Category Archives: All Opportunities

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Muslims Serve

Updated 2/19/20

Muslims Serve is a hunger relief non-profit that has been serving the Greater Philadelphia area since 2012. Muslims Serve was founded by a physician who was a fellow at Penn. We provide hot meals to individuals experiencing housing and food insecurity in Philadelphia.

1 in 4 individuals in Philadelphia live in poverty and are food insecure. This city has one of the nation’s highest poverty rates. With your help, we can provide individuals with a hot, healthy meal in a dignified setting.

Outside of the Hub, Muslims Serve feeds about 2500 meals a month, on the third and fourth Saturday, and every Sudnay. We cook at the Dorrance Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises, a commercial kitchen in West Philadelphia, and always need volunteers to help us prepare, transport, and serve the food.

What: Volunteer tasks include place setting, bussing tables, plating desserts, distributing plated food, refilling water pitchers, collecting meal tickets, kitchen tasks such as washing dishes or packing and distributing items, and setting up and breaking down tables.

When: Thursday-Monday 3-5:30 PM

Where: Hub of Hope, 1401 JFK Boulevard in Center City (below the Municipal Building across from City Hall)

Email: volunteer@muslimsserve.org

Website: https://muslimsserve.org/

For volunteering opportunities visit their volunteer hub: https://muslimsserve.volunteerhub.com/

Phone:833-Hunger0, ext. 2 (Shafia Rana, volunteer manager)

 

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ClariFi

Updated 12/17/2019

Located in , ClariFi promotes financial clarity through one-on-one financial counseling, phone counseling, boot camps, workshops, group education, and more. Our programs are aimed at reducing debt, improving credit, managing homes and avoiding foreclosure, and overall financial wellness.

Our Mission: We create hope by helping people identify and secure the most important assets in their lives.

Our Promise: Clarity, hope, empowerment.

Our Envisioned Future: Everyone will have affordable access to the intellectual and technological resources required to comprehend and master the financial aspects of their lives.

Our Core Values:
We starts with you. No one believes in the organization unless we all believe in each other, so we work together to affect change with the understanding that one person can make a singular difference.
We have a fierce sense of urgency. Whether it’s on behalf of our clients or colleagues hope springs eternal when we spring into action.
The truth works.We tell it like it is; clarity is our friend.
We view everything we do within the context of an entire life – be it that of a project or a person. We stay engaged and see things through, and guide difficult decisions that help secure life’s most important priorities.
We must innovate and adapt to advance: big, new and different ideas are welcome here every day.
Turn every misstep into knowledge. We believe in second chances and new beginnings, and gaining wisdom from every honest mistake.
There is joy in what we do.
Diversity is the foundation of transformation. We welcome and strive to understand and apply all perspectives because different cultures view life, money and family differently.  This is the only way we can transcend cultures and empower lasting transformation.We bring our hometown values with us.  Because we are deeply anchored to where we live, we do whatever we can to make it better even when opportunity takes us afar.
Opportunities are available to volunteer and intern.
Phone: 215 563-5665 or volunteer services at: 215-320-1484
Email volunteer services: volunteer@clarifi.org
All Opportunities

Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

Updated 12/17/2019

Mission: The Welcoming Center promotes inclusive economic growth through immigrant integration. Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia. We believe that a steady influx of new customers, workers, and entrepreneurs can reinvigorate Pennsylvania’s aging population, renew its neighborhoods, and re-energize our economy. By making Pennsylvania a magnet for immigrants, we will become a more vibrant, more creative, and more dynamic competitor in today’s global economy. We work closely with government agencies, service providers, employers, business associations, trade unions, and economic development groups.

The Welcoming Center runs programs that support entrepreneurship, workforce development, and community engagement.

Phone: 215.557.2626

Website: https://welcomingcenter.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/welcomingcenter/

Instagram: @welcomingcenter

Twitter: @welcomingcenter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/welcoming-center-for-new-pennsylvanians/

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Ceiba

Updated 12/17/2019

Ceiba is a coalition of Latino community-based organizations in Philadelphia that was founded in 1989. The coalition is named after the Ceiba trees that grow in the Caribbean which are renowned for their longevity and as great gathering places for people to meet and talk under the shade.

Ceiba’s mission is to promote the economic development and financial inclusion of the Latino community through collaborations and advocacy aimed at ensuring their access to quality housing. Through Ceiba, the member agencies enhance and coordinate the delivery of their asset building services through an approach that integrates financial literacy, comprehensive housing counseling, free tax preparation services, access to the Earned Income Tax Credit, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), and public benefits. IDAs are structured savings programs that provide matching funds for participants who meet a savings goal.

Ceiba is a leader in meeting the asset building needs of immigrants in Philadelphia. It is the only community organization in Philadelphia designated by the IRS as a Certifying Acceptance Agent to facilitate Individual Tax Identification Number (ITINs) applications.

Ceiba is also a strong advocate for the rights of people who are Limited English Proficient (LEP).

