The week of
August 5, 2025
Other Local Events and Workshops
Walk around Philadelphia
Walk Around Philadelphia
Come Explore the city’s edge with us. Walk Around Philadelphia brings people together in shared physical and cultural experiences that connect us to our own bodies, our neighbors, and the...
Save the Date: New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition – Sep 18
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)
Join us at the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable Fall Symposium entitled New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition where we will dive into the new federal budget, changing...
Elimu Academy Training Program for Community Leaders in Southwest Philadelphia – Aug 8
Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations
Do you know a Community Leader who lives in 19142 or 19143? We are currently accepting applications for Elimu Academy, which will begin in September 2025! Elimu Academy is an innovative grassroots...
Hybrid Event: International Summit on Collective Trauma – Aug 15
Trauma Informed Education Coalition
Join educators, clergy, social workers, lawyers, law enforcement agents, mental health professionals, medical professionals, business and community leaders, child advocates, and elected officials to...
Roadmap to Medical School – Sep 20
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Are you considering a career in medicine, or want to know what it takes to become a doctor? Join us on September 20, 10 AM to 1 PM, at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia for an inspiring event...
Save the Dates: Philadelphia STEM Equity Week 2025 – Oct 25 – Nov 1
Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective
Save the date for the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective (PSEC) 3rd annual Philadelphia STEM Equity Week from October 25 to November 1, 2025, and get ready to join us for an exciting week dedicated...
2025 Collaborative Conference: Meeting the Moment – Rooted Together – Sep 25-26
PA Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO)
The Collaborative Conference, September 25-26, 2025, where Pennsylvania’s nonprofit professionals go each year to connect, network, learn from each other, learn from experts, and together leverage...
Stronger Together: Coalition Practices For Navigating Tension And Disagreement – Sep 9 & 25 or Oct 7 or 30
The Organizing Center
The Organizing Center’s Fall 2025 Workshops are open for registration! The Organizing Center’s self-paced workshops are designed to move at your pace and respond to your specific challenges...
Making Absorption Real: How To Bring New People In And Keep Them – Sep 9 & Oct 1 or Oct 7 & 29
The Organizing Center
The Organizing Center’s Fall 2025 Workshops are open for registration! The Organizing Center’s self-paced workshops are designed to move at your pace and respond to your specific challenges...
Building A Bigger “We”: Organizing Conversations That Grow Our Movements – Sep 9 & 30 or Oct 7 & 28
The Organizing Center
The Organizing Center’s Fall 2025 Workshops are open for registration! The Organizing Center’s self-paced workshops are designed to move at your pace and respond to your specific challenges...
Clean Energy Opportunity Spotlight Series Webinar: Residential Energy Assessments – Aug 28
PA Department of Environmental Protection
Upcoming Spotlight Topic: Residential Energy Assessments – Saving Money and the Environment from the Comfort of Your Home A home energy assessment, also known as a residential energy audit, is...
A Book A Day Presents Children’s Day 2025: Little Sprouts, Big Ideas! – Aug 23
A Book A Day
A Book A Day, a West Philly-based organization that promotes literacy and access to the arts in our community is partnering with the Free Library of Philadelphia to host a Children’s Day on...
Online Workshop: Advocacy 101: What 501(c)(3)s CAN Do – Aug 19
PA Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO)
Most nonprofits have been created to address inequities in policies and the programs resulting from those policies. Thus, legislative advocacy is critical to meeting this moment in time – when...
Project Development Virtual Workshops, Global Citizen – Aug 7 & 20
Global Citizen
Global Citizen’s Project Development Workshop is a hands-on space created to guide community members and organizations in shaping meaningful civic engagement initiatives. Participants are...
New Resources
School District of Philadelphia: Summer Melt: How Many Seniors Follow Through on Plans to Attend College? Results from the Senior Classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024
School District of Philadelphia
What Is Summer Melt? Summer melt refers to the phenomenon in which a high school senior’s intention to attend college in the fall “melts away” during the summer. A higher summer melt rate...
