WHO:

Women of Color at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Penn Health System, Presbyterian Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital

Michael Nutter, Philadelphia mayor

Denise Brown, executive director, Leeway Foundation and Co-Chair of Bread and Roses Community Fund

WHAT:

Women of Color Day at Penn

WHEN &
WHERE:

Friday, March 5

University Sheraton Hotel, Benjamin Franklin Ballroom, 3600 Chestnut Street

Penn’s 23rd annual Women of Color Day will celebrate women of color at the University, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Presbyterian Hospital and Pennsylvania Hospital.

A noon awards luncheon will honor women of color in the Penn community whose commitment and service has made a difference in their workplace or community. Leeway Foundation Executive Director and Bread and Roses Community Fund Co-Chair Denise Brown will deliver the keynote address on "Environmental Genocide: The Impact of Generational Poverty."

The awards-luncheon fee is $45. Ticket information is available at wocaptickets@gmail.com, aarc@upenn.edu or 215- 898-0104.