Investing in Leaders of Color
2023 Grants
Leader and Organization
- Samaa Abdurraqib, Maine Humanities Council
- Jean Bosco Bihinda, Community Conservation Initiative
- Jonathan Cross, Kennedy Park Football Club
- Omar Hassan, United Youth Empowerment Services
- Edmond Kabagambe, Maine Labor and Resource Center
- Jacques Kabamba, Good Helper Foundation
- Mohammed Khalid and Safiya Khalid, Community Organizing Alliance
- Ashley Medina, Maine Community Integration
- Deysi Garcia Ortiz, Mano en Mano
- Amran Osman, Generational Noor
- Bakhita Saabino, Multi Generations for Affordable Housing
- Ruben Torres, Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
2022 Grants
Leader and Organization
- Ekhlas Ahmed, Chance to Advance
- Sydney Avitiva-Jacques, Southern Maine Workers' Center
- Chap. Eddie Green Burgess, Wellness Mobile
- Adriana Ortiz Burnham, Presente! Maine
- Yannick Bizimana, Cultivating Community
- Juan Jose Castillo, Mano en Mano
- Nathan Davis, Gateway Community Services Maine
- Andrea Francis, Wabanaki Reach
- Amina Hassan, Her Safety Net
- Candace Johnson, AK Health and Social Services
- Beatrice Mucyo, Intercultural Community Center
- Stacy Perez, Maine Inside Out
- Yvette Unezase, Maine Association for New Americans
- Desiree Vargas, Racial Equity and Justice
2021 Grants
Leader and Organization
- Amina Abdi, Her Safety Net
- Ekhlas Ahmed, Chance to Advance
- Danica Rose Barboza, Black Owned Maine
- Ronny Flannery, Southern Maine Workers' Center
- Tam Thanh Huynh, Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine
- Joseph Jackson, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition
- Safiya Khalid, Gateway Community Services Maine
- Mars Marvay, Black Portland Organizers Working to End Racism
- Leslie Monroy, Hand in Hand/ Mano en Mano
- Beatrice Mucyo, Intercultural Community Center
- Eunice Nuna, Wounded Healer International
- Mali Obomsawin, Bozameen Land Trust
- Zoe Sahloul, New England Arab American Organization
- Fatima Saidi, Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition
- Abdikhadar Shire, AK Health and Social Services
