The Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships brings to bear Penn's broad range of human knowledge needed to solve the complex, comprehensive, and interconnected problems of the American city so that West Philadelphia (Penn’s local geographic community), Philadelphia, the University itself, and society all benefit. The Center works to achieve the following objectives:

• Improve the internal coordination and collaboration of all university-wide community service programs;
• Create new and effective partnerships between the University and the community;
• Encourage new and creative programs linking Penn and the community;
• Create and strengthen local, national, and international networks of institutions of higher education committed to engagement with their local communities.

Through the Center, the University participates in academically based community service and direct traditional service, which support work in a variety of areas, such as health, environment, schooling, community development, etc. Academically based community service is at the core of the center’s work. It is service rooted in and intrinsically linked to teaching and/or research, and encompasses problem-oriented research and teaching, as well as service learning emphasizing student and faculty reflection on the service experience.

For more information, visit http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/

Address:
Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships
133 S. 36th Street, Suite 519
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246
Telephone: 215-898-5351
Fax: 215-573 -2799

Staff
Ira Harkavy, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President and Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships
E-mail: harkavy@pobox.upenn.edu

Tina Ciocco
Administrative Coordinator
ciocco@pobox.upenn.edu

Cory Bowman
Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships and PPPS
E-mail: bowman@pobox.upenn.edu

Joann Weeks
Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships and PPPS
Director, WEPIC Replication Project
E-mail: weeks@pobox.upenn.edu

Eleanor Sharpe
Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships and PPPS
E-mail: sharpee@pobox.upenn.edu

Isabel Mapp
Associate Director for Faculty, Staff and Volunteer Services
Director, Penn VIPS (Volunteers in Public Service)
E-mail: sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu

Shaheedah Saalim
Office Manager
E-mail: saalim@pobox.upenn.edu

Linda Satchell
Administrative Assistant
E-mail: lsatchel@pobox.upenn.edu

Frances Opher
Receptionist
E-mail: opher@upenn.edu

Jason Min
Academically Based Community Service Coordinator
E-mail: minjason@gmail.com

Linda J. Hollenback
Community Coordinator
E-mail: lhollenb@sas.upenn.edu

Rita Axelroth
Research Coordinator
E-mail: ritaa@sas.upenn.edu