Bienvenidx A Gringolandia 2021

B II E EN NV VE EN N II D DX XS S A A B GR R II N NG GO O LL A AN ND D II A A G a zine for Latinx & Indigenous graduate students @ THe university of Pennsylvania

Contents 03ᐧᐧᐧ Editor's Note & Land Acknowledgement 04ᐧᐧᐧ Crisis Mismanagement at Penn 05 ᐧᐧᐧ Deconstructing Latinidad 07ᐧᐧᐧ A Non-Exhaustive History of Latinx & Indigenous Peoples in what is known as "Philadelphia" 12ᐧᐧᐧ A Timeline of Latinx & Indigenous Peoples at the University of Pennsylvania 17ᐧᐧᐧ Getting involved in the Community 18ᐧᐧᐧ Where to Eat 19ᐧᐧᐧ Where to Go & What to Do 20ᐧᐧᐧ Resources 31ᐧᐧᐧ For more reading & References

Letter from the Editors

This zine was created for Latinx and Indigenous graduate students both prospective and current - to understand the institution they will/do attend, and extends upon the labor done by undergraduates in other Penn disorientation guides. We made this guide to support students in transitioning to Penn and the city of Philadelphia, to help connect students to what resources and groups are available to them, and to share how we can get involved in the Penn community and beyond. This guide was created by Ecuadorian and Chicanx students, and while we recognize our indigenous histories and ancestry, we also want to make clear that we do not identify as Indigenous nor can we speak to those experiences. Latinx and Indigenous histories are closely intertwined, and we want to honor that in addressing our communities in shared coalition. We will also note that we use the words Latino/a/x and Latinidad in the absence of more inclusive shared language to describe the various nations, languages, and cultures that make up our community. As much as we ask readers to critique Penn, we also invite readers to critique us and this zine, to continue to expand our collective wisdom, and to remain curious in the quest for understanding our collective histories, presents, and futures. .

Land ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Crisis (Mis)management at Penn Before getting into it, we would like to take a moment to acknowledge that March 2020 saw the beginning of a global crisis, where many have lost their lives and others had their lives completely upended. Unfortunately, Penn’s response was mostly unhelpful, extremely dismissive, and very much lacked transparency. Many students were left scrambling with little financial, academic or emotional support from the university for MONTHS. For graduate students who relied on their employment as Graduate Associates with Penn’s college houses, their housing was unstable and there was initially no guarantee that they would be able to return to their rooms. Many students experienced housing, food and financial insecurity, but their calls for help fell on deaf ears at the University. Because this last year was a very real example of how Penn handles crises, we thought it would be imperative to critically address the resources that are available (or unavailable) to Penn graduate students at the University. For example, Penn offers resources for first generation and low income students (FGLI) and Family Leave, however these resources are limited, and/or not available for graduate students. That is not to say graduate students do not have access to resources - just this past year, graduate and undergraduate students developed mutual aid efforts to support each other in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis that were shared when many students were displaced from campus. These efforts demonstrated that some of the best support you may find at Penn is within the student community, as well as the power of mutual aid within our own communities. If you are interested in comprehensive mutual aid resources you can find them by clicking on the Mutual Aid and Resource Directory Below.

FGLI Graduate Students The University of Pennsylvania offers many supports for student who identify as “first-generation, lowincome”, often pronounced “figly”, however it has been many student’s experience, that FGLI resources are limited and are often extended primarily to undergraduate students. While it is often assumed graduate or professional students arrive to Penn with some years of professional work under their belt, many students continue their education immediately after their undergraduate programs. For the latter, students who identify as FGLI often face struggles that their peers may not comprehend, and unfortunately support are limited. The Penn FGLI page offers a wide variety of assistance for FGLI students, However, given the limitations we will include accessible resources for graduate students, below. .

We have created a section reviewing all kinds of resources (both on and off campus) in this zine that we hope will support students, a majority of whom are STILL suffering through the pandemic with little or any support from Penn. We also invite students in need to utilize a comprehensive guide to mutual aid and *actual* resources from Philly We Rise: Mutual Aid and Resource Directory

Although Latinidad has been imposed as an all-inclusive cultural identity, Latinidad has proven to be a term beneficial to a select few, but not all - one that centers whiteness and white supremacy. The idea of Latinidad in many ways maintains the privilege that white and mestizo Latinxs have over Black and Indigenous peoples, and originates from the degradation and enslavement of black and Indigenous people inherent to the colonialist caste system.

The construction of Latinidad can be traced back to the early 1500s when Spanish conquistadores began their brutal colonization of Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, and declared the dominion of white Spanish culture.

The effects of this caste system continue to be perpetuated, and mirror that of anti-black white supremacy in the United States. Latinidad in many ways erases those who are Afro-Latino and indigenous, and centers on a common European heritage and one's closeness to whiteness. We must question who benefits from this construct and who is excluded, and caution the use of one term to define all the many cultures that Latinidad supposedly encompasses.

