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Jun 24

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If 60 donors give in the month of June, SP2 will unlock an additional $20,000 to support students and faculty as they work for social good! A gift of any size will fuel our capacity to prepare our students to become leaders in the field of social policy and practice.

Invest in SP2 and make a gift to our Annual Fund at the link in bio today.

If 60 donors give in the month of June, SP2 will unlock an additional $20,000 to support students and faculty as they work for social good! A gift of any size will fuel our capacity to prepare our students to become leaders in the field of social policy and practice.

Invest in SP2 and make a gift to our Annual Fund at the link in bio today. ...

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Jun 17

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We are excited to announce Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing as our sixth annual One Book, One SP2 choice!

A memoir by @BenJealous, a civil rights activist and professor of practice at SP2 and @AnnenbergPenn, the book examines his long career as an activist and organizer and his experience growing up the son of a white father and a Black mother. Jealous discusses the lessons he drew from his mother, Ann Todd Jealous, and his grandmother, SP2 alumna Mamie Todd, about the racism they experienced in their lifetimes. Using several parables, he offers us hope for healing our deepest wounds and overcoming divisions.

#PennSP2 will hold a series of events, including small group discussions this fall during New Student Orientation, in order to facilitate dialogue across the School.

[Image 1: Stack of books titled “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing” by Ben Jealous on a table, with the cover of one book facing forward, prominently displayed.]
[Image 2: Ben Jealous smiling while speaking into a microphone at a book talk in Kelly Writers House.]
[Image 3: Ben Jealous and Camille Z. Charles are smiling for the camera while standing in Kelly Writers House in front of a window, with Ben holding his book titled “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free.”]

We are excited to announce Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing as our sixth annual One Book, One SP2 choice!

A memoir by @BenJealous, a civil rights activist and professor of practice at SP2 and @AnnenbergPenn, the book examines his long career as an activist and organizer and his experience growing up the son of a white father and a Black mother. Jealous discusses the lessons he drew from his mother, Ann Todd Jealous, and his grandmother, SP2 alumna Mamie Todd, about the racism they experienced in their lifetimes. Using several parables, he offers us hope for healing our deepest wounds and overcoming divisions.

#PennSP2 will hold a series of events, including small group discussions this fall during New Student Orientation, in order to facilitate dialogue across the School.

[Image 1: Stack of books titled “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing” by Ben Jealous on a table, with the cover of one book facing forward, prominently displayed.]
[Image 2: Ben Jealous smiling while speaking into a microphone at a book talk in Kelly Writers House.]
[Image 3: Ben Jealous and Camille Z. Charles are smiling for the camera while standing in Kelly Writers House in front of a window, with Ben holding his book titled “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free.”] ...

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Jun 12

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Themes of health, gender equity, hard work, and discipline have been at the core of Dr. Jennifer Prah’s work — not only in her career as an academic, but also during her years as an accomplished tennis player, for which she was honored recently as a 2024 inductee to the St. Louis Tennis Hall of Fame.

“I really believe that my tennis and my tennis career have helped me develop traits that have served me well as an academic,” says Dr. Prah, the Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics, and Policy at #PennSP2, who grew up and played tennis in St. Louis, Missouri.

Read more at the link in bio 🎾

[Image Description: A collage of three photos: A faculty headshot of Jennifer Prah, a vintage photo of her playing tennis, and a childhood photo of her standing in front of a bulletin board that says "tennis."] ...