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The Mission of the Jefferson Educational Society

The Jefferson Educational Society of Erie (JES) is a non-profit institution founded to promote civic enlightenment, and community progress for the Erie Region through the study, research, discussion, of those ideas and events that have influenced the human condition. The Society, therefore, will offer courses, seminars, and lectures which explain the central ideas which have formed the past, assist in exploring the present, and offer guidance to enhance the civic future of the Erie Region.

Erie’s Think Tank

As an Erie ‘Think-Tank’ the Jefferson Society will further promote academic knowledge and civic pride through institutional and familial research, the publication of policy papers on public issues, and the sponsorship of civic forums for the understanding of community problems. The Society also will sponsor a bi-annual conference to study not only the ‘state of Erie City and County’ but also the urban practices which have proven most successful in the great cities of the Nation.

Social & Economic Growth

The Jefferson Society mission further includes a special commitment to strengthening the social and economic growth of the Erie Area minority community as essential to civic progress. In pursuit of this goal the Society plans to primarily focus on enhancing academic growth through the medium of Art, Music, Theater, and Dance courses.

Although the Jefferson Educational Society of Erie will operate as an educational non-profit institution, it offers neither degrees nor courses for formal academic credit. The Jefferson Educational Society of Erie is registered as a corporation with the PA Department of State, Entity Number 3837986.

 

Our Offices

The Jefferson Educational Society is centrally located at 3207 State Street, Erie PA  16508.

Phone: 814-459-8000 Fax: 814-459-8006.