While we are united in similar struggles, a single narrative of Latinidad creates a dangerous monolith of the entire continent of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean - one that has been built and wielded against us. Penn in particular tokenizes us, groups us, and ignores us with little regard to the depth and difference in experience we each bring to this university. We can critique the use of broad stroke terms meant to project stereotypes, while still honoring the shared solidarity between our cultures and identities. In fact, our building of such intergroup coalitions may be a necessity in our shared liberation.

We would also like to acknowledge this is just one short critique on Latinidad. Below we have included various folx in the community who have taken upon themselves to further the conversation around Latinidad that you can click and be redirected to their videos. We invite people to explore others' perspectives so as to come to their own understanding of what Latinidad means to you.

A non-exhaustive history of INDIGENOUS & LATINX peoples on this land

The story of the Indigenous peoples of Philadelphia begins in the long-ago time with the emergence of Turtle and the earth that formed on its back. From this first earth, the first tree grew and so too did the first sprouts. These sprouts grew and grew and became First Man and First Woman and so the People first came to be - Adapted from the first written emergence story of the Lenape 1679, as told by Lenape elder Tantaque

Prior to the first waves of colonization, the major Pennsylvanian Indian tribes were the Lenni-Lenape, Susquehannock, Shawnee, and Iroquois. Lenape Indians occupied the Philadelphia area almost 10,000 years before European colonizers came to the region. Those settlers renamed the tribe calling them the Delaware Indians, because they had trouble pronouncing Lenape.

Before being forced off their land, the Lenape had inhabited the region that includes New Jersey, along the Delaware River in PA, the Hudson Valley and New York Harbor.

The Lenni-Lenape lived on the land that would eventually be taken and named the city of Philadelphia. They were hunters, fisher people, and cultivated the area around Philadelphia along the banks of what are now called the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. The area was green and filled with rolling hills, verdant trees, wetlands, and a vibrant ecological system.

In 1682, William Penn arrived in the area to “claim the lands guaranteed” to him by the King of England, Charles II. Tamanend, Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation met with Penn, and the Lenape agreed to sign the Shackamaxon agreement, that bought out their lands but allowed them to retain certain villages and locations.

After William Penn died in the early 1700s, his son Thomas Penn had no intention of holding to his father’s agreement and tricked the Lenape into a new agreement called the Walking Purchase of 1737, a devious plan by Penn to get the Lenape to “sell off” almost a million acres of their land.

The tribe moved west in what became known as the Delaware Westward Trek. It is estimated that 985 Lenape survived the trip to "Indian Territory” in Oklahoma, reduced from the estimated 15,000-20,000 Lenape who lived on the East Coast before white colonizers arrived. Over a period of 250 years, many more were moved from their land, with some taking refuge with other tribes and others remaining in the homelands and continue to live here today.

After the brutal removal of the Lenni-Lenape from their land, colonizers revered the history of Tamenend calling him “King Tammany" and the “Patron Saint of America”, organizing societies and festivals in his name. His bronze statue stands at the corner of Front and Market Street, with the belt held in the eagle's talons signifying the friendship treaty agreed upon between Penn, Tamenend, and the Lenape.

There is no reference to the violence that Thomas Penn and the colonizers inflicted only 35 years later. This capitalization on the Lenni-Lenape's benevolence to perpetuate a “peaceful” narrative does not erase the repugnant brutalization and forced removal by these colonizers in the first place.

As of the 2010 census, 13,000 residents of the city of Philadelphia identified as Native American. Today, Lenape descendants, along with those of Cherokee, Navajo, Cree, Seminole and Creek tribes as well as others call Philadelphia home. Many place names in Pennsylvania are derived from the Lenape language such as Manyunk, Conshohocken, and Neshaminy.

Learn more about the Lenape nation in PA

The Beginning: Southwark Philadelphia A Latinx presence in Philadelphia found its roots in the Southwark community - the region that became Philadelphia's first Latinx enclave - at the beginning of the twentieth century. Southwark is currently located south of Center City and near the Delaware River, housed between Lobard Street, S 5th Street, Washington Ave, and S Christopher Columbus Boulevard. At the time the western portion of Southwark, the basis for W. E. B. Du Bois's study, The Philadelphia Negro (1899), was also home to many African American residents.

Shifting demographics: Southwark Becomes Radically Pan-Latino During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Southwark’s Latinx population consisted of Cubans, Mexians, and Puerto Ricans. The growth of sugar and tobacco trades between Philadelphia and the Caribbean encouraged emigration from Cuba and Puerto Rico. In addition to the Caribbean trade, expansion of companies like the Bethlehem Steel Mills and railroads attracted Spanishspeaking workers who were predominantly Mexican.

