The week of
August 26, 2025
Other Local Events and Workshops
Webinar: Introducing PA EmpowerU – Oct 21
PA Department of Education
Due to the ongoing PA state budget impasse, the PA Department of Education (PDE) must postpone the in-person PA EmpowerU convening until April 2026. While the convening goals and agenda remain the...
PCPR Fall Symposium: New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition – Sep 18
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)
The Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR) is excited to invite you to our Fall Symposium – New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition on Thursday, September 18, 2025,...
Eastern PA Student Voting Summit – Sep 26
Campus Vote Project
Join us for the Eastern Pennsylvania Student Voting Summit at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday, September 26th, 2025! This free, nonpartisan, in-person event brings together students,...
Philly Day of HOPE – Sep 27
EMIR Healing Center
Philly Day of HOPE is a powerful community healing event hosted by EMIR Healing Center, designed to bring together families, survivors, advocates, and supporters to honor those lost to violence,...
Solar Celebration Sun Day – Sep 21
Philadelphia Solar Energy Association
Sun Day, September 21, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, will be a national day to celebrate clean energy. Hundreds of Sun Day events are being held across the country to celebrate the remarkable success...
Bridging Blocks: Green Spaces – Sep 4
WHYY
Green spaces are essential for our communities. They provide a vital connection to nature and the environment around us. However, new developments and growing populations threaten these open spaces....
New Resources
Launching the School Year with Impact: How Service-Learning Transforms Education from Day One
National Youth Leadership Council
The hallways are buzzing with excitement as students navigate new classrooms, teachers arrange their learning spaces, and everyone settles into the rhythm of a fresh academic year. But what if this...
AmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves?
News from the States
Like so many longstanding federal programs and institutions severely reduced or dismantled as part of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency project,...
Teaching Democracy By Doing: Faculty In Nonpartisan Student Engagement
Forbes
In a time of civic disengagement and political polarization, university campuses provide hope for democratic renewal. Faculty are often viewed primarily as instructors who deliver knowledge solely in...
Beyond The Vote: Engaging Students In Civic Action
Forbes
When Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin started Columbia Votes in 2018, the name accurately reflected the mission: increasing student voter engagement. The challenge wasn’t voter registration – 83% of our...
New Article: Building Our Future: Relational Organizing For Student Voter Turnout
Forbes
Civic engagement rarely begins in a vague email or at the registrar’s office. It really begins in late-night dorm talks, over dining hall meals, and with hushed study sessions in the campus...
Constitution Day Resources – Sep 17
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is normally observed on September 17, to commemorate the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution in...
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Program Examples
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
To support campuses in developing in-person and virtual nonpartisan programming, the ALL IN team has compiled a list of campus examples that can be modified to fit your institution’s needs. Each...
Let Communities Lead Research
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Movements for social justice have long recognized the motto “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution.” People with relevant lived experience, who reside in a shared geographic...
PA Education Talking Points Memo: Adequacy Funding
PA Schools Work
PA Schools Work is a non-partisan coalition of organizations from across Pennsylvania representing teachers and other educators; urban, suburban, and rural communities; and parents and community...
New Policy Brief: How To Improve Academic Performance, Reduce Chronic Truancy, and Decrease Absenteeism for Students Identified as Homelessness
HopePHL
Our latest policy brief shows the positive outcomes that the Department of Education has made in supporting the 50,000+ children and youth who were identified as homeless in School Year 2024 Using...
New Book: Race, Real Estate and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020
Temple University Press
Race, Real Estate and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020, by Edward Epstein will be published September 12 by Temple University Press. The book is about the connection...
Partnerships Classifieds
Puentes de Salud is looking for volunteers
Puentes de Salud
Puentes de Salud is looking for volunteers! We have three programs dedicated to serving our community in various ways. Our Dance program is designed for elementary-aged students, while our cultural...
National Conferences & Calls for Proposal
Registration Open: Leadership Institute for Women and Gender-Diverse Leaders – Dec 2-3
American Association of Colleges and Universities
The Credo + the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Leadership Institute equips participants to lead more courageously, authentically, and effectively. It creates a...
AAC&U 2026 Annual Meeting: Answering the Call for Constructive Engagement – Jan 21-23
American Association of Colleges and Universities
During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education demonstrated remarkable resilience and an extraordinary capacity for adaptation and innovation, effectively dispelling the widespread perception that it...
Grant Opportunities
Urban Forestry Building Bridges Initiative – Sep 15
Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund
TREE Fund invites LOIs for Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative grant program The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) aims to support the scientific discovery and...
