Page 2 - The Jewish Voice - February '21

Page 2, The Jewish Voice

Community Celebrates Legacy from page 1

Hoffman, Jewish Federation President and CEO. “This is Sylvain, an educator who
why we created this day of service to honor the life and recognized early in her career
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and we are hopeful that the inequities for low-income
these efforts leave a lasting impact on our community.” students, has made it her
The day of service concluded with a virtual program to mission to level the playing
commemorate Dr. King’s vision of diversity, with nearly field. She founded Path to
200 in attendance. Dr. Terriel Byrd, Palm Beach Atlantic College, a local nonprofit to help
University professor, minister, and author, notably of low-income, high-achieving
By This Shall We Be Known: Interpreting the Voice and students gain admission to top-
Message of Dr. King, Jr. shared insights from Dr. King’s tier universities, debt free.
“From Chaos to Community, Where do we go from Here?”, The sixth annual MLK
and two outstanding community leaders were presented Day of Service was presented
with the Jewish Volunteer Center’s Tikkun Olam Award in partnership by Jewish
(Hebrew phrase that means “repair the world”) for their Federation of Palm Beach
volunteer efforts to create a kinder, more inclusive world: County’s Jewish Volunteer
Chani Ezagui and Christine Sylvain. Center, Jewish Community
As director of The Kind Kitchen, Ezagui prepares Relations Council, and One
hundreds of Shabbat meals each week, plus holiday meals, World: Davis Family Tolerance
and works with volunteers to deliver them to homebound Project, with Palm Beach
community members. Ezagui is also a friendly voice to Atlantic University.
many, making weekly calls and personal meal drop offs
to serve as the primary source of socialization for dozens
each week.

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