Carribean migrants to Philadelphia hailed from Cuba and Puerto Rico. Some were cigar makers who were often political activists and founded some of the earliest Spanish-speaking mutual aid societies. Cuban and Puerto Rican cigar makers played a pivotal role in the worker’s movement and Carribean liberation movements of the late 19th century. For example, in 1877 they established the first Spanish-speaking union in Philadelphia and founded el Partido Revolucionario Cubano / Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC) in Philadelphia.

Through these efforts Latinx immigrants and their descendants began to create the institutional structures in their community like La Milagrosa mission, La Fraternal, Boslover Hall (located on 7th and Pine), The Head House Market (a significant business center), and many speakeasies, like the one owned by Carmen Ferrer, who sold drinks from her apartment to workers who were not allowed to enter white serving establishments.

Institutional Foundations: La Fraternal and La Milagrosa La Fraternal was a result of a mass meeting in 1908, where residents demanded to build a place for cultural and linguistic camaraderie. La Fraternal headquarters was located in the heart of Southwark (419 Pine) but it used multiple locations for events, like Boslover Hall or Garden Hall. It provided places for social interaction in Philadelphia's multiple Latinx groups. Here communities could come together and celebrate annual events centered around a larger Hispanic identity and celebrate their “mother language” Spanish, and shared aspects of their culture. These events allowed for the burgeoning Latinx community in Philadelphia to come together and celebrate a shared identity. La Fraternal marked a turning point for the development of a Latinx community in the city. Additionally, it is important to note that initially those in leadership were Spaniards or people of Spanish descent who were primarily small business owners in Southwark. Leadership passed into the hands of Cuban tampenos, and only over time expanded to members of other Latinx groups.

La Milagrosa was viewed as a national parish, and was established to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking Catholics, however, it quickly established itself as a place for social gatherings and resource provision.

Masses were held every Sunday but they also provided English classes, and acted as an employment referral agency for the Latinx community.

The Consolidation of the Colonia in the 1920s and 1930s A larger Latinx population was galvanized in the 1920’s and the 1930’s when the city saw the development of the “colonia”, a consolidation of enclaves in Southwark, Spring Garden, and Northern Liberties. This fusion was helped by organizations like La Fraternal in Southwark, La Milagrosa in Spring Garden, the First Spanish Baptist Church in Northern Liberties, and the community-wide work of the International Institute. The Southwark enclave developed around the cigar-making shops, the piers, and economic activity along South street. A second enclave began to grow and expand in Spring Garden between 1920 to 1940 because of the allure of jobs with companies like the automotive giant Baldwin Locomotive Works. A Latinx colonia took shape in Philadelphia when an increase in Puerto Rican migration began to develop in Spring Garden and Northern Liberties.

Latino organizations began to hold events outside places like Boslover Hall (Seventh and Pine) and the Musical Fund Hall (Eighth and Locust) in Southwark. Later, in 1943 the Spanish Committee, made up of three of the period's most prominent Latino organizations, La Fraternal, the Mexican Association Anahuac and the Latin American Club aided in the fusing of the Southwark, Spring Garden, and Northern Liberties colonia.

Latinx Philly Now: Strength In Numbers Since the first immigrants to Philadelphia, Latinx Culture in Philadelphia has held strong. Each Latinx community is rich in art and culture, a factor that has served as the catalyst for community development and growth.

Through community art collectives like Taller Puertorriqueño, or organizations like the Mural Arts project, Latinx identities have been able to live on and embed themselves in the fabric of Philadelphia culture, and continue to grow for years to come. The roots of the present-day Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in Philadelphia can be traced directly to the community building efforts of the pioneer groups in the interwar period.

During the 1980’s and the 1990’s the Latinx community continued to grow in Philadelphia, as did the diversity of the Latinx population in the city.

Prominent among the new groups were Dominicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Peruvians, Guatemalans, Salvadorians, Nicaraguan, Costa Ricans, Hondurans, and Panamanians, and Mexicans (a small percentage of the Latinx population in the city’s early history).

The 1980’s saw growth of immigrants from Central America--Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama. During the 70’s and 80’s western destabilization of Central American governments, civil war, and other U.S. interventions created conditions that were unbearable citizens, forcing many to flee their home country, with some settling in Philadelphia.

Since then the city has had a confused influx of immigrants from these countries, as people seek to reunify with their families.

In 2018, the census estimate for the Latinx population rose to 14.1% with 121,643 people identified as Puerto Rican or having Puerto Rican heritage, 15,531 people identified as Mexican or having Mexican heritage, 3,930 people reported Cuban or having Cuban heritage, and 46,507 people identified as "other Hispanic".

A Timeline of LATINX & INDIGENOUS Peoples at PENN

1929: The University hosted a group of Argentineans sent to promote cultural relations between Argentina and North America. During the visit Penn and the Scientific Society of Argentina exchanged various publications, noted as “a distinctly forward step toward the establishment of closer intellectual” ties between countries.

