Doing Good
Meets: Mondays and Thursdays, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Dates: September 14 through December 21
Location: Temple University, Center City Campus, 1515 Market Street
Doing Good is a hands-on learning program held in a classroom setting that combines discussion-based and interactive activities. Over the course of 12 weeks, you will gain leadership and service skills and an entrepreneurial mindset while developing other essential real-world skills.
creative-centered career-connected learning
PHOTO GALLERY: This slideshow features highlights from the Fall 2024 Doing Good cohort, including images of the project pitches at the Doing Good Ideas Panel, Financial Literacy Workshop, project activities, and the Final Presentations of the Service Learning Projects at the Doing Good Graduation in December 2024. Photo Credits: Project 440 staff and Teaching Artists and Emily Hildenbrand, a WHYY Youth Correspondent.
DOING GOOD
leadership, Service, Entrepreneurial mindset
Participants in the Doing Good program first learn about budgeting, marketing, event planning, and more in a classroom setting. Then, students work as part of a team to apply these and other skills to create an arts-focused service project in their community!
Doing Good program overview:
Students explore the fundamentals of community-driven entrepreneurship, leadership and service
Students form teams, pitch their project ideas in front of a panel of industry experts at a “Shark Tank” style event, and design their own arts-focused service projects.
Each team receives funding of up to $500 and works to implement their project idea under the guidance of our teaching artists and mentors.
Each team presents the results of their project at the Doing Good graduation celebration, which is attended by family, friends, and members of the community.
Stipend: Students must meet attendance and participation requirements and complete assignments satisfactorily and on time to earn a stipend, which is paid at the end of the semester.
Doing Good students:
Learn new skills, including marketing, conflict resolution, budgeting, and project management
Strengthen their skills in interpersonal communication, teamwork, and public speaking
Gain practical experience through designing and implementing their projects
Have a heightened awareness of social responsibility and avenues for giving back
Participation is limited to 30 students per semester.
In this brief video, Project 440 students Souvanhny, Carlentz, and Brittany discuss what they learned in the Doing Good program and share how it has changed their lives.
PROGRAM LOCATION
1515 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
SEPTA's Broad Street and Market-Frankford Lines, as well as several buses (including the 4, 16, 17, 33, 38, and 48), stop within one block of the Temple University Center City campus.
SEPTA passes are provided for students who need them.
Visit the SEPTA website to view the complete list and schedule of buses, trains, and trolley stops, and find the best route for your needs.
Questions about traveling to and from Project 440 programs? Contact Marcus Bryant at mbryant@project440.org
Students who meet attendance and participation requirements earn a stipend of up to $825!
what our students say:
“I learned about collaboration, met a lot of people and asked a lot of questions.”
“I learned how to put ideas into action to serve the community.”
Thank you to the supporters of the Doing Good program
