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 at Penn 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 demonstrates 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.

Due to COVID-19 nomination forms may be accessed and submitted through November 13, 2020 at: https://aarc.upenn.edu/mlk/mlk-award-nominations

If there are any questions, email aarc@upenn.edu. 

—2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium Executive Planning Committee