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Candidates for these positions must have the demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to work in complex virtual team and program environments and must be able to effectively use a variety of digital applications and tools to provide program services, adhere to program timelines, communicate, and collaborate with team members and program participants. They must demonstrate competence in the use of digital tools including team platforms, publications software, e-curriculum content, web conferencing, instant messaging, data gathering, and reporting software. Specific skills essential for this staff colleague to be successful and effective in meeting their project milestones also include evidenced skill with managing social media, creating virtual content, and curating ongoing digital outreach to program participants to support the provision of best-in-class program content and services
Stand with Penn to Flatten the Hate and support our community members who face bias, discrimination, violence and abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the website to report hate and bias incidents, engage in community discussion events, and learn how to prevent and respond to anti-Asian behavior. Interested students are invited to join an upcoming meeting of the Task Force. Please reach out to Scott Moore ([email protected] ) and Peter Van Do ([email protected] ) with suggestions and nominations.
The Office of Social Equity & Community is now accepting applications for its newly created internship program designed for a small group of Penn undergraduates. These students will work closely with the Directors of the office to design and oversee initiatives that promote and support communication, collaboration, and research within the Penn community. Together they will seek to advance the University’s mission of fostering social equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Each intern will have two primary areas of responsibility. First, they with seek to integrate the values of the Office with their own specific area of study or research, bringing their own gifts and interests to bear on a particular aspect of social equity and community. In this, they will seek to answer the question, “How can I uniquely address the evident inequalities at Penn and in greater Philadelphia?” Additionally, each intern will participate in the ongoing and officially established initiatives of the Office. Opportunities may include but are not limited to story gathering, writing, event planning/staffing, and research. They will have opportunities to work both individually and collaboratively, to participate in a learning community, and receive coaching and mentorship. Participants will have a strong voice in the shaping of the internship’s format, trajectory, values, and goals. Additionally, each student will receive a stipend for participating. We in the Office of Social Equity & Community are eager for student involvement as we initiate hard conversations related to inequities and imbalances in order to encourage others toward restorative change for the betterment of Penn, its neighbors, and the world. For more information or a copy of the application, please contact Scott Filkin. Scott Filkin Director, Office of Social Equity & Community [email protected] As we face a global pandemic, deepening economic crisis and the spectre of state authoritarianism haunting countries across the globe, we take courage from the many student movements that are at the forefront of demands for democratic change. The new wave of student activism and youth-led movements represent radical visions for racial and gender justice, and are linked to struggles of workers, indigenous peoples’ and other marginalized communities. As these movements face state repression in response to nonviolent protests, the need to strengthen solidarity across borders is all the more urgent.
At this critical juncture, this tricontinental webinar brings together student leaders and educators from Chile, Pakistan and South Africa for a conversation on the lessons learnt from organizing for educational justice. All three countries have been sites of historic student activism in the pre-pandemic period that have continued to organize in the midst of the pandemic in a fresh and renewed manner. What is the nature of student politics today? How are struggles in higher education connected to broader social movements and issues? What are the issues and demands of the movements in Chile, Pakistan and South Africa? How are these movements in higher education organizing amidst the challenges of the global pandemic? The panelists will address these and other questions followed by a moderated discussion. EVENT DETAILS ON FACEBOOK *Music contains a sample of "No More Beat" courteous of Talon Bazille Ducheneaux, Penn Class of 2015.
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