2002
Student PHENND Meeting (Mar
22)
Fri., Mar 22, 2002, Student
PHENND Meeting, 1 PM, Temple University, Conwell Hall, Room 3A.
Attention all students! You
are cordially invited to attend the March Student PHENND meeting. The meeting
is for all students who are interested in community service, service-learning,
social justice, and/or student leadership. It will also be a great opportunity
for anyone who wants to meet students from other colleges and universities.
Each month we gather on a different
campus, and hear from student leaders about their activities and ideas. We
will also talk about various issues pertinent to student service leaders.
As always, there will be time
for networking and sharing, as well as an activity designed to improve leadership
skills.
To get to Conwell Hall, take
a Local train of the Subway (Orange Line) to Broad and Cecil B. Moore and
walk one block north (just past the Law School). Conwells address is 1805
N. Broad Street.
Please RSVP to Hillary at:
hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
Brown Bag Lunch Discussion:
Fragile Families (Mar 8)
Hillard Pouncy, Visiting Faculty
at Princeton and Senior Research
Associate at Rutgers-Camden, will
discuss "Policies for America's Fragile Families."
A discussion paper will be
available on March 1.
Please email hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu to obtain a
copy of the paper as
well as to RSVP.
The discussion will be held,
Friday, March 8, at 1 PM, 3440 Market
Street, Suite 484.
Bring your lunch and an open
mind as we explore the concept of "Fragile Families" and how public policy
can support them.
Regional Community Service
Directors Meeting (Feb 22)
Attention College and University
staff who support curricular and co-curricular student volunteering! Come
to the Spring Community Service Directors Meeting at Arcadia University.
Meet with your peers as we discuss practical steps toward leveraging existing
service-based partnerships to create new academic partnerships.
Said another way, How to Create
Service Learning Opportunities without Starting from Scratch. If you
have success in this area already, please feel free to bring any faculty
members that you have partnered with.
We will also discuss the Graduation
Pledge movement.
The meeting will be 9 AM -
11 AM, Friday, Feb. 22nd at Arcadia University, Glenside, PA.
RSVP to Hillary Aisenstein
by Friday, Feb. 15th.
PHENND/Bonner Leaders Brown
Bag Discussion (Feb 8)
Fri., Feb 8, 2002 - PHENND/Bonner
Leaders Brown Bag Lunch Discussion, 12 PM, La Salle University, Wister Hall,
Room 301.
Mary Ellen Miller, a professor
of Nursing with La Salle’s Neighborhood Nursing Program will talk about her
experiences dealing with health and poverty in Philadelphia.
Bring your lunch and
an open mind!
This meeting is part of the
PHENND/Bonner Leaders Program
(http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/PHENND/initiatives/blp.html)
and is intended for students, but anyone is the PHENND network is welcome
to attend.
Just RSVP to Hillary at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
Jan. 31-May 23
New Act 48 Course: Community
Problem-Solving Curriculum: An In-Depth Introduction
to Service Learning
Community Problem-Solving Curricula:
An In-Depth Introduction to Service
Learning
This course is designed to
give teachers an introduction to Community Problem-Solving Curricula. Participants
will be exposed to the fundamental principals of both Service Learning (SL)
and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy while engaging in the creation of
curriculum to be implemented in their classrooms during the spring of 2002.
The curriculum created by the teachers in this course will be designed to
fulfill the School District’s Service Learning Requirement.
The course will include speakers,
presentations, and readings, however, a significant amount of class time
will be set aside for individual/team research and planning.
WHEN: 4-6 PM three times monthly
(the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thursdays of the month).