 

Positions are available for volunteer, work-study, and internship opportunities. For more information, call (215) 634-7245 or send your resume to info@ceibaphiladelphia.org.

Website: http://www.ceibaphiladelphia.org/

Community Development, Financial Education

The Reinvestment Fund

The Reinvestment Fund (TRF) builds wealth and opportunity for low-wealth individuals and communities through the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible development. TRF is a national leader in the financing of neighborhood revitalization. TRF finances housing, community facilities, commercial real estate, healthy food retail, and energy. Internship opportunities are available with TRF; interested students should send their resume and a cover letter to the email address listed below.

Website: https://www.reinvestment.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReinvestFund

Contact: 215-574-5800, invest@reinvestment.com

Location: 1700 Market Street, 19th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103

*This site is accessible via public transportation from the Bryn Mawr campus. Please see transportation reimbursement policy.

Community Development, Financial Education, Philadelphia

One Less Foundation

The One Less Foundation is dedicated to providing assistance, through financial education and one-on-one mentoring, to under-served individuals and families that allow them to gain the skills necessary to escape poverty. Services offered by the One Less Foundation includes financial literacy courses, a one-on-one mentoring program, and life coaching; volunteer opportunities are available in most programs.

Website: https://www.theonelessfoundation.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOneLessFoundation/

Contact: 215-278-4400, info@theonelessfoundation.org

Location: 38 Maplewood Mall 1st Floor, Philadelphia PA, 19144

*This site is accessible via public transportation from the Bryn Mawr campus. Please see transportation reimbursement policy.

 

Chester, Entrepreneurship, Financial Education, Philadelphia

Entrepreneur Works

Entrepreneur Works is a non-profit corporation that provides supportive services to entrepreneurs and small business owners to assist them in starting or better incorporating an existing business. With office locations in Philadelphia and Chester, PA, Entrepreneur Works provides a comprehensive array of financial and business development services including: small business and peer loans, business skills workshops and classes, business consulting, and networking. Both internship and volunteer opportunities are available in social media, loan referral outreach and web design.

Website: http://www.myentrepreneurworks.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EntrepreneurWorks/

Contact: 215-545-3100

Location: 111 S. Independence Mall East, Suite 528, The Bourse Building, Philadelphia, PA 19106

*This site is accessible via public transportation from the Bryn Mawr campus. Please see transportation reimbursement policy.

Community Development, Glenside, Housing Assistance, Philadelphia

Fair Housing Rights Center in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Incorporated in 1992, the mission of the Fair Housing Rights Center (FHRC) is to ensure equal access to housing opportunities for all people. To achieve this mission, the Center educates the public on fair housing laws, provides assistance to individuals who have experienced housing discrimination, monitors the community for compliance with applicable housing laws, and offers information and counseling on housing related issues.

Website: http://fairhousingrights.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FairHousing4All/

Contact: 215-625-0700

Location: 444 North 3rd. Street Philadelphia, PA, Suite 110, Philadelphia, PA 19123

*This site is accessible via public transportation from the Bryn Mawr campus. Please see transportation reimbursement policy.

All Opportunities, Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Field of Interest, Philadelphia

Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia

Mission:

The mission of the Sustainable Business Network is to build a just, green, and thriving economy in the Greater Philadelphia region. The SBN of Greater Philadelphia accomplishes this by educating and growing a broad base of local, independent businesses and educating policymakers and the public.

Service/Programs Offered:

Initiatives include the Buy Local Philly campaign, the Social Venture Institute, and the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners program. Through these and other undertakings, SBN works to connect consumers, independent businesses, and policymakers in making environmentally responsible decisions.

NOTE: Bryn Mawr students have organized Praxis III courses with the SBN in past years. Contact the Civic Engagement Office for more information.

Website: http://www.sbnphiladelphia.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SBNphillyFacebook

Contact: 215-922-7400, info@sbnphiladelphia.org

Location: 2401 Walnut Street Suite 206, Philadelphia, PA 19103

*This site is accessible via public transportation from the Bryn Mawr campus. Please see transportation reimbursement policy.

All Opportunities, Community Development, Field of Interest, Philadelphia

Next City

Mission:

Next City, formerly Next American City, is a non-profit media organization dedicated to connecting cities and informing the people who work to improve them, especially young emerging leaders.

Services/Programs Provided:

Next City provides daily coverage of public policy and current affairs from an urbanist perspective online at http://nextcity.org. In addition to online journalism, the organization produces events including an annual urban leadership conference.

Student Opportunities:

Get published! Next City welcomes stories on issues of urban sustainability that you feel passionate about and have thoroughly researched. Send pitches and writing samples to ariella@americancity.org. Submissions of photographs, illustrations, other art, or proposals for a reporting assignment can be addressed to tony@tonysmyrski.com.

NOTE: Bryn Mawr students have partnered with Next City on Praxis III courses, and summer internships are regularly offered, with applications opening in March in past years.

Website: https://nextcity.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextcityorg

Contact: 267-239-0762, info@nextcity.org

Location: 1500 JFK Boulevard, #1220, Philadelphia PA 19102