AboutOur Partners

Our Partners

We love to collaborate.

The civic mission of higher education has been part of Penn’s DNA since its founding by Benjamin Franklin. Today there are numerous centers, programs, and organizations across the University dedicated to various aspects of this mission. The SNF Paideia Program builds on, collaborates with, networks, and leverages these existing entities to make the Penn undergraduate experience greater, and more meaningful, than the sum of its individual parts.

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Netter Center

Through the Netter Center, the University currently engages in three types of activities: academically based community service, direct traditional service, and community development.

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Fox Leadership

Through University-wide programming, Fox Leadership encourages students to consider the lessons in leadership and life articulated and modeled by Robert A. Fox, the leader after whom it is named: finding your passions; putting people first; and succeeding the right way.

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Civic House

Penn’s hub for civic engagement, the Civic House is centered around community organizations and social justice education, promoting mutually beneficial collaborations between Penn and Philadelphia community nonprofit organizations.

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The Andrea Mitchell Center

Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Andrea Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world.

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Wellness at Penn

Wellness at Penn is dedicated to caring for students during their academic journey while creating a campus-wide community of care. Our team is committed to offering a wide range of opportunities to access support, clinical resources, and practical tools to meaningfully engage with one’s health and wellbeing. Wellness at Penn is built upon two pillars that operate collaboratively to create a campus community centered on wellness: Student Health and Counseling, offering clinical services to all Penn students, and Public Health and Wellbeing which seeks to create a community of care through advocacy, education, and action.

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Penn in Washington

With programming on campus as well as in Washington, D.C., Penn in Washington (PIW) supports students exploring public service careers. Attend speaker events with leaders in politics, government, and public policy or learn about internship opportunities using the PIW internship database.

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What Our Partners Are Saying

We at Civic House are delighted to partner with SNF Paideia during this Year of Civic Engagement to create an incubator in which Penn undergraduates can fashion an approach to civic engagement that understands service as a path to community and individual wellness.

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Dr. Herman Beavers
Professor of English and Africana Studies, Graduate Chair, Department of Africana Studies, Faculty Director Civic House

The Latest From Our Partners

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Beyond the First 100 Days: How Civic Engagement Can Build a More Resilient Democracy

Learn how civic institutions strengthen democracy beyond electoral cycles and political milestones, including a discussion on current… Read More
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Apr 29

Executive Branch in Our Backyard: Presidential Impact in Hopkins’ Home

Learn how presidential priorities shape local communities, from Baltimore’s neighborhoods to Washington, D.C.’s corridors of power.… Read More
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Apr 11

Executive Power and the Courts: Judicial Authority in Constitutional Crises

How do courts respond to executive power, and what powers does the judicial branch have to enforce their rulings? Learn the answers to… Read More
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Apr 9

America’s Geography of Poverty

Join us at Public Trust for America's Geography of Poverty, a conversation with Magnum photographer Matt Black about economic… Read More
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Apr 10

Money Talks: A Dinner Dialogue

Does the topic of money make you freeze up in a conversation? Join us for dinner and to begin a transformative, shame-free conversation… Read More
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DiaLogic: Thinking Through Big Questions for Dialogue

Beyond Understanding: Other Ways to Practice Listening  One question is who is responsible? Another is can you read?   – Florens,… Read More
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Leading Through the Woods

The course began weeks before we left for our trip. We met every week to discuss the environmental challenges that shape our world today.… Read More
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Exploring the future of the conservative movement

At a recent Penn forum, a panel of political pundits, analysts and former elected officials from both parties addressed the history and… Read More

Submit an Opportunity

Do you have an opportunity related to dialogue, wellness, citizenship, or service you would like us to share? Email SNF Paideia at info@snfpaideia.upenn.edu and we will promote your event, internship, course, or other offering to Penn students, faculty, and staff.

 

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