The week of
July 29, 2025
Other Local Events and Workshops
Annual Back to School BBQ & Backpack Drive – Aug 15
Project HOME
You’re invited to our Annual Back to School BBQ & Backpack Drive on Friday, August 15, 2025! We’re excited to kick off the new school year with a day full of fun, food, and community...
Webinar: No Time to Slow Down: Sustaining Momentum on Climate Resilience – Jul 29
William Penn Foundation
Despite recent setbacks at the federal level, the work of building climate resilience continues. While national support may waver, local and regional organizations in Philadelphia are stepping up...
Call for Vendors: Brazilian Day Philadelphia 2025 – Sep 7
Project Capoeira
Brazilian Day Philadelphia 2025 is September 7 at Spruce Street Harbor Park (301 S. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106). The same location as 2024. It’s pretty, along the water, some shade,...
Dive Deeper Summit – Sep 24-25
Penn State Extension
Registration is open for the Dive Deeper Summit, September 24-25, 2025, at the Best Western Premier, Central Hotel & Conference Center, 800 E Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17111. The Dive Deeper...
New Resources
New Report: Internships and Beyond: Strengthening Career Value Across Diverse Models of Work-Based Learning
Strada Education Foundation
Colleges and universities recognize that students are looking to them as a launching pad for their future. Eighty percent of freshmen say that “getting a better job” is a very important reason...
Campus Compact Student Impact Summer Series
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is excited to present the Student Impact Summer Series, featuring the incredible work of Newman Civic Fellows supported by mini-grants from The Allstate Foundation. These student-led...
Renewing Higher Education’s Civic and Democratic Mission
Campus Compact
Bobbie Laur, Campus Compact President, recently returned from the 2025 Global Forum: Renewal of the Democratic and Civic Mission, hosted at Charles University in Prague. The Forum, a collaboration...
AmeriCorps Makes Progress In Legal Battle Against Funding Cuts, Yet Work Remains Disrupted
Youth Service America
Despite winning court injunctions to restore some funding and staff to AmeriCorps, the Trump administration’s attempt to cut the group’s funding continues to hamper its work. The future...
New Report Finds 80% of U.S. Counties Are Health Care ‘Deserts’
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
In this Spotlight Exclusive, GoodRx Senior Health Economist Amanda Nguyen shares new findings from a report revealing that more than 120 million Americans live in health care deserts, which are...
CitizenCast Podcast
The Philadelphia Citizen
The original Citizen podcast, CitizenCast, dives deep into the political, social and cultural workings of our city with explainers on the issues of our day, interviews, conversations and solutions....
Nonprofits & NGOs: Recombination as Rebirth
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
In this time of crisis, nonprofits may be forced into mergers, acquisitions, and sunsets. A few principles will help leaders make the most of a difficult moment. Desperate times call for proactive...
New Book: Power to the Partners: Organizational Coalitions in Social Justice Advocacy
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
In the summer of 2022, Kansans for Constitutional Freedom (KCF), a bipartisan coalition of advocacy organizations, came together to fight a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Call for Proposals: Beyond School Hours: Education Evolved: Future Ready – Aug 4
Foundations Inc
The Beyond School Hours 2026 theme is Education Evolved: Future Ready. Calling All Presenters! Do you have a message or skill you’d like to share with the education community? To be considered...
Call for Proposals and Registration: Compact26 – Submit by Oct 10
Campus Compact
Hope isn’t just possible in this moment; it’s essential, and it can be found in the heart of our campuses, communities, and students. At Compact26, we come together around our shared...
Call for Proposals for the Inaugural Issue of Catalyst: a new interdisciplinary journal of service-learning and civic engagement – Dec 31
Wake Forest University
The Wake Forest University Office of Civic & Community Engagement and North Carolina Campus Engagement are excited to announce the launch of Catalyst a new interdisciplinary journal of...
Call for Roundtable Session proposals for CUMU Conference: Hot topics, timely conversations – Sep 12
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
So much has changed in higher education since we issued the original call for proposals for the CUMU (Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities) 2025 Conference, October 22-29, Barltimore...
Grant Opportunities
Defending Medicaid and Medicare: Advancing Comprehensive Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – Aug 15
WITH Foundation
WITH Foundation issues RFP to defend Medicaid, Medicare to advance health care for adults with developmental disabilities The mission of WITH Foundation is to promote the establishment of...
Volpe Koenig IPromise Jeffrey M. Glabicki Memorial Giving Fund Grant – Apply by Aug 16
Volpe Koenig
Volpe Koenig, Philadelphia’s largest law firm dedicated solely to the practice of intellectual property, is now accepting applications for its 18th annual IPromise grant campaign, which recognizes...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Youth Development Specialist, Fab Youth Philly
Fab Youth Philly
About us: Fab Youth Philly (FYP) Fab Youth Philly (FYP) is an award-winning youth development nonprofit. We create meaningful year-round workforce development opportunities for teens ages 14-19...
Miscellaneous
Webinar: How Civic & Community Engagement Advance Student Access & Earnings – Aug 20
Campus Compact
In Spring 2025, Carnegie and ACE introduced the Student Access and Earnings Classification, recognizing nearly 500 colleges for supporting student access and earnings. Presented as part of the...
Free Spanish August Workshops for Philly Families
Literacy Partners
Literacy Partners is excited to bring free virtual workshops in Spanish to parents and caregivers of children ages 0–8 across Philadelphia this August—through our La Fuerza de Familias Latinas...
Webinar: The State of Higher Education: Gallup Research as a tool for Storytelling – Jul 29
Campus Compact
Since 2020, Lumina Foundation and Gallup have partnered to produce the State of Higher Education study, an annual survey of thousands of adults without a college degree or credential. The 2025...
Virtual Series: Coalition Conversations: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Education – Aug 1&15
Campus Compact
About this series In today’s climate, higher education civic and community engagement efforts are facing unprecedented challenges from many angles. With changes happening rapidly at the federal,...
Webinar: Engaging Candidates: Ways for Nonprofits to Build Local Community Power – Jul 30
Nonprofit VOTE
In a time when local elections often fly under the radar, locally-led candidate engagement can build connections between local policymakers and their communities. It can empower residents to take...
Apply Now: Teaching in Higher Education Certificate, Temple University
Temple University
For over ten years, Temple University’s Teaching in Higher Education Certificate has helped individuals deepen their knowledge of teaching while developing their identities as educators. How can...
Democratic Engagement
Webinar: Engaging Candidates: Ways for Nonprofits to Build Local Community Power – Jul 30
Nonprofit VOTE
In a time when local elections often fly under the radar, locally-led candidate engagement can build connections between local policymakers and their communities. It can empower residents to take...
Faculty Updates
Webinar: The State of Higher Education: Gallup Research as a tool for Storytelling – Jul 29
Campus Compact
Since 2020, Lumina Foundation and Gallup have partnered to produce the State of Higher Education study, an annual survey of thousands of adults without a college degree or credential. The 2025...
Virtual Series: Coalition Conversations: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Education – Aug 1&15
Campus Compact
About this series In today’s climate, higher education civic and community engagement efforts are facing unprecedented challenges from many angles. With changes happening rapidly at the federal,...
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