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Dartmouth will present the sixth annual Social Justice
Awards on Friday, Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. in Collis Common Ground. Part of
the College's annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebration. The awards ceremony will cap a series of events honoring the
late civil rights leader. Social Justice Awards are presented to Dartmouth
community members who have enriched the world through their contributions to
peace, civil rights, education, public health, environmental justice, and
social justice. The ceremony will include a panel discussion with the honorees
and a reception will follow. Recipients this year are:
James E. Butterworth Tuck '91
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Paul D. Holzer '00
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James F. Butterworth, Tuck '91
Butterworth is founder and principal of Incite Productions, which produces
documentaries promoting social change around the world. Butterworth produced
and directed Incite's debut film, Seoul Train, which has won more than a dozen
major awards and inspired countless grass roots and policy-level actions
nationwide.
Paul D. Holzer '00
Holzer is director of higher education at the Latin American Youth Center in
Washington, D. C., where he oversees four college-level preparation programs
that serve at-risk minority youth.
Karen Kramer Hein DMS '68
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Thomas W. Wahman '60
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Karen Kramer Hein DMS '68
Kramer Hein is former president of the William T. Grant Foundation and
founder of the United States' first comprehensive adolescent HIV/AIDS program.
Her medical and humanitarian career has focused on prison health, health
reform, global health and youth development, and preventing the causes of
war.
Thomas W. Wahman '60
Wahman has devoted his life to increasing social, economic, and environmental
justice for impoverished Americans and economically disadvantaged people
worldwide. His main focus has been civil rights in the United States. He also
is the founder and president of the internationally oriented Resources
Development Foundation.
Student Group Award
The Mascoma Clinic
The Mascoma Clinic provides free medical care to under served residents of
Enfield, Canaan, and other New Hampshire towns. It is run by Dartmouth Medical
School students and sponsored by the Good Neighbor Health Clinic.
Special Recognition
SEAD (Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth)
SEAD expands educational opportunities for high school students from
under-resourced urban and rural schools while offering the Dartmouth community
a unique opportunity for service learning.
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