, offers a unique opportunity for STEM faculty and...

Call for Proposals: Higher Education for the World We Need

The Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative

We invite public writing in this Call for Proposals: Higher Education for the World We Need. Higher education institutions are simultaneously positioned as places of creativity, inspiration, refuge,...

Save the Date: Engage for Change: Higher Education and Multi-Sector Collaboration – May 25

Siena College

The goal of this year’s conference, Engage for Change: Higher Education and Multi-Sector Collaboration, on May 25, 2023 at Siena College is to bring together nonprofits, private business, higher...

Applications Open: Virtual Institute on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers – Mar 15

American Association of Colleges and Universities

The AAC&U Institute on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers is designed to help campus teams identify evidence-based strategies that support their vision of what their...

Grant Opportunities

research on American federalism – Mar 15

Center for the Study of Federalism

Center for the Study of Federalism invites applications for research on American federalism The Center for the Study of Federalism invites applications for original research and/or writing that...

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes – Apr 15

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes invites applications for 2023 awards The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from diverse backgrounds across...

Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement – Mar 16

Kresge Foundation

GROWING JUSTICE: The Fund for Equitable Good Food Procurement invites applications to reimagine food systems The Kresge Foundation has announced the first funding opportunity from GROWING JUSTICE:...

Seasonal Farmer (Part-Time), Urban Tree Connection – Mar 6

Urban Tree Connection

The Farmworker is a seasonal, part-time role at Neighborhood Foods (NF) Farm. The Farmworker is responsible for supporting maintenance, food production and harvesting at NF farm for neighbors in...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Visitor Services Staff (Part-Time, Temporary), Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site – Mar 3

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (ESPHS) seeks outgoing, engaging and creative people for the position of Temporary Part-Time Daytime Visitor Services Staff. This position serves as the face...

Summer Part-Time Instructional Assistant, Migrant Education Program – Feb 22

Chester County Intermediate Unit

Summer Part-Time Instructional Assistants assist lead teachers to facilitate classroom instruction for a Migrant Education Program school-based campus in South Philadelphia within the Migrant...

Summer Part-Time Student Support Specialist, Migrant Education Program – Feb 22

Chester County Intermediate Unit

Summer Part-Time Student Support Specialists facilitate classroom instruction for a Migrant Education Program school-based campus in South Philadelphia within the Migrant Education Program (MEP),...

General Manager, Kensington Community Food Co-operative

Kensington Community Food Co-operative

Kensington Community Food Co-operative (KCFC) is a Philadelphia-based member-owned cooperative grocery store that serves the neighbors of Kensington, Fishtown, Port Richmond, and beyond. Founded by a...

Outreach Educator, PA Society for Biomedical Research

Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research

Founded in 1990, PSBR’s mission is to promote a better public understanding of the value of biomedical research including the vital role of animal in improving the quality of human and animal...

Manager, Operations & Strategy, Everybody Builds

Everybody Builds

Everybody Builds is a new, collaborative initiative launched in early 2023 designed to diversify the construction industry in Philadelphia. Working in partnership with the region’s largest...

Land Stewardship Organizer (Full-Time), Urban Tree Connection – Mar 6

Urban Tree Connection

The Land Stewardship Organizer is responsible for the recruitment and development of UTC’s base, members and leaders at Pearl St. and Sickles St. gardens The Land Stewardship Organizer works...

Community Ambassador (Part-Time), Trellis for Tomorrow

Trellis for Tomorrow

Trellis for Tomorrow is a 19-year-old organization that delivers experiential programs in organic gardening, environmental stewardship, and food security that provide practical and behavioral life...

Youth Program Manager, Trellis for Tomorrow – Feb 28

Trellis for Tomorrow

Trellis for Tomorrow is a 19-year-old organization that delivers experiential programs in organic gardening, environmental stewardship, and food security that provide practical and behavioral life...

Culinary Instructor – Teen Program (Part-Time), Project HOME

Project HOME

Job Summary: The Culinary Instructor, Teen Program provides instruction in basic culinary skills, emphasizing safety and healthy cooking. This part-time position is up to 9 hours/week, in-person,...

Coordinator – College and Internship Coach (Part-Time), Project HOME

Project HOME

Job Summary: The College and Internship/Job Coach ensures the likelihood of success for Project HOME Teen Program students who are enrolled in post-secondary college and trade school programs. In...

Coordinator – College Access Program (Full-Time), Project HOME

Project HOME

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provide individual and group guidance about college access to high school juniors and seniors. Advising high school students about the college selection...

Miscellaneous

Hybrid Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement – Mar 31

Campus Compact

Join us for the second Symposium on Anti-Racist Community Engagement. The symposium will feature opportunities for participants to engage in meaningful dialogue, and panels and workshops led by:...

Newark Anchor Collaborative: Promoting Racial Equity and Equitable Growth – Mar 9

MARGA Inc.

The Newark Anchor Collaborative (NAC) is a unique cross-sector collaboration of anchor institutions committed to equitable economic growth with a racial equity lens in Newark. Anchors in the...

Fair Trade Learning: Theory to Practice – A Three-Part Webinar Series – Apr 19,21,26

The Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative

Perhaps you’ve read about Fair Trade Learning (FTL), or you’ve implemented pieces of it in your work with local and global community engagement, but the whole FTL project can be...

Human/Nature: An Exploration of Place, Stories, and Climate Futurism – Mar 3

National Endowment for the Humanities

Human/Nature: An Exploration of Place, Stories, and Climate Futurism will bring together 25 teachers from around the country for two weeks, from June 12th through June 23rd, 2023, on Sonoma State...

Dissertation Dish: “When There’s Good, There’s Good. When There’s Harm, There’s Harm”: Diverse Voices on Community Engagement – Apr 6

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...

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