Students enjoyed soul food after the Kwanzaa ceremony.
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Kwanzaa at Penn
Kwanzaa, a cultural holiday celebrating the cultures of Africa and the African diaspora, was celebrated at Penn with a ceremony and feast, offering sustenance and support for students.
From left to right: Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr.
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The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award
Andy Tan, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their work in the West Philadelphia community.
During the holiday season, about three times as many parcels are shipped per day. For delivery workers, it’s a grueling marathon that goes on through mid-January.
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The advent of e-commerce
In a Q&A, sociologist Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences talks transport, last-mile delivery, and the “incredible amounts of physical effort” required to get the holiday packages to America’s front doors.
Around the holidays, “Penn folks, they really, stretch out, from giving gifts to feeding people,” says Isabel Sampson-Mapp of the Netter Center, who runs annual drives for food and clothing. “We have amazing volunteers. There’s no way I could do it without help.”
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Holiday giving at Penn
From shoes and coats to Hot Wheels and Paw Patrol, the Netter Center’s Isabel Sampson-Mapp coordinates holiday giving.
Giving Tuesday, now just 11 years old, was originally conceived in response to Black Friday as a tonic to consumerism, says Katherina “Kat” Rosqueta, founding executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the School of Social Policy & Practice.
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Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday, now just 11 years old, was originally conceived in response to Black Friday as a tonic to consumerism. Katherina “Kat” Rosqueta of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy discusses how the day is an opportunity to think about others.
Landon Le (center) talks with President Liz Magill. For Le, a transfer student fromWorcester, Massachusetts, coming to Penn was a lifelong dream. Joining the Massachusetts National Guard was a way to serve the country and go to college, he said.
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Serving service members
There are more than 18 million veterans and an additional 1.6 million service members in the United States. Around 297 of them are students at Penn. In a Nov. 9 event, the University honored these students with an event coordinated by the Veteran and Military Affiliated Students program.
