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Our thanks goes to all our full- and part-time staff for their excellent work with the Center for Social Impact Strategy. Our team is small, and every person on the team makes their own contribution to our culture and values. These folks have supported our programs and learners, and made our work so much more special and valuable.

The Center for Social Impact Strategy is pleased to share recordings of our summer series of Virtual Gatherings, information about our new Youth Program, and opportunities to apply to our Executive Programs.

The 2021 cohort of the Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy finished eight months of intensive learning, application, and community-building. The CSIS Team hosted a Program Closing event to celebrate and acknowledge these students' hard work, determination, and dedication to advancing the public good. Then, 200+ recent and longstanding alumni of our executive and residential programs gathered virtually to connect and re-energize as we head into the fall.

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The University of Pennsylvania's Master's Program in Nonprofit Leadership, and the Center for Social Impact Strategy, are proud to sponsor Philanthropitch Austin and Philadelphia this year!

On May 26, 2021, The Center for Social Impact Strategy (CSIS) hosted the first session of our summer workshop series, Navigating Rest and Reentry in Times of Transition (slides here). Led by CSIS Program Manager, Anna Dausman, the session created a space for over 100 participants to reflect on what went well in the last year, what was difficult, and what habits and actions can support the process of reentry during times of transition — whether now or in the future. 

CSIS has been fortunate to work closely with Dr. Allison Russell as our post doctoral fellow. As Allison transitions from her work at CSIS, I checked in to hear more about what she worked on during her time at the Center, what comes next, and what words of encouragement the CSIS Team could provide as Allison embarks on her next adventure!

From an arts festival in Edinburgh preparing co-commissioned public artwork, to a community of creative freelancers and wellbeing practitioners in Eastleigh exploring trauma-informed methods of peer support, Fellows will work with Derby Museums, NAS, faculty partners, mentors and each other to examine opportunities for strengthening partnerships and strategies, forging deeper relationships with their local communities, and elevating their programmes’ impact.

CSIS has been fortunate to work closely with Dr. Allison Russell as our post doctoral fellow. As Allison transitions from her work at CSIS, I checked in to hear more about what she worked on during her time at the Center, what comes next, and what words of encouragement the CSIS Team could provide as Allison embarks on her next adventure!