The Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards honor members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. Those eligible for the awards include Dartmouth, Geisel, Thayer, Tuck, and A&S students, graduate students, alumni, faculty, employees, and friends who have contributed significantly to peace, civil rights, education, public health, environmental justice or social justice.

Individuals and Groups are nominated in the following categories and this year's winners are:

Holly Fell Sateia Award
Shawn O’Leary
Director of the Office for Diversity and Community Engagement at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Ongoing Commitment
Rebecca Holcombe
Secretary of Education in the State of Vermont

Lifetime Achievement
Len Greenhalgh
Professor of Management at Tuck; Director, Programs for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses; Director, Native American Business Programs

Lester B. Granger ’18 award for Lifetime Achievement
Kevin Curnin ’86
Partner, Stroock and Stroock Lawfirm, New York; Founding Director of Stroock’s Public Service Project

For full bios visit http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk/awards/

This event is part of Dartmouth's Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Celebration.  For information on the celebration and to see all the events visit www.dartmouth.edu/mlk