AUGUSTA The Maine Justice Foundation has awarded grants from its Racial Justice Fund to six groups for 2023. The goal of the fund is to support Black, Indigenous, and people of color statewide to forge social, systemic, and economic solutions that will address racism and inequities in the culture, organizations, and systems. “We are […]
The grants from the Maine Justice Foundation aim to advance LGBTQ+ justice in the legal system, health care, education, the workplace, food insecurity, natural resources and housing.
The Maine Justice Foundation recently honored Barbara Cardone with the 2022 Howard H. Dana Award. The foundation presents the Howard H. Dana Jr. Award annually to a Maine lawyer to recognize significant contributions to enhance access to civil legal assistance to economically vulnerable Mainers and outstanding service in the advancement of the foundation’s mission. This […]
The Maine Justice Foundation has announced the recipients of the Hancock/Washington County Legal Aid ESO Fund 2023 Grants. Following an application process, the Maine Justice Foundation Grants, Programs & Policy Committee reviewed all qualified applications and made funding recommendations to the Board of Directors this September that were unanimously approved, according to a news release […]