OTHER PENN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS
The first step to getting involved is to visit Civic House at 3914 Locust Walk
Need directions to Civic House, click here.
Center for Community Partnerships
Suite 519, Mellon Building
133 South 36th Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-3246
(215)898-5351 (Main number)
(215)573-2799 (Fax)
weeks@pobox.upenn.edu
The Center for Community Partnerships is a permanent anchor for university-based research, teaching and service in Philadelphia, particularly in West Philadelphia. TheCenter fosters cooperative community service activities across campus to benefit the city and the University.
Community Service Directory
Chronicling hundreds of programs undertaken by University of Pennsylvania faculty, staff, and students, the Community Service Directory is the result of an extensive inventory conducted by the Center for Community Partnerships and Civic House.
Fox Leadership Programs
Leadership Hall
3814 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6197
Foxleader@sas.upenn.edu
Founded in 1999 through the generosity and vision of Penn Alumnus Robert A. Fox (C '52), the mission of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program is to enrich the 21st century Penn undergraduate educational experience in ways that excite and equip students for present and future leadership roles in whatever realms of human excellence and endeavor may call them.
Off Campus Living
4046 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-8500
Fax: (215) 573-2173
Greenfield Intercultural Center
3708 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6188
Phone: (215) 898-3357
Fax: (215) 573-2597
gic@dolphin.upenn.edu
The Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC) at the University Pennsylvania was established in 1984 to serve the needs of Penn's student of color communities and to promote understanding and interaction between students of all backgrounds at Penn.
LGBT Center
3907 Spruce Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6225
(215)898-5044 (Phone)
(215)898-8888 (Events Line)
(215)573-5751 (Fax)
center@dolphin.upenn.edu
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at PENN, one of the oldest and most active programs of its kind in the country, supports PENN lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, staff, alumni, and faculty and increases the general PENN community’s understanding and acceptance of its sexual and gender minority members. Established in 1982, the Center provides a variety of services throughout the year for and concerning PENN's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Tzedek Hillel
Tzedek Hillel at Penn aims to actualize in our community the Jewish commitment to service and justice. We infuse this Jewish perspective into the social, educational, and religious activity of Penn's Jewish community by building partnerships, advocating for change, and engaging in a broad range of service initiatives
United Minorities Council
The United Minorities Council (UMC) at the University of Pennsylvania is an undergraduate student council of some of Penn's Caribbean/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American organizations. Member organizations of the UMC work both individually and collectively to enhance the academic and social experience of students at the University.
umc@dolphin.upenn.edu
Umoja
The purpose of UMOJA is to unite students and student groups of the African Diaspora through effective collaboration, increased political representation and the dissemination of information. (These specific goals will be achieve through the maintenance of the UMOJA Calendar and regularly scheduled and attended General Body Meetings).
Undergraduate Assembly (UA)
3930 Irvine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-8908
ua@dolphin.upenn.edu
The Undergraduate Assembly (UA) is a group of thirty-three elected students who represent undergraduates in affairs that they deem are of "general University interest." The UA represents these student interests to the administration, works to implement programs that will benefit students, plans social events, collaborates with other branches of student government to influence University policy and distributes nearly $1 million in funds to other organizations.
Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs (OFSA)
High Rise North, rm. 108
3901 Locust Walk
Phone: (215) 898-5263
Fax: (215) 573-0246
ofsa@pobox.upenn.edu
The mission of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania is to provide a holistic approach for the development of the fraternity/sorority member which extends beyond other University Life areas. The Greek system creates smaller communities within the larger University environment. It provides a bond of friendship which extends into a lifelong experience. The rituals which guide each organization are based on values and ethics which foster the highest ideals and behavior.
