The week of
January 7, 2025
PHENND Events/Activities
What Would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Do: Understanding the Past, Examining the Present, Exploring the Future – Jan 27
PHENND
Join us for an exciting event as we explore the current moment and what the implications are for educational progress. This in-person event will be held at DuBois College House on Penn’s...
Complex Financial Aid Situations – Feb 20
PHENND
SAVE THE DATE!! PHENND Annual Conference Pre-Conference Session: Complex Financial Aid Situations Co-sponsored by Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR) and the College Access & Success...
Other Local Events and Workshops
Philadelphia Solar Energy Association: Teacher Training for Junior Solar Sprint – Jan 11
Philadelphia Solar Energy Association
Are your students curious about solar energy? Come learn how to harness the power of the sun. The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association is holding a free teacher training for the Junior Solar Sprint...
Celebrating Benjamin Franklin’s 319th Birthday – Jan 17
Celebration! of Benjamin Franklin Founder
The 319-year-old Philadelphian tradition of celebrating the birthday of Benjamin Franklin is back on Friday, January 17, 2025, 10:00am-1:30pm. It is a three-part event featuring: a free morning...
Educator Workshop: Art & Climate Change – Jan 11 & Mar 8
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The first workshop in this series is Art and Climate Change: Histories. What socioeconomic factors have led to climate change? What does art reveal about our relationship to the environment? Through...
It Takes a Village: Virtual FAFSA Workshop – Jan 14
Campus Philly
Welcome to It Takes a Village: FAFSA Workshop! Join us online for an informative session on navigating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Our experts will guide you through the...
Bridging Blocks: “The Invisible Unhoused” – Jan 14
Free Library of Philadelphia
A January 2024 point-in-time study found that more than 5,000 Philadelphians were dealing with homelessness. That’s a 10% increase from a comparable period the previous year and the third...
Government and Community Relations Community of Practice – Feb 20
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) will convene a monthly Community of Practice intended for Government and Community Relationship officers, or community engagement professionals...
The Facing Project Webinar – Jan 30 or 31
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)
Join the Community Campus Coalition and Partners for Campus-Community Engagement on January 30th or 31st, 2025, for a webinar with The Facing Project co-founder and president Jamison, who will...
Save the Date: Swarthmore College’s 9th annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium, and virtual pre-symposium conversations – Jan 13
Swarthmore College Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility
We are delighted to invite Liberal Arts campuses to Swarthmore College’s 9th annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium in April 2025, co-hosted by Swarthmore’s Lang Center for Civic and Social...
High Impact Giving Toolkit Preview and Webinar – Jan 23
Center for High Impact Philanthropy
We’re pleased to provide this sneak peek at our annual giving toolkit that provides individual donors and institutional funders with actionable guidance for high impact giving, year-round. In our...
Online Training: Managing the Storms of Leadership: Trauma-Informed Strategies for Effective Management – Jan 31
Bryn Mawr College
This training goes beyond traditional leadership tactics, embedding the principles of trauma-informed care into everyday management practices. Discover how to lead with empathy, build resilient...
New Resources
High Quality & Culturally Responsive OST STEM Framework Interest Form
Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective
Developed by the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective (PSEC) Home and Community Workgroup (H&C) after months of dedicated effort, this framework aims to assist Out-of-School-Time (OST) STEM...
Podcast: Rooted2Thrive: Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity, Season 2
Perceptions Unlimited
A new podcast, Rooted2Thrive: Conversations That Elevate Our Humanity, launched October 2024. Season 2 started on January 7, 2025. Are you ready to elevate humanity in your work, your learning...
New Issue: Liberal Education, Fall 2024
American Association of Colleges and Universities
The Fall 2024 issue of Liberal Education: A Nation Divided (Vol. 110, No. 4) is now available. Some of the articles include: “A Nation Divided”: Why American higher education must...
Children First 2024 Annual Report: Advocacy Campaigns that Work
Children First
Children today face challenges we could have never imagined when this organization was founded 45 years ago. In this unprecedented election year, the stakes for children are higher than ever....
High Impact Giving Toolkit Preview and Webinar – Jan 23
Center for High Impact Philanthropy
We’re pleased to provide this sneak peek at our annual giving toolkit that provides individual donors and institutional funders with actionable guidance for high impact giving, year-round. In our...
Looking Back on 2024 with the PHL World Heritage City Report
Global Philadelphia Association
As Global Philadelphia Association (GPA) begins to wrap up for the holidays, we would like to recap some of our best moments of 2024 with the Philadelphia community! Our quarterly world heritage...
National Partnership for Student Success: New Training Resource Library
National Partnership for Student Success
The National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) Support Hub has launched a new training resource library for any organization implementing tutoring, mentoring, student success coaching,...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Request for Proposals: 2025 It’s On Us PA Convening – Feb 14
PA Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is hosting a convening of It’s On Us PA grantee recipients, students, leaders, and national partners. We are seeking session proposal submissions...
Call for Proposals: 2025 Community Development Society Annual Meeting – Jan 14
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE)
Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE) will be co-sponsoring the 2025 Community Development Society Annual Meeting: Innovative Pathways to Thriving Communities: Technology, People, and...
Call for Proposals: 62nd Annual PA Association of College Admission Counseling Conference – Jan 27
Pennsylvania Association of College Admission Counseling (PACAC)
We invite you to continue supporting the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC) by sharing your expertise. As we continue our planning for the 62nd Annual PACAC Conference,...
