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The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability is hosting its annual Leadership Awards on Saturday, September 12th, at 5:30 p.m. in the Fuller Dome on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL. This year the Fuller Dome is proud to be honoring the leadership of Johnny Moses and Serdar Celik whose careers embody the excellence, passion, leadership, and service that theses awards were designed to recognize. The doors will open at 5:00 with hors d’oeuvres and live music.
Each year the Center bestows two awards, one for Spirituality Leadership and one for Leadership in Sustainability. These dual awards reflect the Center’s mission to “promote humanity’s sacred connection to the Earth and each other.” The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability is a multifaith home for spirituality and sustainability efforts housed in the Buckminster Fuller designed, miniature-earth, dome on the SIUE campus. This is an important annual fundraiser for our organization. It is open to the public and tickets are $75 each. Registration is required for this event, please register by 9/05/25.
Immediately following the awards event at 8:00, our 2025 Spirituality Awardee Johnny Moses will present: "Stories from the First People of the Pacific Northwest" award night guests are incoraged to stay but they need to register for this additional free event at: click here for registration
The 2025 Spirituality and Sustainability Leadership Award recipients are:
2025 Spirituality Leadership Awardee: Johnny Moses
Whis-stem-men-knee – Walking Medicine Robe (Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish)
Johnny Moses is a traditionally trained Native American memorizer, singer, and master storyteller.
2025 Sustainability Leadership Awardee: Serdar Celik
Dr. Serdar Celik is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).
The Fuller Dome is located on the SIUE campus just off of Circle Drive, next to Visitor Parking Lot B.