Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88 (D-NY) is one of five champions of social justice to be honored during Dartmouth’s annual celebration of the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.
Dartmouth’s Social Justice Awards honor members of the Dartmouth community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. Gillibrand is the 2014 Ongoing Commitment Award honoree. The junior senator from New York took office in 2009 and has gained prominence for her engagement on issues including sexual assault in the U.S. military. Gillibrand will be honored in absentia.
Gillibrand’s fellow honorees are Emerging Leadership awardee Lia Carnie Monahon ’98, trial attorney, the Committee for Public Counsel Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Lifetime Achievement Award winner Andrew Wells III, president, Wells Technology, Inc.; Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime Achievement honoree Martin Cetron ’81, director, Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control; and Holly Fell Sateia Award honoree Christine Crabb ’90, formerly the assistant director of Dartmouth conferences and events.
Monahon, Wells, Cetron, and Crabb will participate in a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 31, in Collis Common Ground. The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.
Dartmouth’s Social Justice Awards are sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, the Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity, the Tucker Foundation, and the Geisel School of Medicine.
