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.
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 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.
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.
