January Newsflash
Upcoming events
Jan. 25: "Does It Take a Village or Take a Family? How America Thinks about Raising Children in the 21st Century." A Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) Forum Featuring Celinda Lake. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Moore College of Art and Design, 20th Street and Ben Franklin Parkway. Event includes forum, book signing, and refreshments. There is no charge for the event but seating is limited. RSVP by calling 215-563-5848 x11 or online at www.pccy.org.
Jan. 26: Town Meeting on Property Tax Relief and Public School Funding. 7 - 9 p.m. City Council Chambers, Philadelphia City Hall, 4th Floor. Meeting focuses on inequitable funding among districts and ideas for reforming school funding. Sponsored by Philadelphia’s state legislative caucus.
Jan. 28: Free College Financial Aid Workshop. 10 a.m - 2 p.m. Community College of Philadelphia, Business and Industry Center, 18th and Callowhill Streets. For information, call 215-735-2877.
Jan. 28: "Confronting Bullying/Supporting Friendships: Research, Strategies, and Practice for Helping Kids Get Along Together." 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street. Teacher workshop led by the Nonviolence and Children Working Group (NVC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. $5 fee includes refreshments and materials. Please RSVP to Elke at 215-241-7223 or elkem@PYM.org.
Jan. 30: "Youth as Peacemakers: Crossing Boundaries of Race, Religion, and Culture to Find Common Ground in the World." 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. New Covenant Campus Sanctuary, 7100 Germantown Avenue. Seminar sponsored by Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice featuring Reverend Bill Gray and representatives of Operation Understanding. For more information, contact the Parkway Northwest High School at 215-248-6620.
Jan. 31: 76ers Basketball Game.7 p.m. Wachovia Center. Free Chris Webber jersey to the first 5,000 children 12 and under when the Sixers play the Phoenix Suns. Tickets still available. To purchase, call 1-800-4-NBA-TIX or go to www.sixers.com.
Feb. 4: 14th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair.Community College of Philadelphia, 17th and Spring Garden Streets. Authors and illustrators of African American children’s books will read from and autograph copies of their books. The event is free and open to the public with preschool through young adult level literature.Sponsored by the The African American Children’s Book Project and The Literary. For times and more information, call 215-878-BOOK.
Feb. 4: Higher Education Opportunities Workshop for Asylees and Refugees. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 222 N. 17th Street, 1st Floor. Free event focuses on financial aid, scholarships, loans and grants for higher education. Sponsored by The Asylee Outreach Project of HIAS and Catholic Social Services Immigration and Refugee Resettlement Departments. RSVP by Feb. 1 to 215-832-0912.
Feb. 5: "Year of the Dog!" Celebration of the Asian New Year. 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th and Ben Franklin Pkwy. Family event featuring bamboo basket-weaving, family tour, crafts workshop, and performance by Dance Asia. Admission: $5.
Feb. 6-25: African Dance Workshops. Tuesday - Friday 10 & 11 a.m. Saturday 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. African American Museum of Philadelphia, 7th and Arch Streets.The Museum welcomes the Agbada Dance Troupe of Nigeria, West Africa. The troupe was created by the Federal Government of Nigeria to promote and sustain the rich cultural heritage of Nigeria and to represent the country's diverse tradition through dance around the world. For more information on this and other events for February, call 215-574-0380
Feb. 8: School Reform Commission Planning Meeting.1 p.m. School District of Philadelphia Education Center, 400 N. Broad Street. To register to speak, call 215-400-4040 by 4:30 p.m. the day before the meeting.
Feb. 9: Free Library of Philadelphia Lectures presents John Hope Franklin, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin. 8 p.m. Montgomery Auditorium, 1901 Vine Street. Award-winning author, professor, and leader in the study of African American life, Franklin discusses his many works, including From Slavery to Freedom, and his new autobiography. Doors open at 7:15 pm and tickets are required. Cost of tickets is $6-$12. For more information, call 215-567-4341.
Feb. 15: School Reform Commission Action Meeting.1 p.m. School District of Philadelphia Education Center, 400 N. Broad Street. To register to speak, call 215-400-4040 by 4:30 p.m. the day before the meeting.
Feb. 20: "Finding the Way Home" - Storytelling with David Wilson. 7:30 p.m. White Dog Café, 3420 Sansom Street. Journalist David Wilson discusses his documentary and personal quest to find answers to America’s racial divide. For more information and reservations, call 215-386-9224.
Feb. 22: Lecture and book-signing by educator Herbert Kohl. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall at 36th and Spruce Streets. Join Bindlestiff Books and Philadelphia Public School Notebook in an evening program around noted educator Kohl's newest book, "She Would Not Be Moved: Telling the Story of Rosa Parks and How That Story is Misrepresented in the Teaching of the Civil Rights Movement to Children in Schools." Admission free.
Every Thursday: Talk radio program with Sandra Dungee Glenn, School Reform Commission member. 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. WURD 900 AM. Call-in number: 215-426-1310.
School Calendar
Feb. 2-3: Schools closed for Professional Development.
Feb. 6: High School Report Cards distributed.
Feb. 20: Schools and Administrative Offices closed for Presidents’ Day.
The Notebook NEWSFLASH welcomes brief announcements of events addressing issues of quality and equity in Philadelphia public schools. Email your submission to flash@thenotebook.org with 'coming up' in the subject line. We cannot guarantee the listing of your event.