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The Economic Justice Partnership focuses on creating an equal financial playing field
brian peterson and team for projects for progress

The Economic Justice Project was created by (left to right) recent Wharton grad Solomon Thomas, Makuu Director Brian Peterson, and Wharton fourth-year Khushi Shelat.

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The Economic Justice Partnership focuses on creating an equal financial playing field

From the basics of setting up an investment account to giving a play-by-play on how interest accrues, the partnership—a Projects for Progress winner—hosts financial literacy workshops with middle and high school students around Philadelphia, as well as Penn and other college students.

Kristen de Groot

Holiday giving at Penn
Isabel Sampson-Mapp sits on a table piled with colorful knitwear

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.

Kristina Linnea García

A ‘supercharge’ to address social justice issues in Philadelphia
university lutheran church

At the University Lutheran Church, a mobile clinic launched with P4P support in 2021 offers patients access to medical consultations, vaccines, blood pressure screenings, and follow-up care, all for free and without an appointment.

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A ‘supercharge’ to address social justice issues in Philadelphia

Entering its fourth year, Projects for Progress provides funding to interdisciplinary teams of faculty, staff, and students piloting initiatives that tackle educational inequities, environmental injustices, health disparities, and more.

Lauren Hertzler

Giving Tuesday
Volunteers organizing at a food drive

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.

(Image: Joel Muniz on Unsplash)

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.

Kristina Linnea García

From high school to the hospital
High school students in a classroom in Penn Med’s summer program.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine

From high school to the hospital

An immersive program at the Perelman School of Medicine gives high school students a sneak peek at a potential future in the medical field.

From Penn Medicine News

Thanksgiving meal program provides food, family, friends, and fun
People pose on a couch after Thanksgiving dinner.

Filip Manjevic, a second-year economics major from Helsingborg, Sweden, (left) poses with other attendees at the Thanksgiving gathering held by Arvind Bhusnurmath (fourth from left), a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science.

(Image: Courtesy of Filip Manjevic and Arvind Bhusnurmath)

Thanksgiving meal program provides food, family, friends, and fun

Penn’s Assembly of International Students is matching international undergrads and graduate students with a faculty or staff partner who invites them to a Thanksgiving meal.

Kristen de Groot