Grant Opportunities
Grants Strengthen Programs for At-Risk Youth – Jan 31
Sky Ranch Foundation
Sky Ranch Foundation is committed to giving at-risk youth a second chance by supporting efficient and effective programs in the United States. Preference is given to organizations that serve troubled...
Request for Proposals: Youth Mental Health Corps – Feb 7
Youth Mental Health Collaborative
The Youth Mental Health Collaborative, led by the Schultz Family Foundation and Pinterest, has released the 2025 request for proposals for the Youth Mental Health Corps. This request for proposals...
PA Solar 4 Schools Grant – Jan 31
Philadelphia Solar Energy Association
The PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) just released the guidelines for the new Solar 4 Schools state grant. The $25 million allocated statewide is expected to go quickly....
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Financial Empowerment Education Specialist (Part-Time)
Philadelphia Financial Scholars
About Philadelphia Financial Scholars (PFS): Philadelphia Financial Scholars is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high school students and their families with financial empowerment...
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project Summer Graduate Student (JD or MSW) Fellowships
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project
The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) seeks applications from qualified first- and second-year law students and Master of Social Work students to fill two summer fellowships. Applications...
Teaching Artist (Part-Time), Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation
The part-time Teaching Artist will be responsible for delivering afterschool arts-based programming for PreK-4th grade learners enrolled at Barnes partner school, Community Partnership School,...
Audience Engagement Division Coordinator (FT/ Hybrid), Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation
The Audience Engagement Division Administrative and Programs Coordinator provides administrative support for the Fleischner Family Deputy Director for Community Engagement and plays a critical role...
Director of Development Services, Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation
The Director of Development Services collaborates with the Deputy Director for Advancement and development leadership staff in the overall planning, integration, and oversight and the administration...
Program Coordinator I, Rutgers Camden
Rutgers Camden
Rutgers University-Camden is seeking a Program Coordinator I in the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Rutgers University-Camden is committed to achieving and advancing the principles of...
Social Media Content Associate (Part-Time Contractor)
PhillyGoes2College
Are you a creative Philly native who’s passionate about giving back to your community? Philadelphia Education Fund’s PhillyGoes2College is looking for a Social Media Content Associate...
Peer Advocate Benefits Specialist, Defender Association of Philadelphia
Defender Association of Philadelphia
The Defender Association of Philadelphia seeks a Peer Advocate Benefits Specialist in our Child Advocacy Unit (CAU). The CAU’s collaborative team of attorneys and social workers provide high...
Campus Vote Project 2025 Democracy Fellow Position
Campus Vote Project
The Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project is seeking students in the following states who are passionate about democratic engagement, politically interested and are self-starters to help...
Community Impact Manager, PCs for People
PCs for People
This role will support the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, ensuring that community impact initiatives are effectively implemented, tailored to each market’s unique needs, and aligned with...
Summer 2025 Legal Internship for Rising Second- or Third-Year Law Students – Feb 12
Philadelphia VIP
Philadelphia VIP seeks highly motivated rising second- or third-year law students to serve as summer legal interns supporting VIP’s work in the many areas where our clients face critical...
Miscellaneous
2025’s Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence – Feb 28
PA Department of Environmental Protection
The nomination period for the 2025 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence is now open! The Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence is seeking to recognize exemplary environmental...
2025 I AM PHL Contest
PhillyGoes2College
Philly high school students, it’s your time to shine! PhillyGoes2College, in partnership with Wawa Welcome America and Vanguard, is proud to present the 2025 I AM PHL Contest—a celebration of...
Webinar: Examining the Knowledge of Intercultural and Global Self-Awareness – Feb 7
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Self-awareness is key to developing intercultural competence. According to the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE...
A Call to Colleges and Universities: National Day of Racial Healing – Jan 21
American Association of Colleges and Universities
To mark the ninth annual National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) calls on colleges and universities...
STEM Funding and Research Opportunities
Institute for Broadening Participation
Pathways to Science has many STEM funding and opportunities, such as paid summer research, graduate fellowships, and graduate programs, for students: For Undergraduates: Paid Summer 2025...
Democratic Engagement
Campus Vote Project 2025 Democracy Fellow Position
Campus Vote Project
The Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project is seeking students in the following states who are passionate about democratic engagement, politically interested and are self-starters to help...
College Success Network
It Takes a Village: Virtual FAFSA Workshop – Jan 14
Campus Philly
Welcome to It Takes a Village: FAFSA Workshop! Join us online for an informative session on navigating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Our experts will guide you through the...
2025 I AM PHL Contest
PhillyGoes2College
Philly high school students, it’s your time to shine! PhillyGoes2College, in partnership with Wawa Welcome America and Vanguard, is proud to present the 2025 I AM PHL Contest—a celebration of...
For Students
It Takes a Village: Virtual FAFSA Workshop – Jan 14
Campus Philly
Welcome to It Takes a Village: FAFSA Workshop! Join us online for an informative session on navigating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Our experts will guide you through the...
2025 I AM PHL Contest
PhillyGoes2College
Philly high school students, it’s your time to shine! PhillyGoes2College, in partnership with Wawa Welcome America and Vanguard, is proud to present the 2025 I AM PHL Contest—a celebration of...
Faculty Updates
Webinar: Examining the Knowledge of Intercultural and Global Self-Awareness – Feb 7
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Self-awareness is key to developing intercultural competence. According to the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE...
A Call to Colleges and Universities: National Day of Racial Healing – Jan 21
American Association of Colleges and Universities
To mark the ninth annual National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) calls on colleges and universities...
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