Nominations for the Community Involvement Recognition Awards	Print Issue
October 5, 2010, Volume 57, No. 06

To Members of the University Community and West Philadelphia Community:

In honor of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s recognition that local engagement is essential to the struggle for equality, the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium on Social Change Executive Planning Committee of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the Sixteenth Annual Community Involvement Recognition Awards. The awards honor members of the Philadelphia community whose active service to others best exemplifies the ideals Dr. King espoused.

Six years ago we added the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Award in honor of Dr. Judith Rodin to honor her service and ensure that her legacy at Penn continues.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Awards will be presented to:

1. Staff and students of the Penn community involved in community service.

2. Residents of the broader neighborhood community involved in community service.

3. Staff, students or residents who demonstrate significant contributions in community service through the advancement of education and educational opportunities in West Philadelphia.

The awards will be presented on January 20, 2011, as part of the University’s commemoration of the King holiday.

We seek your help in nominating individuals whose work most merits recognition. Please share this information with others in your schools, departments, and organizations, so that we may identify those most deserving of this award. Nomination forms may be submitted through December 3, 2010. Electronic submissions are preferred but not required at: www.upenn.edu/aarc/mlk/award.htm. If you prefer sending by mail, please send to the African American Resource Center, attn: Robert Carter, 3537 Locust Walk, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA  19104-6225.

Should you have any questions, please contact the African-American Resource Center at (215) 898-0104 or aarc@pobox.upenn.edu.

Thank you in advance for helping to pay special homage to those individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary service and commitment to enhance the University of Pennsylvania and the West Philadelphia community.

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

—2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Involvement Recognition Awards Committee