MLK Interfaith Commemoration highlights allyship of Black and Jewish communities

Addressing members of the University of Pennsylvania community in Houston Hall, Rabbi David Wolpe shared what struck him from the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” his favorite writing by Martin Luther King Jr. He noted that King begins by saying he doesn’t usually respond to his critics, which Wolpe finds wise because people get caught up telling others why they’re wrong about us. But he added that King still wrote the letter “because the people who were criticizing him were people that he thought could hear.” The interfaith commemoration also included the presentation of Community Involvement Awards to Regina Bynum, director of teaching and learning at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships; Akhenaton Mikell, founder of the nonprofit Imani Star Development; Sonja Ogden, a Department of Neurology employee who sits on several committees involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion; Talayah Johnson, a bioengineering Ph.D. student; and Om Manghani, a master’s student in the Graduate School of Education and December graduate of the College. 

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