1755: Two Mohawk brothers, Jonathan and Phillip Gayienquitioga attended the Academy of Philadelphia (what would become UPenn) and were joined in 1756 by another, John Montour, who studied English

1740: Establishment of the University of Pennsylvania

1829: Joseph M. Urquiola, Cuban, graduated with an M.D., the first degree awarded to a Latino

1928: “The American Indian Club” sponsored activities with the International House, including “American Indian Nite” held at Houston Hall in January.

1836: First student from Venezuela, Auxencio Maria Pena, graduated from the Medical school 1847: Robert Daniel Ross, a Cherokee, became first indigenous person to earn a Penn medical degree

After 1969 founding of MEChA at UC Santa Barbara, MEChA formed by first small group of students in an effort to help Chicano/a students adjust to life at Penn

1962: Connaissance and the Latin American Graduate Student Association held “Connaissance 1962: Spotlighting Latin America,” a six-week series of lectures, films and debates.

1950s: La Asociación Cultural de Estudiantes Latinos Americanos (ACELA), the first Latin American organization on Penn's campus is founded

1970s: First Latino students from the United States attend Penn, when efforts to desegregate the University began to focus on Chicano and Carribean students from the southwest and northeast, starting with the recruitment of a group of Mexican-American freshmen from South Texas in 1971

1979-80s:ACELA and MEChA were at forefront of establishing ethnic studies programs at Penn and the Greenfield Intercultural Center at Penn

-> Members of MEChA and ACELA helped lead a sit-in at then Penn President Martin Meyerson’s office in College Hall -> MEChA, ACELA, the Black Student League and the United Minorities Council (UMC) would be instrumental in establishing the GIC and the development of resources for students of color on campus

1992:Latino Coalition formed as an umbrella organization for all Latino student orgs at Penn -> Formed with purpose of uniting Latino students behind an effort to support the tenure-ship of Latin American Studies and History Professor Dr. Dain Borges -> Unfortunately, the actions of this small group of Latino students were not successful in bringing about change in a reconsideration of Dr. Borges’ effort for tenure.

Afterwards the Latino Coalition dissipated and did not meet on a regular basis, becoming defunct by the end of 1993.

As the Latino Coalition expanded, with the formation of several new organizations at Penn such as Wharton Latino, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Onda Latina Dance Troupe, Club Colombia, Mex at Penn and several graduates organizations such as the Latin American Law Student Association, the need for more student space would play a key role in Latino Coalition activities going into 1997-98.

1995: a group of conscientious Latino students realized that they should take decisive action. Latinos at the University of Pennsylvania were and are grossly underrepresented at all levels: students, faculty, and administrators. To develop a unified voice and a comprehensive strategy to deal with underrepresentation, they reformed the Latino Coalition out of five Latino student organizations. These organizations had missions that ranged from cultural, professional, honor, arts, and social.

Over the next several years, the Latino Coalition worked to formulate strategies to address past difficulties in creating a permanent Latin American and Latino Studies program at Penn. The Latino Coalition, in an effort to jump start this effort contacted Professor Ann Farnsworth-Alvear of the History Department and Professor Jorge Salessi of the Spanish Department to lobby the University, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Academic Senate. In September 1996, the Latin American Studies major was approved by the university and the Latin American Cultures program became the Latin American Studies program.

With growing numbers of Latino students active in LC groups and new groups forming, existing organizations that had space in the Greenfield Intercultural Center requested more space then the single room they inhabited at the GIC. A vote was held by the United Minorities Council (UMC) which revoked the space form Latino student groups, creating a great deal of animosity.

A growing sense that not only the UMC, but the University itself was not focusing on the concerns of Latino students grew with these actions. In repeated efforts to improve Latino student recruitment, to bring tenured Latino professors to the University and to create greater Latino programming on campus, Latino students were met with hesitation and inaction. Latino students were not represented in the Undergraduate Assembly, University Council and were not regularly consulted by Penn administrators in regards to issues in the larger minority community.

April 21, 1998: one week after MEChA and ACELA left the UMC, members of the Latino Coalition led a protest down Locust Walk which culminated in presenting a list of demands for improving Latino student life to President Judith Rodin. This list would address issues of student recruitment, academic programming, increasing the presence of Latino professors at Penn and lastly, the creation of a student resource center based around Latino culture.

Spring/Summer 1998: a group of faculty, staff, and students worked to propose a center whose objective was to increase the presence of Latino community at the University of Pennsylvania. In summer 1998 the two groups, the Latino Faculty and Staff Association and the Latino Student Coalition, came together for the purpose of designing The University of Pennsylvania Center for Hispanic Excellence. It was to be a comprehensive resource center for Latino students of the four undergraduate schools. The proposal for the center was presented to President Judith Rodin on October 30, 1998. It was presented in the name of The Latino Faculty and Staff, the Latino Student Coalition and the Latino Alumni Society. On September 21st, 1999 President Dr. Judith Rodin inaugurated the Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina.

