OTHER PENN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS  

The first step to getting involved is to visit Civic House at 3914 Locust Walk, and to further explore our website.  Listed below are a number of other Penn offices and organizations that also offer opportunities for civic engagement.

Netter 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 Netter Center for Community Partnerships is a permanent anchor for university-based research, teaching and service in Philadelphia, particularly in West Philadelphia. The Center fosters cooperative community service activities across campus to benefit the city and the University. 

Fox Leadership Program

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.

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.

Undergraduate Assembly (UA)

200 Houston Hall
3417 Spruce Street
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 over $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.

College Houses and Academic Services (CHAS) 

College Houses at Penn are eleven unique undergraduate residences - hubs of intellectual, social, and recreational activity. They stand at the center of the Penn undergraduate experience, bringing together undergraduates, faculty, staff and graduate students to form shared communities within the larger context of Penn's vibrant campus. 

Office of the Chaplain

The Office of the Chaplain sponsors, supports and encourages religious activities and reflection on faith and concerns of the spiritual dimensions of life. These concerns include the relationship between personal faith and social issues.