Community Engagement
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Temple community gathers uniforms, supplies and backpacks in two efforts to support Philadelphia schoolchildren.
August 7, 2024
![StoryCorps' mobile recording studio is collecting memories at Temple](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_top_3_thumbnail/public/thumbnail_20240805_storycorps_004.jpg?itok=BPa2BaSU)
StoryCorps’ renowned mobile studio will record on campus Aug. 8 through Sept. 6.
August 6, 2024
![Architecture students and faculty working on designs for the Southeast Asian Market](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_top_3_thumbnail/public/20240416_asian_market_044-web_res_jpeg_150_dpi.jpg?itok=9fu4Pfxo)
The design prototypes will inspirate vendor stalls built at the market.
July 25, 2024
![Image of Eric Kiewlak running at Central Park in New York City.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_bottom_thumbnails/public/temple-alum-run-for-awarness_3.jpg?itok=chAgR6R3)
Eric Kiewlak, a Temple alum helps his best friend make history in a 3,100-mile journey across the country in an effort to raise awareness about human trafficking.
![Image of job seekers at Temple University Aramark STAR Complex.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_bottom_thumbnails/public/20240607_neighborhoodjobfair_023-web_res_jpeg_150_dpi.jpg?itok=3f2YlJCH)
Temple's job fair has grown to become Philadelphia’s largest annual employment fair.
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Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School students visit Charles Library during the closing ceremony of their internship at Temple.
![A crowd of participants at a reentry job fair at Temple University.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_bottom_thumbnails/public/job_reentry_fair_new_.jpg?itok=R1txJOCZ)
Temple provided a space for formerly incarcerated people to seek employment at its reentry job fair.
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Learn about Temple’s new Community Gateway which offers a one-stop hub of free resources and services for residents in Philadelphia.
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Temple’s annual science fair offers Philadelphia school students the chance to gain learning experiences through scientific inquiry and discovery.
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appointed Temple faculty member Quaiser D. Abdullah as leader of Muslim Engagement in a historic action.
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Eric Cortes, KLN ’07, and Michael Robinson share an initiative that promotes banned books by Black authors in several states.
![Image of Makerspace room in Temple University’s studio.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_bottom_thumbnails/public/20240203_saturdaycollege_014-web_res_jpeg_150_dpi.jpg?itok=stNUH03r)
Temple launches a Saturday College program that teaches students from Philadelphia middle schools how to prepare for college.
![Image of filming Stacey Harpster, a Temple professor for a documentary.](https://news.temple.edu/sites/news/files/styles/news_section_bottom_thumbnails/public/beyond-the-statistics-doc-photo-1_0.jpg?itok=ykMLsgXI)
In a Bridges 2030 film, producer Fernando Ramirez amplifies the voices of forcibly displaced people from Ukraine to safety in Philadelphia.