Dates of the course are:
January, 31* (instead of
2/14 which is Valentine’s Day)
Feb. 21, 28
March, 14, 21
April 11, 18, 25
May 9, 16, 23
WHERE: Gratz High School
Youth Driven Service Learning Center, 18th & Hunting Park Avenue, Room
418
INSTRUCTORS: Hillary
Aisenstein, Director, PHENND; Joy Anderson, Coordinator, Programs in Systemic
School Reform, University of Pennsylvania; Janice Steinberg, Director, Youth
Driven Service Learning Center, Gratz High School; and Dr. Cynthia Belliveau,
Director, Pennsylvania Service Learning Alliance.
ACT 48: This course will
count for 26 Act 48 Hours.
Benefits for teachers include:
o In-depth understanding of Service
Learning (SL) and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogies
o Meaningful connections to professional
peers including a community of support and feedback
o Opportunities for leadership
within your school
o Networking with colleges and
universities, which may lead to greater access to resources
o Deeper connections to Community
Based Organizations
o Free materials and books
o 26 Act 48 Hours
To register, fill out the form
below and return by Jan. 24, 2002, to Hillary Aisenstein, PHENND, 3440 Market
Street, Suite 440, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3325 or fax to 215-573-1134.
Jan. 25
Student PHENND Meeting
Fri., Jan 25, 2002 - Student
PHENND Meeting, 1 PM, Saint Joseph’s University. Kick off the new
semester with your favorite regional
student service group!
David Park (Penn ’01), will
be on hand to talk about his work to bring Penn’s technological and
intellectual resources to bear
on bridging the digital divide in West Philadelphia.
As always, there will be time
for networking and sharing, as well as an activity designed to improve leadership
skills.
Please RSVP to Hillary at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
2001
Dec. 11
Fragile Families Working Group
Poverty Action Seminar
Fragile Families Working Group
Inivites you to join us as we
develop a research and service agenda for higher education’s role in the
alleviation of poverty in local communities.
The Fragile Families Working
Group, co-chaired by Hillard Pouncy of the University of Pennsylvania and
James Saxon of Cheyney University, invites you to join us Tuesday, December
11, 2001, as we discuss the possibility of creating a regional network of
faculty and community partners collaboratively engaged in both action and
research on the issues of family structure and poverty. At this early
stage, we envision establishing a multi-institution faculty and community
seminar that would facilitate the transformation of existing courses, as
well as the creation of new courses, into mutually beneficial, sustained,
and democratic community-based service learning and research partnerships.
Featuring
Dr. Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
Zellerbach Family Professor of
Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
2:00 PM
3440 Market Street, Philadelphia
Suite 484 Conference Room
Please RSVP to Hillary Aisenstein
at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
Dec. 5
Quarterly PHENND Meeting: Focus
on Economic Development
December 5 - Quarterly PHENND
Meeting with a Focus on the Economic Development. Campolo School for
Social Change, Eastern College, 990 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, 9 AM
- 12 PM.
This is one of four times that
the entire PHENND region can get together to discuss any pertinent
issues. Come ready to exchange
information and ideas about what PHENND can do for you and what you can do
for each other. This meeting is open to everyone - students, community organizations,
teachers, staff, faculty, etc. Come one! Come all!
Especially if your program
deals at all with any aspect of economic development: job development, job
training, housing development, commercial corridors and small business development,
financial literacy, etc.
Please RSVP to Hillary Aisenstein
at hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu.
Nov. 30
Student PHENND Meeting
Fri., Nov. 30, 1-3 PM, Bryn
Mawr College
Attention all students!
You are cordially invited to attend the third Student PHENND meeting of the
year. The meeting is for
all students who are interested in community service, service-learning, social
justice, and/or student leadership. It's also a great opportunity for
anyone who wants to meet students from other colleges and universities.
Each month we gather on a different
campus, and hear from student leaders about their activities and ideas.
We will also talk about various issues pertinent to student service leaders
and hear from local leaders of community organizations and non-profits.
This month, Mandara Meyers of the Philadelphia Collegetown Project will present.
If you plan on attending, please
RSVP to hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu.
