Office of Community Affairs and Engagement

Public Health Beyond Borders at Temple provides students hands-on experience creating and implementing global health projects in collaboration with international organizations.

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Jumpstart in the College of Education and Human Development is celebrating 20 years at Temple. The national early childhood program supports preschoolers in underserved communities.

Photo by Joseph V. Labolito

Sharese Shedrick, FOX '02, is the former president of the Temple University Black Alumni Alliance.

Photo by Matt Petrillo

Temple University’s free, five-part cybersecurity clinic for community residents is presented in collaboration with Jonathan Latko, executive director of information technology services at Temple; Sean Micthell, a technical support specialist who leads Temple’s Digital Equity Center; Alex Wermer-Colan, director of Philly Community Wireless; Antonio Romero, director of Temple’s Community Gateway; Heather Lewis-Weber, director of community engagement in the College of Liberal Arts; Tim Horras, supervisor; and Natalie Walker, digital resource specialist of Lillian Marrero Branch Library.

Photo by Joseph V. Labolito

Temple University President Richard Englert provides welcoming remarks during the Technology Learning Collaborative’s annual conference.

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Temple University’s Lenfest Center for Community and Workforce Partnerships seeks to improve workforce development and community health and wellness. Tiffany Lovett, a former student in Temple’s first community health worker training cohort, recently connected community members to a breast cancer awareness event on Oct. 1.

Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg

Students stroll across the scenic Temple University campus this fall.

Photo by Joseph V. Labolito

Community residents participate in a career seeker class held at the Digital Equity Center located in the Opportunities Workforce Leadership Hub.

Photo by Joseph Labolito

Members of the Black Student Union collected school supplies and distributed the essential items in the fall of 2023. This year, the students are working with faculty in two colleges and the staff of the Community Gateway to expand the collection effort to assist Philadelphia schoolchildren.

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StoryCorps' mobile recording studio is parked on North Broad Street to collect memories of Black joy on the Temple campus this fall.

Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg

Tyler architecture students designed and built structures to inspire stalls that will be built at the Southeast Asian Market in FDR Park as part of a two-part elective studio over spring and summer 2024.

Photo by Joseph V. Labolito

During Eric Kiewlak’s run to raise awareness for human trafficking he helped raise more than $110,000 for the nonprofit Sisters Rising Worldwide.

Photo by Courtesy of Eric Kiewlak

The 17th annual Neighborhood Job Fair and Resource Village was open to the public and sponsored by Temple University’s Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a full-service junk removal company, hired six people at Temple’s job fair on Friday, June 7.

Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg

Temple University’s Office of Community Affairs and Engagement is a gateway to community engagement and the many resources Temple offers through volunteerism, hosting and partnering with community organizations and providing direct services to neighbors in Philadelphia.

Photo by Joseph V. Labolito

Pictured from left to right at Temple University’s first annual Reentry Job Fair and Resource Village include Desmond Mckinson, legislative aide at the Office of Senator Sharif Street; Michael Robinson, director of Temple University’s Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative; Patrick Jackson Keough, program director of Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity; Rep. Darisha Parker (District 198 Philadelphia); and Jeffrey Abramowitz, president and CEO of the Petey Greene Program.

Photo by Courtesy of Michael Robinson