New IHEP Report: Wealth, Race & Higher Ed
Institute for Higher Education Policy
The Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) latest analysis explores how race and family wealth intersect to shape students’ higher ed outcomes—and outlines reforms to ensure value...
Americans Still Believe in the Value of Higher Ed – But They Want More From It
Gates Foundation
Media headlines about higher education, especially over the last few months, often highlight skepticism, political division, and affordability challenges. But the latest public opinion research tells...
AmeriCorps funding cuts threaten a major career path for young adults
The Hechinger Report
Federal funding cuts have severely impacted AmeriCorps, a program that has been a crucial career pathway for young adults. While some funding has been temporarily restored following a court...
Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellow Unit for Back-to-School: Investigating Issues in Local Communities
Pulitzer Center
In this unit, students are encouraged to explore issues occurring in their own communities and use their learning about the journalism process to write articles about a topic they view as...
A short pragmatic tool for evaluating community engagement: Partnering for Health Improvement and Research Equity
Frontiers in Public Health
As community-engaged research (CEnR), community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient-engaged research (PEnR) have become increasingly recognized as valued research approaches in the last...
RADx-UP Public Health Emergency Preparedness Playbook
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
The RADx-UP Public Health Emergency Preparedness Playbook is a community-informed resource built from five years of insights, tools, and strategies developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-created...
New Article: Ending Homelessness: Solutions Beyond Housing
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Ending homelessness is about housing. Except when it’s not. What if relationships and social connections were at the center of solutions to homelessness? Sharing his perspective from 20 years...
PennEnviroScreen Tool
PA Department of Environmental Protection
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) created the PennEnviroScreen framework which provides an annually updated snapshot of undue environmental burden on vulnerable...
Student Design Fellows Report, Campus Compact
Campus Compact
Strategic plans for student civic leadership are often written for students or about them. Rarely are strategic visions created by paid student leaders and designed with them leading every step of...
Prerecorded Program: How to Harness Power and Be an Effective Social Changemaker
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
Introducing positive change in organizations and society can prove very challenging. Numerous studies show that people tend to instinctively oppose such initiatives because they diverge from...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Hybrid Event: 11th Annual Environmental Justice & Health Disparities Symposium – Sep 10-13
CEEJH - Center for Engagement and Environmental Justice and Health
The 11th Annual Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Symposium is a landmark event that brings together community leaders, experts, and activists dedicated to advancing environmental...
Notre Dame ‘25 Institute on Teaching Social Action – Sep 27-28
Teaching Social Action
We would like to invite you to apply to the Notre Dame ’25 Institute on Teaching Social Action on September 27-28, 2025. Today, many college courses teach about democracy and change, but few...
Grant Opportunities
racial and economic injustice – Aug 29
Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Patricia Kind Family Foundation invites applications from Philadelphia organizations The mission of the Patricia Kind Family Foundation in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, is to financially assist...
College Composition and Communication research initiative – Sep 1
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Conference on College Composition and Communication invites proposals for research initiative The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is committed to supporting the agency,...
Sandbox for Literacy Innovations – Aug 29
Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Joan Ganz Cooney Center invites applications for Sandbox for Literacy Innovations The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop invites applications for its Sandbox for Literacy Innovations program....
Grants to serve Korean American communities – Aug 29
Korean American Community Foundation
Korean American Community Foundation invites applications for Community Grants program The Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) invests in programs that strengthen the economic security of...
serving older adults in Philadelphia County – Sep 1
Sarah Ralston Foundation
Sarah Ralston Foundation invites applications from organizations serving older adults in Philadelphia County The Sarah Ralston Foundation supports and enhances the quality of life of vulnerable and...
2025-26 Programming Opportunities through Mikayla’s Voice
PA Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education announces Mikayla’s Voice programming for the 2025-2026 school year. No cost to districts – Grant funded. Mikayla’s Voice...
PECO Customer Relief Fund
We understand any change in your living expenses can be challenging to manage. That’s why, now through December 31, 2025, or until available funds are exhausted, whichever comes first, customers...
