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Teddy Cruz: Creative Acts of Citizenship
Monday, October 10, 5:30PM to 7:30PM
Friends Center, 15th and Cherry Streets
$20/$10 students
Proceeds benefit the Community Design Collaborative
Guatemalan-born architect Teddy Cruz is a tireless advocate, designer, and urban theorist whose work urges us all to think beyond traditional borders. Inspired by his San Diego office situated nearby the busiest border crossing on the globe, Cruz will share insights on the public engagement strategies and research that fuels his firm’s work, and how we can all respond creatively to an increasingly interconnected world.The Collaborative’s new book will be available at the talk. Register.
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LEVERAGE Exhibition Opening Reception
Wednesday, October 5, 5PM to 7PM
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
Presenting fifty innovative community design projects and programs by design firms, nonprofit groups, and public agencies from Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and beyond. The reception will also launch GRID magazine’s November 2011 issue, which includes a special section about the Collaborative. Get a sneak peek of the show and RSVP
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Design in Action 2011
October 9 through October 11
Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia
220 South 17th Street
This national conference offers a great chance to meet up with a dynamic group of design advocates from around the country--right in your own backyard! The conference is offering such an amazing line-up of public-interest architecture speakers. Register for the full conference or a single-day pass. Check out conference highlights.
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New Book!
Leverage: Strengthening Neighborhoods through Design
Available October 11
AIA Bookstore and Design Center
1218 Arch Street
Celebrating twenty years of collaboration, the Community Design Collaborative has a published Leverage: Strengthening Neighborhoods through Design, a new book featuring profiles of projects from its two decades of pro bono design, plus essays on the Collaborative and the evolving practice of public-interest architecture and the future of design activism.. Read an excerpt and pre-order.
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New Grant Recipients
The Community Design Collaborative’s latest round of service grants will supply neighborhoods with design strategies for bike and pedestrian safety, community theater, green schoolyard, and new models for offering social services. Learn more about our upcoming service grants, plus a design charrette.
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Project Review Meetings
October 4 and 18. Tuesday 12:00-1:30PM. Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street.
Join us at lunchtime to hear 1-2 presentations by current volunteers. Share expertise by providing feedback and critique for these in-progress projects. AIA/CES credits (HSW) available. RSVP. |
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Donate Today
Help the Community Design Collaborative strengthen neighborhoods through design! You can double your tax-deductible gift in 2011, thanks to a special 20th anniversary matching grant from The William Penn Foundation. The Collaborative is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status, tax ID #23-2835435. Make a donation. |
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General Events
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and The Food Trust ǀ Chinatown NightMarket
October 6, Thursday. 7:00pm - 11:00pm. 10th and Race Streets.
The artists and chefs of Chinatown treat Philadelphians to exotic eats, fun drinks, great art, and live music at this evening street fair.
DesignPhiladelphia
October 13-23. Various locations.
DesignPhiladelphia presents over 150 events that show how design affects everyday life. Urban design offerings include the Collaborative’s Leverage exhibition of community design projects from around the nation, the the Renewed Urban Studio Tent, and temporary green streets happenings by BetterBlocksPhilly. Unwind at the Design Lounge, open daily during DesignPhiladelphia from 10am-8pm and 12pm-5pm on Sundays at theCenter for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street. More.
Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance ǀ Doing the Most Good, and Doing it Green!
October 13, Thursday.4:30 – 7:30pm. 4200 Wissahickon Avenue.
Networking event and educational tour of the recently completed Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. A first step in the social, economic, and environmental revitalization of one of Philadelphia’s most blighted industrial areas, the $72 million, 130,000 SF Salvation Army facility features a conference, training and, aquatic center. Register.
DesignPhiladelphia ǀ Kick Off VIP Party and Design Champion Award
October 13, Thursday. 6:00 – 7:30pm. Liao Collection, 310 N. 11th Street.
Kick off ten days of DesignPhiladelphia by celebrating Philly’s first design champion awardee. Spoiler alert! Mayor Michael Nutter will receive the award, designed and crafted by Jaime Salm of MIO. $50 per person. Register.
DesignPhiladelphia ǀ Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation
October 19, Wednesday.5:30pm reception, 6:15 – 8:00pm panel discussion. Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street.
Get on the wait list for this popular event considering preservation in light of new economic realities, demographic shifts, technological changes, environmental pressures and myriad fast-changing factors. Look out for the companion catalog of case studies and commissioned works intended to provoke fresh thinking about historic preservation online.
DVGBC Green Schools Circle ǀ Green Your School Workshop
Friday, October 21, 2011. 9:00am – 1:30pm. Energy Hall, PECO Headquarters, 23rd and Market Streets.
