Events Roundup: Spruce Foundation Partner Showcase, Rough Cuts Philly, Power of the Plan and More

Spruce Foundation: 2014 Partner Showcase

Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street on January 8th at 7:00pm-9:00pm Meet the Spruce Foundation’s 2014 partners: iPraxis, Asian Arts Initiative, The Attic Youth Center, and Girls on the Run. Learn about the Spruce Foundation and their partners as well as find out how you get involved in fostering change for Philly’s youth through volunteering and meaningful engagement.

The Power of the Plan Celebration

2401 Walnut Street, 8th Floor on January 8th at 5:30pm-8:30pm This night of networking and pop-up storytelling will focus on how plans for our neighborhoods become reality and is hosted by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. They’ll also recognize the newest graduating class from the Citizens Planning Institute and hand out the Philadelphia2035 Progress Report/ 2014 Calendar.

Rough Cuts Philly: Filmmaker FEAST

Impact HUB Philly, 1227 N. 4th Street on January, 8th at 7pm-10pm Roughcuts, a community for visual storymakers grown out of the Philly doGooder Hackathon, is hosting their kickoff potluck which will give 4 community members the opportunity to share their current works and receive advice and recommendations from fellow community members.   Nonprofit Professionals Summit 2014 XFinity Live!, 1100 Pattison Ave. on January 9th at 12pm-6pm The first Nonprofit Professionals Summit, organized by Work Better Consulting, will be a half-day event for nonprofit staffers and leaders to gather, network, and attend sessions on how to engage donors and how nonprofits can establish themselves as experts in their fields. In addition, attendees will work in small groups with experts in accounting, legal and public relations fields. Generocity is the fiscal sponsor for this event.

The Academy of Natural Sciences: Sustainability: A Gubernatorial Forum

Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Monday, January 13, at 6:30 p.m Meet the Keystone State’s 2014 gubernatorial candidates in this forum focusing on important sustainability issues throughout Pennsylvania and is your chance to get to know your candidates. Can’t make it? The forum will be recorded and available online afterwards.

Building Relationships with One Another/Maximizing the impact on a Global Youth Service Day Project at Impact Hub

Impact Hub, 1227 N. 4th Street on January 15th, 6pm – 8:30pm  Rashaun Williams is forming a coalition of educators, activists, socialpreneurs, and others at Impact Hub as a way to foster collaboration around strategies that improve the local Philadelphia community. One of the main focuses will be on maximizing the impact of a Global Youth Service Day project to take place in April of 2014.