La Casa Latina became one of the few free standing Latino-based student resource centers in the East Coast and would be the focal point of Latino student activities going into a new millennium.

Nuestro Hogar / O ur Home

by Enmanuel

Martinez, Class of 2011

2005-2006:during the academic year, a group of committed Latin American and Latina/o/x graduate and professional students at Penn started LAGAPSA. Their first efforts included putting together an Executive Board and publicizing their existence within the Latin American and Latina/o/x community at Penn, as well as within the administration.

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Local Organizing Groups

Juntos (community-led Latinx immigrant organization based in South Philly fighting for the rights of workers, parents, children and immigrants) Taller Puertorriqueño (community-based cultural organization whose primary purpose is to preserve, develop and promote Puerto Rican arts and culture, grounded in the conviction that embracing one’s cultural heritage is central to community empowerment. Taller is also committed to the representation and support of other Latino cultural expressions and our common roots) Indigenous People's Day Philly (organization working to cultivate an active Native American / Indigenous presence in the city of Philadelphia through cultural, educational and community building initiatives that uplift our Native traditions, creative-economies, and histories)

Penn Organizing Groups

Police Free Penn (An assembly aiming to abolish policing and transform community safety at the University of Pennsylvania) Penn for Immigrants (social and political advocacy group striving to educate Penn’s campus and the Philadelphia community through demonstrations and workshops that seek to dismantle misconceptions about immigration) Fossil Free Penn (group advocating to Penn to divest from fossil fuel companies and reinvest in clean and just solutions)

Volunteer Opportunities

CCATE (leading art/design/music classes for youth & adults from the Latinx community) Philabundance & MANNA (food distribution) Books Through Bars (sending free books to incarcerated people in six mid-Atlantic states) Philly PAWS (caring for Philadelphia's homeless pets) WOAR (crisis hotline for those experiencing sexual violence) Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission (services for those experiencing homelessness)

Alternatives to the Police ***all of these options are available 24/7!***

Philadelphia Homeless Outreach Hotline (connecting people experiencing homelessness or otherwise in eed of housing with shelter): (215) 232-1984 Philadelphia Crisis Line (can send out Mobile Assessment Teams (MATs) to assess the person who is in crisis, and if needed transport them to nearest Crisis Response Center): (215) 685-6440 Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline: (866) 723-3014 >> Other resources can be found HERE <<

WHere to Eat in Philly: by neighborhood

WEST Don Barriga (Mexican) Jezabel's (Argentinian) Tacos Don Memo (Mexican) TacoTaco Mexican (Mexican) Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa (Peruvian) NORTH Tierra Colombiana (Colombian/Ecuadorian) El Sabor (Puerto Rican) El Bohio (Puerto Rican) Guate Gualan (Guatemalan) CENTER CITY Pupuseria Sabor Latino (Salvadoran) Sazon Restaurant & Cafe (Venezuelan) SOUTH Tamalex (Honduran/Mexican) Cafe Ynez (Mexican) Mole Poblano (Mexican) Cafe y Chocolate (Mexican) Las Lomas (Mexican) Puyero Venezuelan Flavor (Venezuelan) South Philly Barbacoa (Mexican) Blue Corn (Mexican) Amigos Bakery Paletas Y Helados

Rosy's Tacos (Mexican) Las Camaradas (Mexican) El Merkury (Guatemalan) Cuba Libre (Cuban) UPPER DARBY, PA El Rinconcito Ecuatoriano (Ecuadorian) Pupuseria y Restaurant el Cuscatleco (Salvadoran)

Dancing & Drinking Tierra Nightclub Makumba Brasil's Concourse Silk City The Trestle Inn

Art & Performance Philadelphia Museum of Art Mural Mile Philadelphia's Magic Gardens The Franklin Institute (holds special exhibits) The Mütter Museum Penn Museum Rodin Museum Exhibitions at the Moore College of Art & Design World Cafe Live Philadelphia *First Friday: on the first Friday evening of every month art galleries all over Philly - but mainly in Old City stay open late to debut their latest exhibitions Some museums have discount or FREE nights, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art which allows you to pay what you wish on the first Sunday of the month (10:00am-5:00pm), and EVERY Friday night (5:00-8:45 pm)

Saint Lazarus Bar Franky Bradley's Woody's Cuba Libre Morgan's Pier The 700 The Met Philadelphia Chris' Jazz Cafe Union Transfer The Fillmore Franklin Music Hall The Dell Music Center (outdoors) The Mann Center for Performing Arts (outdoors) Latino Film Festival (locations vary) Mexican Cultural Center

Nature / Green Space Fairmount Park Bartram's Gardens Schuykill River Trail Race Street Pier Malcolm X Park Clark Park Spruce Street Harbor Park Wissahocken Valley Park Bartram's Garden River Tours in Manayunk

Resources Philadelphia has a many organizations that can help students with a range of issues. We have compiled a quick list, and recommend readers also use prior disorientation guides as well as CLS' Young Adult Resource Guide, available HERE. Please use the links highlighted in BLUE for more information

Civil Legal Assistance CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS 216 West Somerset St. Philadelphia, PA 19133 Phone: 215-763-8870 Web: https://www.congreso.net Services: Provides a range of services including a Family and Housing Services division that provides economic supports and social services for individuals and families in need; Health Promotion and Wellness Division provides primary care services, domestic violence, nutrition and parental counseling services to children and adults in a safe and nurturing environment.

