Lehigh University Receives $2.5 Million to Create Social Justice Institute

Apr 27, 2021

Lehigh University has received $2.5 million to create an institute for social and racial justice, lehighvalleylive.com reported.

Lehigh University The donation comes from Bethlehem native and philanthropist Charles Marcon, an executive with Allentown-based Duggan & Marcon.

The “Marcon Institute” is to prepare and deploy undergrad students – Marcon Fellows – to work with community partners to enact change in social justice and anti-racist issues.

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