PA Main Street Matters Grant Program – Apply by Aug 31
PA Department of Community and Economic Development
The Main Street Matters (MSM) program is designed to support our downtown cores and surrounding neighborhoods with tools to create healthy, vibrant, and welcoming communities. Funding is available to...
PA Environmental Education Grants
PA Department of Environmental Education
Each year, Pennsylvania invests in its schools, colleges and universities, county conservation districts, nonprofit organizations and businesses to improve environmental literacy among youth and...
Dumping: Vacant Lot Transformation Opportunity (Revive and Thrive) – Aug 25
Circular Philadelphia
People dump everything, everywhere. Let’s show that even a modest, low cost lot transformation prevents dumping! The purpose of the project is to recognize good ideas in the community that also...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Open Positions at Money Talks Edu
Money Talks Edu
Money Talks Edu is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit focused on delivering personal finance education to K–12 students through engaging, culturally relevant programming. We’re currently recruiting...
Miscellaneous
Webinar: Higher Ed’s Role in Shaping the US 250th – Aug 13
Campus Compact
The United States turns 250 years old in 2026. How will Higher Ed influence this next chapter of our country? Made By Us, a nationwide network of museums and cultural institutions, has developed...
Out4STEM After-school Internship Program 2025-26
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
The Out4STEM program is an after-school internship that aims to provide Philadelphia’s LGBTQIA+ youth and those interested in learning about these topics with healthcare and STEM-oriented...
Hosting a College or Career Event? Submit it to PhillyGoes2College Citywide Calendar
PhillyGoes2College
In an effort to capture more college and career events for the city of Philadelphia in one place the On Time High School Graduation Action Team, part of the College Access and Success Ecosystem...
Protect Nonprofit Nonpartisanship and Other Important News and Updates
PA Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO)
The IRS joined two Texas churches and the National Religious Broadcasters in seeking court approval of a settlement that would effectively declare the Johnson Amendment unconstitutional—threatening...
Webinar: Equity in Action: Navigating New Landscapes in Health Equity Research – Aug 27
Systems for Action
From healthcare and immigration to Medicaid and SNAP, join the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 4Action investigators this coming August 27 at 12:00 PM as they break down the implications of the...
NOMINATIONS OPEN for the 8th Annual SustainPHL Awards – Aug 15
Green Philly
Green Philly is hosting the 8th annual SustainPHL, Philadelphia’s sustainability awards and celebration in October! Thank you for your interest in nominating an individual/group, project,...
Webinar: The Process and Future of Student Civic Leadership, Led by Campus Compact’s Student Design Fellows – Aug 19
Campus Compact
Strategic plans for student civic leadership are often written for students or about them. Rarely are strategic visions created by paid student leaders and designed with them leading every step of...
College Success Network
Save the Date: New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition – Sep 18
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)
Join us at the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable Fall Symposium entitled New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition where we will dive into the new federal budget, changing...
Hosting a College or Career Event? Submit it to PhillyGoes2College Citywide Calendar
PhillyGoes2College
In an effort to capture more college and career events for the city of Philadelphia in one place the On Time High School Graduation Action Team, part of the College Access and Success Ecosystem...
For Students
Roadmap to Medical School – Sep 20
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Are you considering a career in medicine, or want to know what it takes to become a doctor? Join us on September 20, 10 AM to 1 PM, at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia for an inspiring event...
Sustainability
Clean Energy Opportunity Spotlight Series Webinar: Residential Energy Assessments – Aug 28
PA Department of Environmental Protection
Upcoming Spotlight Topic: Residential Energy Assessments – Saving Money and the Environment from the Comfort of Your Home A home energy assessment, also known as a residential energy audit, is...
Faculty Updates
Webinar: The Process and Future of Student Civic Leadership, Led by Campus Compact’s Student Design Fellows – Aug 19
Campus Compact
Strategic plans for student civic leadership are often written for students or about them. Rarely are strategic visions created by paid student leaders and designed with them leading every step of...
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