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES 1424 Chestnut Street 1410 W. Erie Ave Philadelphia, PA 19102 Philadelphia PA, 19140 Phone: (215)981-3700 Phone: 215-227-2400 Web: www.clsphila.org Services: Free legal services to low-income individuals and families concerning parental rights, housing, employment, public benefits, consumer rights, and utilities HIAS PA 2100 Arch St., 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: (215)832-0900 Fax: 215-832-0919 Web: http://hiaspa.org Services: Direct legal services in the following areas: immigration counseling and representation; family reunification visas; political asylum; adjustment of status; employment authorization; relief from removal/deportation; naturalization; replacement of documents; travel documents; extension/change of non-immigrant status PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH LAW PROJECT Helpline: 1(800)274-3258 Phone: (215) 625-3663 Fax: (215) 625-3879 E-mail: staff@phlp.org Web: www.phlp.org Services: Provide legal services and advocacy to individuals having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. Assist in obtaining public health care, finding a doctor, getting prenatal and OB/GYN care, appealing denials of services, and other health related concerns.

PHILADELPHIA LEGAL ASSISTANCE 718 Arch St. Suite 300 N. Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: (215)981-3800 Web: www.philalegal.org Services: Provides legal services to low- income individuals and families concerning, welfare, food stamps, medical assistance, family law including child custody, child support and protection from abuse, unemployment compensation and bankruptcy.

Childcare The Family Center welcomes all Penn students and post-docs with children and their family members. Their mission is to create a space where student and post-doc families from the University of Pennsylvania community can access resources, information and supportive programming.

The University provides subsidized Emergency Backup Child Care for students and post-doctoral fellows at Penn. Emergency backup care is provided in your home or in a child care center during unexpected or emergency situations that would normally prevent you from completing academic work or training.

NOTE:Part-time students, online students, visiting scholars, and HUP post docs are not eligible for this benefit.

More information and other resources for expecting & parenting students can be found at Penn's Family Center site, available HERE Other resources in Philadelphia include: Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC): Provides resources and referrals for child care, educational programs and family services HOTLINE: 1(888) 461-KIDS (5437) Crisis Care Nurseries: The nurseries offer temporary child- care for children ages newborn-5 years for emergencies, and non-emergencies for 30-90 days per year. They also offer short-term crisis counseling, and make referrals for long-term issues Phone: (215)386-0251 Email: amaury@ysiphila.org

Domestic Violence Domestic violence can happen to anyone of any age at any time.

These organizations are available to help you - whether you just need someone to talk to, you want to leave, or you want help changing the situation.

In Philadelphia, the first place to turn for many survivors is the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline, 1(866)-723-3014, which can help you with safety planning, finding emergency shelter, coordinating with a counselor, crisis intervention, and connecting you with many other resources.

It’s confidential, free, and open 24/7.

Other options are listed below.

LUTHERAN SETTLEMENT HOUSE - BILINGUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM Phone: (215) 426-8610 x 1236 Web:http://www.lutheransettlement.org/bilingual-domestic-violence-program-bdvp/ Services: Counseling, crisis intervention, support groups, court accompaniment, transitional housing; LGBT friendly.

CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS: LATINA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT 216 W. Somerset Street Philadelphia, PA 19133 Phone: (215)763-8870 x 1210 Web: http://www.congreso.net/services/health- promotion-and-wellness/domesticviolence/ Services: Counseling, support groups, resource referrals, emergency relocation and housing assistance; for survivors and their children and families.

WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE 100 S. Broad Street, Suite 1341 Philadelphia, PA 19110 Phone: (215) 686-7082 (Legal Center) (215) 386-1280 (Other Services) Web: www.womenagainstabuse.org Services: Safe havens / emergency shelter and transitional housing, resource referrals, attorney representation and other courtroom advocacy.

WOMEN IN TRANSITION 21 South 12th Street, 6th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone: (215) 564-5301 (for General Inquiries) (215) 751-1111 (LifeLine, for counseling support) Web: http://www.helpwomen.org/ Services: counseling, support groups, and resource referrals; speciality in substance abuse.

