Steve Sunderland, Ph.D., Director of Peace Village and Professor of Educational Foundations and Peace Studies, at the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati, is the recipient of the Gandhi, King,Ikeda Award as announced by Dr. Lawrence E. Carter, Jr., Dean, of Martin Luther King, Jr., International Chapel, Morehouse College.

The award will be presented at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Museum’s awards ceremony "celebrating the showing of the "Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace" exhibition on Thursday, December 1, 2005, 11:30 a.m.-12:30p.m.

According to Dr. Carter: "The award will be conferred upon Dr. Sunderland for his distinguished commitment and leadership of American education for peace. Sunderland will also be recognized for his extraordinary effort for healing and building community on the heels of the civil unrest in Cincinnati."

To contact Dr. Sunderland:

STEVE SUNDERLAND, DIRECTOR, PEACE VILLAGE, PROF. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND PEACE STUDIES, UC. 513.919.2538/sundersc@email.uc.edu