Each year, we see the outpouring of kindness and generosity from Penn’s faculty and staff in supporting the many worthy causes represented by the Penn’s Way campaign. Our partner organizations (The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia Alliance for Change, and Penn Medicine) work closely with us to ensure that the Penn community’s contributions are used to address needs across our region.

This year is a time of unprecedented hardship at every level: families, nonprofits, local businesses are struggling to stay afloat. Community organizations and foundations, are being called upon to help people who have lost their jobs, health care, homes, etc., and the charitable organizations that used to assist people, are themselves struggling. The Penn community has demonstrated year after year that we can, and will, rise to meet the challenge. 

The theme for this year’s campaign is “Caring for Our Community.” We encourage the Penn community to bring home the message of caring, in this very challenging year, by contributing to organizations that support the three “Pillars of Need” identified by the Penn’s Way Campaign:  

• Health Care Disparity
• Food Insecurity
• Social Justice

This week we are highlighting organizations that focus on Social Justice:

If you have an organization within the campaign that you would like to support, whatever their mission, you can be sure that they need your contribution this year more than ever. Login at www.pennsway.upenn.edu to care for your community.