STEM and music programs – Sep 15
Les Paul Foundation
Les Paul Foundation invites applications for music programs The Les Paul Foundation aims to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through music education,...
Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities
Executive Director, Hopper Dean Foundation – Apply by Sep 12
Hopper Dean Foundation
The Executive Director will partner with a four-member, two-generation Board, two core consultants, and advisors playing a critical role in building and fostering partnerships; overseeing and...
Miscellaneous
Virtual Training: An Introduction to Career-Connected Learning and a Framework to Support Out-of-School Time Providers – Sep 24
STEM Next Opportunity Fund
STEM Next Opportunity Fund is bringing career-connected learning to out-of-school time educators! They are accelerating their efforts to advance career-connected learning in afterschool and summer...
Webinar: Building Better Communities: Youth Civic Engagement in Afterschool Programs – Aug 27
Afterschool Alliance
Afterschool programs provide a powerful space for youth to lead with their interests and connect their talents and skills to the change they want to see. But are we doing enough to truly support...
New Year, New Impact: Virtual Service-Learning 101 – Aug 26
National Youth Leadership Council
Kick off the school year with purpose! The National Youth Leadership Council is hosting a “New Year, New Impact: Service-Learning 101” webinar on Tuesday, August 26 at 1:00 PM. This...
National Voter Education Week (and Swag) – Oct 6-10
National Voter Education Week
National Voter Education Week (NVEW) is an open-source, nonpartisan voter education campaign. During this week of interactive education, voters have the opportunity to find their polling location,...
ALL IN 2026 Action Planning Season Kick Off – Sep 4
Students Learn Students Vote
Join us for the 2026 Action Planning Season Kick Off, where we’ll unveil key findings from the 2024 ALL IN Action Plan Report, share strategic suggestions for shaping your 2026 action plan, and...
2025 Local Letters for Global Change Contest – Nov 14
Pulitzer Center
Ready for another contest opportunity that connects your students to global issues? The 2025 Local Letters for Global Change contest is now open! This contest is available to K-12 students worldwide...
Philadelphia Scholars Program, Philadelphia Education Fund
Philadelphia Education Fund
The Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF) Philadelphia Scholars Program helps Philadelphia students, many of whom are first-generation college-goers, get to and through college. Scholars are awarded...
Webinar: Navigating Disability Benefits: New Research on Administrative Burden and Work Incentives – Aug 27
Institute for Research on Poverty
Programs like SSI and SSDI help millions of residents through monthly support that is especially critical for low-income and aging people with a disability. Research shows that current and...
Call for Nominations: K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award – Oct 3
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Nominations are now open for the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. This award recognizes graduate students planning a career in higher education who demonstrate exemplary promise as future...
Democratic Engagement
Teaching Democracy By Doing: Faculty In Nonpartisan Student Engagement
Forbes
In a time of civic disengagement and political polarization, university campuses provide hope for democratic renewal. Faculty are often viewed primarily as instructors who deliver knowledge solely in...
Beyond The Vote: Engaging Students In Civic Action
Forbes
When Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin started Columbia Votes in 2018, the name accurately reflected the mission: increasing student voter engagement. The challenge wasn’t voter registration – 83% of our...
New Article: Building Our Future: Relational Organizing For Student Voter Turnout
Forbes
Civic engagement rarely begins in a vague email or at the registrar’s office. It really begins in late-night dorm talks, over dining hall meals, and with hushed study sessions in the campus...
National Voter Education Week (and Swag) – Oct 6-10
National Voter Education Week
National Voter Education Week (NVEW) is an open-source, nonpartisan voter education campaign. During this week of interactive education, voters have the opportunity to find their polling location,...
Eastern PA Student Voting Summit – Sep 26
Campus Vote Project
Join us for the Eastern Pennsylvania Student Voting Summit at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday, September 26th, 2025! This free, nonpartisan, in-person event brings together students,...
ALL IN 2026 Action Planning Season Kick Off – Sep 4
Students Learn Students Vote
Join us for the 2026 Action Planning Season Kick Off, where we’ll unveil key findings from the 2024 ALL IN Action Plan Report, share strategic suggestions for shaping your 2026 action plan, and...
Constitution Day Resources – Sep 17
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is normally observed on September 17, to commemorate the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution in...
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Program Examples
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
To support campuses in developing in-person and virtual nonpartisan programming, the ALL IN team has compiled a list of campus examples that can be modified to fit your institution’s needs. Each...
College Success Network
PCPR Fall Symposium: New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition – Sep 18
Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR)
The Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR) is excited to invite you to our Fall Symposium – New Rules, Real Impact: College Access and Success in Transition on Thursday, September 18, 2025,...
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