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MLK Community Involvement Recognition Awards: November 1

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Awards will be presented to five individuals in the following areas:

  • Community Award presented to two residents (youth and/or adult) of the greater Philadelphia community involved in community service and/or working for social justice efforts.
  • Community Award presented to a faculty or staff of the Penn community involved in community service and/or working for social justice efforts.
  • Community Award presented to a Penn student involved in community service and/or working for social justice efforts.
  • The Rodin Education Award presented to a Penn faculty, staff, student or Philadelphia resident who demonstrate significant contributions in community service and/or working for social justice efforts through the advancement of education and educational opportunities in Philadelphia.

The awards will be presented as part of the University’s commemoration of the MLK holiday during the Interfaith program. We seek your help in nominating individuals whose work most merits recognition. Please share this information with others in your families, communities, schools, departments and organizations so that we may identify those most deserving of this award.

Nomination forms may be submitted through November 1, 2018. Electronic submissions at: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/award.htm are preferred but not required. If you prefer sending by mail, please send to the African American Resource Center, attn: Colleen Winn, 3643 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA  19104-6230. Should you have any questions, please contact the African-American Resource Center at (215) 898-0104 or aarc@pobox.upenn.edu

—2019  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium Executive Planning Committee

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