Dorothy Cotton to Deliver Keynote at Penn Interfaith Program to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

WHO: Dorothy Cotton, former education director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Judith Rodin, president of the University of Pennsylvania
Winners of the King Community Involvement Awards
New Salem Baptist Choir
The Shabbatones, Penn musical group

WHAT: Interfaith Program

WHEN: 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003

WHERE: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St., Philadelphia

Dorothy Cotton, former education director and the first female member of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, will deliver the keynote address at the Interfaith Program, speaking on the theme "Justice, Peace and Service."

The program will feature remarks from Penn President Judith Rodin, presentation of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Involvement Awards and musical performances by Trenton's New Salem Baptist Choir and Penn's The Shabbatones. A public reception will follow the program. Both events will be free and open to the public.

The Interfaith Program is sponsored by Penn's Office of the Chaplain, the Religious Life Liaisons and the Penn Religious Communities Council. More information is available at 215-898-8456.