Nov. 27
Community Based Research Workshop
Tues, Nov 27, 2:00-4:00 PM,
Saint Joseph’s University
In conjunction with the University
City Community Collaborative of Temple University, as part of an
initiative supported by the Bonner
Foundation and the Corporation for National Service, PHENND will be offering
a workshop on Community Based Research (CBR). This workshop is intended
primarily for faculty, staff and administrators of colleges and universities.
We will introduce CBR and cover some campus issues related to CBR projects.
Please RSVP to Dan Dougherty
if you wish to attend this meeting. He can be reached at
ddougher@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu.
Please note, we will be hosting a similar workshop intended for community
audiences early next year.
Nov. 26
Workshop: Service Learning
and the Arts
With support from the Philadelphia
Arts in Education Partnership, and in conjunction with the
Philadelphia Museum of Art and
the Pennsylvania Service Learning Alliance, PHENND will be conducting a 3-hour
workshop for K-12 teachers. The workshop will count for 3 Act 48 CEUs.
Also, if you are not a K-12 teacher, but would still like to take the course,
there is room for some folks to audit but you must seek permission from the
instructors. Please contact Hillary Aisenstein to register or for any
questions regarding the workshop. Phone: 215-573-2379, Email: hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
Description:
This course is designed to be
an introduction to Service Learning for art specialists and/or other
classroom teachers. Participants
will learn about the elements of “good” Service Learning practice, the District’s
Service Learning requirements, and how teachers can use Service Learning
to meet State and School District standards in the arts, as well as other
content areas. In addition, any art specialist who attends with at
least one other classroom teacher from his or her school will receive assistance
in creating collaborative Service Learning projects that meet art standards
as well as other content-based standards and cross-cutting competencies.
Special Education teachers, as well as art teachers who work with special
education students, are also encouraged to attend.
4:15 PM 7:30 PM
Location:
PHENND Office, 3440 Market Street
Oct. 26
Student PHENND Meeting
Fri., Oct. 26, 1-3 PM, University
of Pennsylvania’s Civic House, 3914 Locust Walk
Attention all students!
Welcome back! You are cordially invited to attend the second Student
PHENND
meeting. The meeting is
for all students who are interested in community service, service-learning,
social justice, and/or student leadership. It will also be a great
opportunity for anyone who wants to meet students from other colleges and
universities.
Each month we will gather on
a different campus, and hear from student leaders about their activities
and ideas. We will also talk about various issues pertinent to student
service leaders. So, come out to the September meeting and help us
shape the agenda for the upcoming year!
If you plan on attending, please
RSVP to hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu.
Oct. 5
Student PHENND Meeting
Fri., Oct. 5, 1-3 PM, Temple
University
Attention all students!
Welcome back! You are cordially invited to attend the first Student
PHENND meeting. The meeting is for all students who are interested
in community service, service-learning, social justice, and/or student leadership.
It will also be a great opportunity for anyone who wants to meet students
from other colleges and universities.
Each month we will gather on
a different campus, and hear from student leaders about their activities
and ideas. We will also talk about various issues pertinent to student
service leaders. So, come out to the September meeting and help us
shape the agenda for the upcoming year!
Sep. 6
Quarterly PHENND Meeting with
a Special Focus on Environment
September 6 - Quarterly PHENND
Meeting with a Special Focus on the Environment. Philadelphia
University, 9 AM - 12 PM.
Lounge, Student Center.
This is one of four times that
the entire PHENND region can get together to discuss any pertinent
issues. Come ready to exchange
information and ideas about what PHENND can do for you and what you can do
for each other. This meeting is open to everyone - students, community organizations,
teachers, staff, faculty, etc. Come one! Come all!
Especially if your program
deals at all with any aspect of protecting the environment: urban gardening,
environmental education, park rehabilitation, community beautification, watershed
protection, etc. Professors from Philadelphia University who have incorporated
Service Learning into their entire Intro to Environmental Studies curriculum
will be on hand to tell you how they did it and why.