WOMEN ORGANIZED AGAINST RAPE One Penn Center 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1100 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Phone: (215) 985-3315 (for General Inquiries) (215) 985-3333 (24/7 rape crisis hotline) Web: www.woar.org Services: 24/7 confidential rape and sexual abuse hotline, accompaniment to court dates and forensic medical examination, walk in crisis counseling, drop in crisis support groups, individual counseling for adult, teen, and child survivors and parents of child survivors; special programming for men/boys, and LGBT. MENERGY 7500 Germantown Avenue New Covenant Campus Elders Hall, Suite 5 Philadelphia, PA 19119 Phone: (215) 242-2235 (English) (267) 625-6135 (Spanish) Web: http://www.menergy.org/ Services: Individual evaluation, beginner and advanced group counseling sessions for people who are perpetrators in abusive relationships; the partners of participants are involved, and there is a special group for women.

Food Resources If you need food immediately, call the USDA National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3- HUNGRY(486479) or the Why Hunger Hotline at 1-800-5-HUNGRY(486479). Operators will connect you to emergency food providers, soup kitchens, government assistance programs, and social services. Other food assistance resources are listed below.

You may qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps. SNAP provides a certain amount of money each month that can be used to buy food.

To apply for SNAP (food stamps), you can call the County Assistance Office’s Customer Service Center at (215) 5607226. You can also apply online at www.compass.state.pa.us.

GREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER 123 Chestnut St., Suite 401 Philadelphia, PA 19106 SNAP HOTLINE: 215-430-0556 Phone: 215-430-0555 Web: http://www.hungercoalition.org Services: Resource for food security/initiatives in Philadelphia.

Website contains a map with locations and contact information for over 500 food pantries in the Philadelphia area.

PHILABUNDANCE 3616 South Galloway Street Philadelphia, PA 19148 Phone: (215) 339-0900 Hunger Hotline: 1-866-348-6479: Spanish 1- 877-842-6273 Web: http://www.philabundance.org Services: Network of nearly 400 member agencies including food cupboards, shelters, emergency kitchens and more. Call the Hunger Hotline Monday-Friday 8:00 am-8:00 pm for help.

General Health Services Insurance Grants Penn provides health and dental insurance grants each year for graduate students. These include grants for full academic years, fall or spring semester and for dependents. They have strict deadlines that one must apply by!

Graduate Emergency Fund Provides grants to assist currently enrolled graduate and professional students with urgent financial needs and unanticipated, one-time expenses.

Student Intervention Services (SIS) collaborates with multidisciplinary partners to provide support, advocacy, solutions, and coordination of services for individual students and the Penn community. To speak with a Student Intervention Services staff member, call 215-898-6081

There are many health care centers throughout Philadelphia.

They will all see uninsured, under-insured, and undocumented individuals for sick and well visits, but take most forms of private insurance, medical assistance and CHIP. For general information about available services, or to find out where a Health Care Center in your area is located,

call (215) 685- 6790, Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5 pm.

Many of the centers have staff who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Russian and other languages. Some of the health care centers provide free dental services. Call the main number to find out which one is closest to you.

Housing Becoming a Graduate Assistant (GA) on Campus Graduate Associates are live-in staff members in Penn's twelve undergraduate College Houses who receive free housing. Graduate Associates fulfill responsibilities similar to those of Resident Advisors and are expected to advise, assist, and mentor the undergraduate residents, as well as organize House activities.

Graduate students enrolled in a full-time degreegranting program are eligible to apply for GA positions.

GAs' are provided a rent-free single occupancy accommodation in the College House to which they are assigned. This room is provided during the term of appointment only, and the size, shape, and furnishings of staff rooms vary. NOTE: being a GA is considered as a resource in evaluating financial need, and all on- or off-campus employment in addition to the GA appointment must be approved.

Sansom Place On-campus housing for graduate students is available in Sansom Place, a high-rise residential community conveniently located on Penn's campus. Units include fully furnished single rooms and apartments. Sansom Place can be a great option for graduate students new to Penn or the Philadelphia area. Graduate students can also apply to work in Sansom Place as a Sansom Advisor — leading residential activities and creating a welcoming environment for residents — and receive free housing in the building.

Mental Health Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) @ PENN CAPS provides free, confidential mental health care to students at 3624 Market St. You can call CAPS 24/7 at 215-898-7021 to talk to a clinician or drop in during office hours if you need to speak to someone immediately.

CAPS operates on a short term care model HOWEVER, in severe cases, some students are allowed to stay longer than the average 8 sessions.

They will attempt to refer you to an outside therapist either immediately or after a number of sessions - if you need to stay within CAPS, insist on it! (This includes being unable to afford travel or copays for an outside therapist, or needing to see the same therapist for insurance purposes) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEEK SERVICES OUTSIDE OF PENN: Community Behavioral Health (CBH) is an organization run by the city of Philadelphia which both provides insurance coverage for low-income individuals on medical assistance and refers individuals to drug and alcohol and behavioral health treatment services in Philadelphia.

