Brother Edmund Siderewicz to receive Dozier Award

Brother Edmund Siderewicz, FSC, assistant to the President for First Generation and LaSallian Initiatives, will receive the Bishop Carroll T. Dozier Award for Peace and Justice at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, in the University Theater at Christian Brothers University (CBU).

After teaching for eight years in Guatemala, Siderewicz returned to the U.S. with a dream of continuing the Lasallian tradition of providing “a human and Christian education” for children of inner-city Chicago. This dream became reality in 1995 when he co-founded the first San Miguel School in Chicago. A second campus was established in the Austin neighborhood in 2002. Today the San Miguel schools serve over 350 middle-school and high school youth in Chicago’s most challenged neighborhoods.

Brother Siderewicz is being honored for his commitment to justice, service to the poor and marginalized and dedication to providing the youth of the world “a human and Christian education.” The Dozier Award for Peace and Justice is named for Bishop Carroll T. Dozier, the first Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis and a leader in race relations, peace and justice. Bishop Dozier served as Bishop of Memphis from 1971-1982. This event is free and open to the public.