History
Since its funding in 1891, the Christian Association has been a leading advocate for social justice.
CIVIL RIGHTS
Green Lane Camps intercity mentoring programs are racially integrated in the 1940s, before Brown v. Board.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteers in Action program begins in 1982 and later develops into the Civic House.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
First director starts the International House in 1910.
LGBT ADVOCACY
First gay and lesbian peer counseling center in the Delaware Valley is established in 1975.
PEACE
Penn Faculty and Staff Against the War in Iraq organizes in 2002.
POVERTY
University City Hospitality Coalition serves meals and provides support for the homeless and hungry in 1984.