You can call CBH at 1(888)545-2600 to find out more information about coverage for services, or for help finding a referral.

The Therapy Center of Philadelphia Located in Center City and West Philadelphia, TCP provides psychotherapeutic services on a sliding fee scale, including individual, couples, and group psychotherapy, music therapy, trauma-sensitive yoga, EMDR/trauma therapys.

1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States Suite 1004 Contact TCP at (215) 567-1111 for more information.

The Oshun Family Center The core mission of Oshun Family Center is to provide racially concordant care to members of the Black community that are struggling to cope with life transitions. Especially those impacted by postpartum mood changes, birth, and racial trauma.

Contact OFC at (267) 808-2649 for more information.

First Gen Low Income (FGLI) Navigating the Student Registration & Financial Services Office Graduate students are assigned a financial aid counselor based on a student's school of study. You can find your counselor assignment on PennInTouch and a list of counselors is available here.

If you are having issues, visit your counselor (in person). You have every right to seek help and gain support from this university. This includes having a supportive advisor. If the SFS advisor you have isn't doing much good, ask to switch advisors.

Penn First is a student organization at the University of Pennsylvania for first-generation college students and students from a low-income background. They provide mentoring and professional development resources, emergency funding and grant opportunities, and access to other academic services located within the Greenfield Intercultural Center

On Campus Groups Penn-wide Governmental Bodies The Latin American Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (LAGAPSA) was created for graduate and professional students of Latin American, Latina/o/x, and/or Hispanic descent at the University of Pennsylvania through a centralized, campus-wide organizational structure that addresses their academic, social, political, and cultural needs and concerns through programming, services, and advocacy.

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) serves as the official voice for the approximately 13,000 graduate and professional students at Penn.

GAPSA is also responsible for administering graduate student activity fees, providing resources for travel grants, research support, and other activities throughout the year.

In addition to GAPSA, 12 School Governments handle school-specific issues, activity funding, and serve as school representatives within GAPSA: Annenberg School of Communications Graduate Council of Students School of Arts & Sciences LPSGov (LPS graduate students) SASGov (all other SAS grad students) School of Dental Medicine PDM EXECUTIVE STUDENT COUNCIL School of Design PENNDESIGN STUDENT COUNCIL School of Engineering and Applied Science Graduate Student Engineering Group (GSEG) Graduate School of Education GSE Student Government (GSESG) School of Law Council of Student Representative (CSR) School of Nursing Graduate Student Organization (GSO) (Master's students) Doctoral Student Organization (DSO) (Doctoral students) Perelman School of Medicine Penn Medical Student Government (MSG) (Medical students) Biomedical Graduate Student Association (BGSA) (BGS students) School of Social Policy & Practice SP2 Student Government School of Veterinary Medicine Penn Vet SCAVMA Wharton School of Business Wharton Graduate Association (WGA) Wharton Doctoral Council (WDC) (Doctoral students)

On Campus Groups School-Specific Graduate Groups for those of Latinx/Indigenous Identities NOTE: Some groups may be inactive or defunct. We recommend reaching out and gathering contact info via the links provided - or through school admin - to see the status of a group you are interested in joining.

School of Dental Medicine Hispanic Student Dental Association School of Design Design in Latin America School of Education We Support Diversity of Mind (WSDM) School of Law Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) Latinx Law Students Association (LALSA) Perelman School of Medicine Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Alliance of Minority Physicians School of Nursing Minorities in Nursing Organization (MNO) School of Social Policy & Practice Hispanic/Latino Alliance for Change and Equity (HACE) Wharton School of Business Wharton Hispanic American MBA Association (WHAMBAA)

Cultural Resource Centers African American Resource Center serves to enhance the quality of life for students, staff, and faculty at Penn, with a particular focus on those of African descent.

Greenfield Intercultural Center promotes intercultural awareness and cultural competency workshops to help prepare Penn students to be thoughtful global citizens and leaders.

La Casa Latina focuses on building a unified community by working with the Latino Coalition, LaGAPSA, students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

The LGBT Center offers educational programs and mentoring, works with and supports student organizations-including Lambda Grads and other queer graduate and professional student groups. The center also co-sponsors QPenn (an annual pride week in March) and offers free printing.

Makuu, the Black Cultural Center, serves as a cultural hub for campus activities, activism, and personal, professional, and academic growth in order to increase resources and connections to the Penn community.

Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) is a hub of academic, personal, and professional growth for Penn students interested in Asian American culture and the Asian American Diaspora.

The Penn Women's Center aims to understand and address the continuing and evolving needs of all women at Penn.

For more reading & informati on: Our zine is a limited look into Penn as a whole. As such, we encourage all readers to also review prior disorientation guides created by Penn undergraduates which cover topics such as gentrification, the take down of radicalism within the university, and Penn's ties to slavery as well as other resources on how to fight back.

Prior guides: 2020 Disorientation Guide 2019 Disorientation Guide

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