Haney-Leighton Fund Grantees
The Haney-Leighton Fund Board values the progressive work of our grantees throughout Maine who are working to address root causes of poverty and injustice and provide positive solutions for change. We hope you will connect with them and each other to coordinate and extend your own justice work.
Grantees, please contact the Haney-Leighton Fund at haneyfund@gmail.com with any updates.
Grantees: 2024/2025
- Amjambo Africa
- amjamboafrica.com
- facebook.com/amjamboafrica
- Support for: Continuing and developing new multilingual podcast programming in a variety of languages commonly spoken by new immigrants to Maine through the Ladder to the Moon Network in collaboration with USM's community radio station WMPG and WhatsApp. Content includes news and cultural items of relevance to immigrant community members and is chosen with the aim of supporting a stronger, more inclusive, and just Maine.
- Contact: amjamboafrica@gmail.com
- Atlantic Black Box
- atlanticblackbox.com
- Support for: Walks for Historical and Ecological Recovery (WHERE) to collectively surface the truths of racism and colonization in the place known for millennia by the Wabanaki people as the Dawnland through a collaborative, creative, emergent approach to moving Maine/Wabanaki communities towards truth, justice, and belonging.
- Contact: info@atlanticblackbox.com
- Maine Council of Churches
- mainecouncilofchurches.org
- facebook.com/mainecouncilofchurches
- Support for: Building out their development infrastructure and providing incubator support so that the MCC can continue and sustain their education, advocacy, and collective social action impact.
- Contact: info@mainecouncilofchurches.org
- New England Arab American Organization (NEAAO)
- neaao.org
- facebook.com/neaao
- Project: Support for: SOAR (Students for Opportunity, Advocacy, and Respect) youth leadership program empowering high school students to identify community needs, navigate challenges, and create positive change.
- Contact: info@neaao.org
- Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine
- peacectr.org
- facebook.com/pjcmaine
- Support for: Social Listening and Homeless Storytelling Project through gathering and sharing the stories and voices of people experiencing homelessness in the City of Bangor to raise consciousness, inspire action, and build power and community with the unhoused people who participate.
- Contact: peacectr@gmail.com
- Pilgrim Lodge
- pilgrimlodge.org
- facebook.com/PilgrimLodge
- Support for: Engaging youth in multi-faith programming to address social justice issues, education and action in support of sovereignty for the Wabanaki Confederacy, and creating equitable access for retreat experiences for Mainers of color and new immigrants.
- Contact: info@pilgrimlodge.org
- SAFE Maine (Safe Abortions for Everyone)
- safemaine.org
- facebook.com/SAFE.Maine
- Support for: Expanding education, outreach, and community engagement in rural Maine communities by providing accurate information on how to access abortion care, distributing Reproductive Wellness Kits, and building relationships and systems that support rural Mainers.
- Contact: info@safemaine.org
- Southern Maine Workers Center
- maineworkers.org
- facebook.com/maineworkers
- Support for: Seeking input and deepening coalition relationships to focus a future social action campaign which invests in care workers and tackles an issue/problem at the intersection of poverty, racism, and climate justice.
- Contact: info@maineworkers.org