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When: Friday, February 15, 8am-1pm

Where: Temple University Main Campus – Howard Gittis Student Center
Room: 217AB

What: The symposium will include a keynote address by Charles Rojzman, the founder of Transformational Social Therapy, and will include panel discussions by graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Diversity Leadership. The GCDL is a four-course, 12-credit graduate program which has offered the TST approach to diversity leadership development. The presentations will provide various examples of how TST has been utilized to improve teaching, leadership and intergroup relations in educational, political and organizational settings.  Register Online. Registration Deadline is Monday, Feb. 11.

Visit the event posting for more information.

When: March 5 from 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m

Where: Widener University in Chester, PA

Who: Sponsored by Penn State Extension of Delaware County.

What: The 5th Annual Hunger Conference and Innovative Approaches to Improving Health and Food Security in Delaware County occurs.

Objectives

• Gain a better understanding of how health and hunger issues are addressed in current state and federal policy.
• Find resources to improve the health and food security of your community and clients.
• Learn strategies to improve your personal health and well being.
• Network with others concerned about hunger in Delaware County.

The cost of this conference is $45. Obtain registration brochures online at extension.ag.psu.edu/delaware. Contact Fran Alloway for more information: 610-690-7662, or ffa2@psu.edu.

When: Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 9:30AM to 4PM

Where: Drexel University

Who: Presented by PHENND and the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement at Drexel University

What: The 2013 Service Leaders Summit will bring together students, nonprofit professionals and community organizers to share passionate ideas and practical skills. Whether you’re a volunteer-a-holic or a service novice, the Service Leaders Summit can help you improve your toolbox for building a better Philadelphia!

What: This 5 week workshop series focuses on the topics of race and racism.  They aim to create a safe space where participants can speak their own truth and start to do the important work of unlearning the systemic racism we’ve been taught our entire lives. The workshop hopes to offer participants healing from racial privilege and oppression, as well as some starting points for making structural and personal changes that can undo racism in ourselves, our communities and our world.  Each 2-hour session will mix theatrical games and techniques with discussion, supplemented by take-home readings and practical assignments to be enacted in everyday life.

Where: The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, West Philly

When: There’s a pay-what-you-wish intro class on Monday, January 28th from 7 to 9pm.  The series runs the following 5 Mondays (February 4th through March 4th) at the same time.  Series participants must be able to attend all 5 weeks

Who: Theatre of the Oppressed combines experiences, images, sounds, movements and dialogue into ideas and actions for making social change.

Preregister for the workshops by February 1st by emailing “tophilly@gmail.com” or call 215-730-0982.  Series tuition is sliding scale, $45-$95.  Worktrade is available upon request.

What: 10-week Into the Fields Summer Internship

When: June 3 – August 11, 2013, application deadline: February 4

Who: SAF has 20-years experience providing opportunities for students and farmworkers to learn about each other’s lives, share resources and skills and build diverse coalitions working for social change.  SAF interns & fellows come from diverse backgrounds and about half are from farmworker families. In addition to working full-time with a farmworker agency, program participants can perform in our Theater Group or complete a Documentary Project with farmworkers using photography and audio recordings. Participants also organize community awareness projects and community health projects.

Qualified applicants are current college students or recent graduates (within 1 year) and must speak high-intermediate to advanced Spanish. SAF preferences students from the Southeast and students from farmworker families- especially those involved in the CAMP program. SAF also preferences applicants who will have use of a vehicle for the duration of the program.

Spend your summer meeting and supporting the people who plant, harvest and produce the food you eat everyday! Through Into the Fields you will support and organize farmworkers, get trained on the issues surrounding their lives and the broader context of the agricultural industry. SAF places approximately 25 college students to work with organizations in the Southeast (NC, SC, TN, VA) that serve, organize or advocate for farmworker justice including migrant health clinics, legal aid, community-based organizations and Migrant Education programs. Visit the SAF website for more information

Benefits: $1350 total per diem, $1500 scholarship upon completion, free furnished housing, free room and board at 3 trainings, mentorship and academic credit available.  Students from farmworker families receive paid travel to North Carolina.

Apply online here!

Who: Panel Discussion With Lori L. Tharps, Kierna Mayo, Irv Randolph, Stephanie Renee, Vernon Odom

When: Wednesday January 30, 5pm – 7pm

Where:Department of Journalism of the Temple School of Media and Communication First Floor Atrium of Annenberg hall, on 13^thstreet between Norris and Diamond

What:Over 100 years ago Ida B. Wells, one of the first investigative journalists and one of the first black women to edit and own a newspaper, earned the nickname “Princess of the Press.” She said: “The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.“ The Black Press was important at the turn of the 20^th century, what is its significance at the turn of the 21^st century.

