Engaging Pennsylvanians
to Empower Communities

New PA Project Education Fund
Our Mission
The New PA Project Education Fund (NPPEF) is a non-partisan organization led by community leaders across the Commonwealth dedicated to centering underrepresented and underserved communities to embrace their power. NPPEF ensures full participation in the democratic process through civic education and year-round engagement by centering Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrant communities and the youth - with intention - as they are the least represented and most impacted by decisions our government is making.



About The New PA Project Education Fund & Our Theory of Change
Year Round Engagement & Civic Education
The New PA Project Education Fund believes in providing everyday Pennsylvanians with civic education about elections, the legislative process and how decisions are made about our tax dollars and the resources that are allocated to our neighborhoods.
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Leadership:

Dyneco Gibson
Director of Campaigns and Engagement
Board Members:
John Neurohr, Vice-Chair
Dr. Micaiah Smith-Morris, Treasurer
Jodi Hirsch, Secretary
John Ukenye
Jan Jarrett
Professor Lara Putnam
Viktor Kagan
Shannon Mooney
Secretary Leigh Chapman

Dyneco Gibson
Community Engagement Associate for Chester County
Dyneco Gibson is the community engagement associate for Chester County. Her passion for community activism began in Rochester, NY where she mentored youth and volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care, worked in the disaster services department for the American Red Cross, and the Mobile Crisis Team where she assisted people who were having a mental health crisis.
Now a resident of Coatesville, Dyneco believes this work is important to her because she wants her teenage daughter to know that as a minority woman, her voice is important. And, for her to remember that African Americans and women did not always have the right to vote.
Dyneco is a lifetime member of the NAACP. She received her Associate’s degree from Monroe Community College in Human Services.
Board Members
Marlene Katz, Chair
John Neurohr, Vice Chair
Dwayne Heisler, Treasurer
Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy, Secretary
House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton
State Representative Patty Kim
State Representative Summer Lee

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An educated constituency is an empowered constituency. Make a difference in your community. Learn more about how you can become a volunteer.

Get in touch!
For general inquiries, please contact:
E: info@nppef.org
P: 717-847-1073
A: P.O. Box 453, West Chester, PA 19381
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