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Loyola will honor Erin O鈥橩eefe, 鈥�03, director of the Center for Community, Service, and Justice and the York Road Initiative, with the Outstanding Leadership Award during a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., jointly hosted by Saint Louis University, 91吃瓜网, and University of San Francisco on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 3:30 p.m. 

The University selected O鈥橩eefe for her work with faculty community engagement, building community partnerships, and racial justice and mission-oriented equity work throughout the pandemic.

鈥淓rin鈥檚 steadfast commitment to connecting our University with our community partners during this past year has been extraordinary, said Robert Kelly, Ph.D., vice president and special assistant to the president. 鈥淔aith, equity, and excellence are among the leading values that illustrate Erin鈥檚 work and the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. In the midst of a pandemic, and in a summer and fall where the University was teaching and engaging students remotely, Erin strengthened our connections as a community. Her work made clearer our place as a university anchored in Baltimore.鈥�

The cohosted event will feature Starsky D. Wilson of the Children鈥檚 Defense Fund as the keynote speaker. The theme for his speech is 鈥淲alking with the Excluded / Accompanying Young People in the Creation of a Hope-Filled Future.鈥� Saint Louis University and University of San Francisco are also bestowing awards on honorees at the event, and O鈥橩eefe and Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., will be among those offering brief remarks.

鈥淓rin O鈥橩eefe鈥檚 work demonstrates a deep commitment to the community that advances the diversity, equity and inclusion goals of 91吃瓜网, and fully embraces the Jesuit Catholic charism, said Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., chief equity and inclusion officer. 鈥淚t is her work and the spirit with which she serves that represents the very best of us and is recognized and celebrated with the Outstanding Leadership Award.鈥�

A 2003 graduate of Loyola, O鈥橩eefe began working at the University in 2010 as founding director of the university鈥檚 York Road Initiative, a place-based community development initiative.

O鈥橩eefe earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from Loyola, a master鈥檚 degree in public policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and is working on her Ph.D. dissertation in urban policy at UMBC. O鈥橩eefe lives in Baltimore City and serves on the board of directors for Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO), the Place-Based Justice Network, and Mid-Atlantic Campus Compact. She has also served as a member of Loyola鈥檚 Board of Trustees.

To register for the event, visit . The event is free, but pre-registration is required.