This event is part of the Ida B. Wells, Lynching & Trayvon Martin project – February 22 to March 3, 2013 produced by Moonstone Arts Center – for information www.moonstoneartscenter.org/idabwells or call 215-735-9600 for details

Come out and engage in a discussion with an esteemed panel of filmmakers, who took their films from conception—-to completion—-to distribution! Whether you’re an experienced filmmaker or just starting out, the panel will inspire you to take your next step!

Where: Painted Bride Center, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

When: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

R.S.V.P via Eventbrite, space is limited!

Panelists Include:

Charlie Mack Alston “Mr. Philadelphia” – Philanthropist/Producer “Jamal Hill” and “Streets”

Radio Host Q Deezy- Actor/Producer “Exit Strategy”

Tanya Hamilton – Writer/Director “Night Catches Us”

Rel Dowdell – Writer/Director/Producer “Changing the Game”

James Elam – Producer

Through the Office of City Councilman At-Large David Oh, The Black Film Advisory Committee, a committee of members from prominent media, film and art backgrounds, will host an event geared towards Black and minority filmmaking in Philadelphia. Located at the Painted Bride Center, the committee aims to bring professionals in film and various filmmaking mediums, to inspire, network and educate filmmakers on how to get to the next step. Through an in-depth panel discussion uncovering key ways to break into the film industry, the Black Film Advisory Committee aims to have their first kick-off event leave guests inspired to pursue their filmmaking dreams.

The Black Film Advisory Committee is an initiative stemming from Councilman David Oh’s committee on Global Opportunities and Creative and Innovative Economy. The Black Film Advisory Committee will create opportunities for Black filmmakers and increase a space for diversity in art in Philadelphia. One of the committees’ main objectives is to make Philadelphia a hub for aspiring filmmakers. The Committee will host workshops, seminars and fundraisers that will benefit both Black filmmakers and other minority filmmakers in Philadelphia.

Friends of Batahola Volunteers (FOBV) is now searching for volunteers to accompany the Centro Cultural Batahola Norte for two years beginning in the summer of 2013!

Friends of Batahola Volunteers was founded in 2007 by Laura Hopps and Christine Ruppert, graduates of Boston College and the Casa de la Solidaridad program in El Salvador. Batahola volunteers are young people from the U.S. who accompany the Centro Cultural Batahola Norte in its work of empowerment of women and youth for social transformation. Volunteers live in the community as friends and coworkers, learning from the CCBN and contributing to the development of new initiatives. Some of the projects in which the volunteers are involved include:

• Taking part in the continuing formation of a 2-year volunteer program
• Designing and teaching an English course for adult students
• Accompanying the development of youth spaces for reflection and social action
• Accompanying a women’s quilting group
• Following up on graduates of a micro-enterprise class
• Updating this blog and writing periodic articles to keep friends and supporters in the U.S. updated on current events in Nicaragua, the Center, and our experiences as volunteers
• Coordinating the visits of short-term volunteers and delegations to the Center
• Being involved in community activities and classes, including choir, dance class, weekly Mass, etc.

When: April 5 – 7, 2013

Where: Washington University in St. Louis

What: Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings together world leaders to take action on global challenges, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world.

Each year, CGI U hosts a meeting where students, youth organizations, topic experts, and celebrities come together to discuss and develop innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. CGI U 2013 will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, bringing together nearly 1,200 attendees to make a difference in CGI U’s five focus areas: Education, Environment and Climate Change, Peace and Human Rights, Poverty Alleviation, and Public Health.

But CGI U is more than just an event. It is a growing community of young leaders who don’t just discuss global challenges – they take real, concrete steps toward solving them. Throughout the year, and as a prerequisite of attending the CGI U Annual Meeting, students and youth organizations develop their own Commitments to Action: a specific plan of action that addresses a pressing challenge on campus, in the community, or around the world. Commitments range from manufacturing wheelchairs for developing countries to establishing campus bike share programs, from creating free vision clinics to mentoring youth through chess.

Throughout the year, students are also invited to apply to become CGI U Campus Representatives. Colleges and universities can engage with CGI U by joining the CGI University Network to support and mentor innovative student commitment-makers from their respective campuses by providing seed funding for new projects and initiatives.

CGI U is proof that young people have the power to make a significant impact by confronting some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Apply: You can apply either as an individual or with a group. Click here for application instructions and more information!