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.

The 2014 Social Justice Awards Ceremony will honor:

Martin Cetron '81, P'16 Director, Global Migration & Quarantine, Center for Disease Control

Christine Crabb '90 Freelance Editor, Former Assistant Director, Dartmouth Conferences & Events

Kirsten Gillibrand '88 United States Senator (D-NY) (in absentia)

Lia Carnie Monahon '98 Trial Attorney, the Committee for Public Council Services

Andrew Wells III President, Wells Technology, Inc