This free workshop will provide schools with the resources to engage students in energy conservation. Students, teachers, facility managers, and administration from all Delaware Valley secondary schools are invited. Register.
Delaware Valley Green Building Council ǀ Making Sustainable Housing Affordable
October 26, Wednesday. 6:00 - 7:30pm. Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street.
Architects and developers of affordable housing his program reflect on the community vision and development incentives and strategies that lead to sustainable and affordable new housing. $35/$25 DVGBC members/$15 students and professionals in transition. Register by October 12.
Resources + Opportunities
100 Ideas in 100 Minutes ǀ Call for ideas
Deadline: October 11, Tuesday.
Philadelphia has always had a thing for visionaries. Digitas Health invites you to help create its gallery of ideas for Design Philadelphia. What’s your idea for making the city a better place? Who inspires you in Philly? What’s the next big idea for Philly? Send your responses to Erica Nardello.
Philly Nonprofit Success Magazine ǀ Nonprofit Leaders Success Academy
Weekly classes, Wednesdays 6-9 PM, starting October 5
Philly Nonprofit Success Magazine is sponsoring an academy for nonprofit leaders who are looking to bolster their knowledge and nonprofit management skill set. The training targets board members, executive directors, program leaders, and key employees. Learn more.
Pfizer Seminar | Strategic Legal Thinking Seminar for Nonprofit Executives
October 18, Tuesday.10:30AM – 3:30pm. DLA Piper presents "Working with Your Board: How to make the Most of the Board-Staff Relationship” broadcasted live from New York via videoconference. Free event with lunch provided. RSVP by October 13.
Home Depot ǀ Community Impact Grants
Proposals due: April 4 through August 14, 201.
Apply for grants in the form of Home Depot gift cards for up to $5,000 to fix, weatherize,or increase the energy-efficiency of low-income and/or transitional housing or community facilities, plant trees or community gardens, or landscape community facilities. More info.
School Garden Grant Program
Grant applications accepted through December 31, 2011.
The Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by Whole Foods Market to support schools and inspire families to improve children's nutrition and wellness, is accepting grant applications for its first major initiative, the School Garden Grant Program. The program will provide grants of $2,000, along with curriculum resources and mentorship, to one thousand schools to launch or expand school garden projects. Apply.
Conferences
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia ǀ Overstudied and Underserved: Uses of the Law to Promote Healthy, Sustainable Urban Communities
October 6, Thursday. 8:30am - 4:45pm. Arch Street Meeting House, 4th and Arch Streets.
An in-depth look at legal and advocacy tools for protecting minority and low-income communities disproportionately affected by negative environmental impacts, both by stemming further pollution and by crafting a positive vision of their environmental and economic revitalization. Register.
Energy Coordinating Agency Sustainable Energy Conference 2011
October 17, Monday. 8:30am - 4:30pm. Energy Hall, PECO Headquarters, 23rd and Market Streets.
A one-day event bringing together leaders from across southeastern Pennsylvania to share exciting initiatives in sustainable energy, storm water management and green jobs and packed with inspiring examples of local leadership and hands-on workshops in energy conservation, green roofs and rain barrel construction. Register.
Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia | A Sense of Place
October 21, Friday. 8:30 AM to 4 PM, Temple University Faculty Center, 3340 N. Broad Street.
Don't miss this great opportunity to spend a day with your fellow leaders and activists learning and sharing information about preserving the neighborhood you call home. Featuring the 2011 Neighborhood Preservation Project Grant Porgram, where your nonprofit could win up to $1,500 to support a preservation-based project. More info.
Carpenters' Company | PRESERVING AMERICA: A Master Builder Dialogues Event
October 27 - 28, Philadelphia
In Collaboration with Drexel University's Goodwin College of Professional Studies and the National Park Services, this conferences addreses the challenges of preserving historic structuires and features renowned architects, engineers and builders involved in the restoration and preservation of American landmarks. More info.
AIA Philadelphia | Design on the Delaware 2011
November 7 - 9, Sheraton City Center, 17th and Race Streets.
A collaborative conference examining the issues and opportunities of the built environment for design and building professionals in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware with over 50 sessions and tours, and keynote speakers Mahadev Raman, Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, Mitchell Joachim, and Charles Waldheim. Click here for a complete list of programs and to register online.
Cities Alive | 2011 Green Cities Restoring Urban Waters
Wednesday, November 30 - Saturday, December 3
Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, opens its arms to CitiesAlive 2011 – the only conference in North America devoted to the green roof and wall industry. This year, CitiesAlive examines how green roofs and walls can contribute to Philadelphia's multi-billion dollar plans to utilize green infrastructure to revitalize its urban waters. Learn more and register. |
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