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A GUIDE TO Community Resources 2019 Peek inside ARTS AND CULTURE ..... 4 CAREER .............................7 EDUCATION .....................10 HEALTHCARE ................. 13 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY RELATIONS Table of Contents 20/20 Scholarship Program Community Connections Media Arts ...........................................11 Each year, Temple University awards Adult Education ...........................11–12 up to 25 scholarships to ambitious, Welcome .............................................. 2 college-bound students from ZIP Community Relations ...................... 3 Healthcare codes 19121, 19122, 19132 and 19133 Outreach Programs .......................... 3 in North Philadelphia. Location Information.......................13 Arts and Culture Family Practice .................................13 SFS.TEMPLE.EDU Women and Infants .........................13 Temple Libraries ................................ 4 Oral Health .........................................14 Community Arts ................................ 4 Foot Care ............................................14 Performing Arts ............................ 4–5 Heart Health ......................................15 Athletics Additional Services .........................15 Events................................................... 6 Legal Services Facilities .............................................. 6 Legal Aid .............................................16 Career Tax Preparation .................................16 Workforce Job Training .........................................7 Safety and Security Hiring and Employment................... 8 Education and Temple Police Patrol Zone ............. 17 Small Business Development ........ 8 Important Numbers ......................... 17 Lifelong Learning Youth Employment ........................... 9 (WELL) Program Senior Citizens Education Temple’s Workforce Education and Senior Support Programs ..............18 Lifelong Learning (WELL) Program STEM Programs ................................10 helps adult learners earn their high After School .......................................10 Quick Reference school diplomas, develop career Student Financial Services ...........10 skills and transition into post- Youth Education ................................11 Frequently Asked Questions .........19 secondary education. Music Instruction ..............................11 Frequently Called Numbers ..........19 For more information on Temple’s WELL Program, call 215-204-2560. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Dear neighbor: Community Relations Pan-African Studies Community Education Program (PASCEP) In my 43-year career at Temple University, I have seen how By supporting volunteerism and partnering with much our campus and our neighborhood are intertwined—in leading community organizations, Temple’s Office PASCEP offers low-cost, noncredit, continuing education classes, including GED preparation our classrooms, in our medical facilities, or simply in fun of Community Relations is a gateway to the many and professional development programs. events along Broad Street. resources the university offers to its neighbors. Located on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the heart Read more on page 12. As the largest university in the city, we want to be this of North Philadelphia, the office manages Call 215-204-1993 or visit temple.edu/pascep. community’s most valued resource for education and community engagement. employment opportunities and partnerships. Already, long- Call 215-204-7913 Is your organization interested in time North Philadelphia residents are among our longest- collaborating with Temple? serving professionals or our highest-achieving students, Non-Temple-affiliated groups that wish to including our very first Rhodes Scholar, Hazim Hardeman. Outreach Programs collaborate with the university on projects that benefit North Philadelphia can contact the Office Specifics on our huge array of community resources are Center for Community Partnerships of Community Relations. The Center for Community Partnerships provided in this guide for your easy access. With this guide- Call 215-204-7409 or email [email protected]. book, we would like to emphasize our strong commitment to collaborates with government and social service the following. organizations to provide community programs that focus on workforce and career development, 1. You are welcome at Temple! This campus is your campus. youth development, and economic development. Workforce initiatives organized by the center can 2. We have opportunities for nearly everyone in the area, be found in the career section of this guide on including many no-cost and low-cost options. pages 7–9. Call 215-204-1176 or email I invite you all to explore Temple; visit our Workforce [email protected]. Connections Hub; take a course; visit our libraries; leverage our health and security resources; run or walk on our tracks; enjoy our arts and cultural events and cheer our Temple Owls at the Liacouras Center, McGonigle Hall or at our new athletic fields near Broad and Girard. Thank you for being such wonderful neighbors. I look forward to seeing you soon. Sincerely, Richard M. Englert President Temple University Temple organized a one-day street festival open to the community during Philly Free Streets. The agenda was packed with health, fitness, art, music and community programming to inspire the city to get up, move and create together. 2 Community Connections Community Connections 3 ARTS AND CULTURE ARTS AND CULTURE Each year, Temple presents hundreds of The North Philadelphia Youth Liacouras Center world-class performances and exhibits Advisory Council The largest indoor, public venue north of City Hall, and supports many community-oriented Students who are interested in the arts are the Liacouras Center is a full entertainment arena arts organizations. selected at the recommendations of counselors, featuring concerts, family shows, Temple men’s teachers and principals at schools around and women’s basketball games, and more. The libraries include special collections North Philadelphia to participate in the council, Call 215-204-2400 or visit liacourascenter.com. documenting the African American which creates public arts programs. The program experience and North Philadelphia history. is affiliated with the Tyler School of Art. Temple Performing Arts Center (TPAC) Contact the Youth Advisory Council at This northern anchor of the city’s Avenue of Temple Libraries [email protected]. the Arts provides year-round opportunities to experience an array of cultural and artistic Singing Owls Campus Charles L. Blockson Afro-American offerings. In addition to presenting its own Community Choir Collection season of performances, TPAC hosts numerous Community members are welcome to join the university and community events. The venue This special collection includes more than 500,000 Singing Owls without an audition. Singers learn can also be booked for private or public events books and artifacts documenting more than 400 and develop skills including breathing, diction, and engagements. years of the African and the African American Meet Diane Turner, pitch, posture and rhythm. Members pay a per- Call 215-204-9860 or visit experience. Located at 1330 Polett Walk, the curator of the Blockson Collection. semester fee of $25. templeperformingartscenter.org. collection is open to the public Monday through Diane Turner helps collect and preserve the Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact Leslie Cochran at [email protected]. Temple Theaters Blockson Collection, which was donated Call 215-204-6632. to the university by Philadelphia-based Temple Theaters offers matinée performances historian Charles L. Blockson in 1984. Performing Arts for schoolchildren and dynamic evening Samuel L. Paley Library An accomplished historian, Turner is the performances for local theatergoers. Centrally located on Main Campus, this building Boyer College of Music and Dance author of the children’s book My Name is For information about specific showtimes, visit holds the majority of the libraries’ book and Oney Judge, which tells the story of a young Boyer presents a wide variety of music and dance tfma.temple.edu. Tickets are $25 (general journal collections in most subject areas. Visitors African American woman who was enslaved performances, concerts, recitals, master classes admission) and $20 for seniors, students and have access with a valid state ID. by President George Washington. and lectures each year. All events are open to the Temple University employees with OWLcards. Reference Desk: 215-204-8212 public. Unless otherwise noted, events are free. Call 215-204-1122 or email [email protected]. Circulation Desk: 215-204-0744 Email [email protected]. Urban Archives Conwell Dance Theater Available online, this collection of digitized Nearly every week, Temple dance students and resources includes Civil Rights in a Northern City: faculty offer free or low-cost performances to the Philadelphia, a detailed history of the modern community. The theater also brings in various civil rights movement in Philadelphia. professional artists for residencies, performances Visit library.temple.edu or email and master classes each season. [email protected]. Call 215-204-8301 or email [email protected]. Diamond Screen Festival Located on the first Community Arts floor of Sullivan The annual Diamond Screen Film and Media Hall just through Night Owls Campus/Community Band Arts Festival showcases the most creative