Community Partners
HopePHL™ (pronounced “hopeful”) was founded through an integration of two human service organizations in Philadelphia: People’s Emergency Center (PEC) and Youth Service, Inc (YSI). HopePHL’s mission is to inspire Philadelphia's children, youth, families and communities to thrive by providing housing, advocacy, and trauma-responsive social services designed to promote equity, resilience, autonomy, and well-being.
The mission of the Community Education Center (CEC) is to cultivate a spirit of community by nurturing the creative efforts of individuals and organizations, and by fostering interaction between artists and audiences. CEC is a space for artists to rehearse, teach, and perform and a place for the larger community to explore their creativity through classes and performance opportunities.
Black Bottom Tribe Association
A group whose fight is against gentrification and toward economic and social equality along with maintaining cultural balance, the Black Bottom Tribe Association is working to keep the community of Philadelphia’s historic Black Bottom intact across time and space.
With additional support from:
The Powelton Village Civic Association (PVCA)
Institutional Partners
With a vision of transforming our common human experience, the Penn Museum’s mission is to be a center for inquiry and the ongoing exploration of humanity for our University of Pennsylvania, regional, national, and global communities, following ethical standards and practices. Through onsite and online experiences, the Museum expands access to archaeology and anthropology, building empathy and connections across diverse cultures.
The Department of Anthropology within the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences trains both undergraduate and graduate students in the subdisciplines of anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology as well as inter-sub-disciplinary topics such as cultural heritage and medical anthropology.
Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University
The Pennoni Honors College supports all Drexel Dragons as they discover and explore educational, research, and enrichment opportunities that advance their academic and professional goals.
Writers Room at Drexel University
Writers Room is Drexel’s university-community literary arts program, engaged in creative placemaking and art for social justice. We are a diverse, intergenerational collective of students/alumni, faculty/staff, and neighborhood residents whose work demonstrates a desire for collaborative opportunities in our joint communities.
College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University
CoAS aims to identify and address the grand challenges of our world through our research, teaching and community outreach. The College’s dedicated, engaged faculty and staff train and educate new leaders to provide vision and direction in an ever-changing world. Through our emphasis on experiential learning, community engagement and hands-on research experiences, students learn to identify and solve societal challenges. Educated in modes of inquiry ranging from historical to scientific, from theoretical to data-driven, students are prepared to participate in local, regional and global communities in thoughtful, meaningful ways.
Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
The Lindy Center is a welcoming place for all Drexel Dragons to get involved in civic engagement—making a difference in community life through collective, public problem solving. We offer programs that help people gain knowledge, skills, values, and motivations to improve their communities and bring about a more just world.
