Below are the remarks made by Shiva Bidar-Sielaff on Jan. 18 as she accepted the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award presented jointly by Madison and Dane County. Other 2010 honorees were retired UW-Madison music Professor James Latimer and Memorial High School student Jarrel Brannon Montgomery.
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff is director of community partnerships and interpreter services at the UW Hospital and Clinics.