30th annual Maryann Hartman Awards to be presented April 5
The 30th annual Maryann Hartman Awards at the University of Maine will celebrate the achievements of three Maine leaders — Maine Attorney General Janet Mills; calligrapher and book artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt of Stillwater, Maine; and Joyce Taylor Gibson, dean of the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College.
The Young Women’s Social Justice Award will be presented to Anabiri M. Benjamin, an advocate for disadvantaged and imprisoned youth. She is a junior from Westbrook, Maine currently attending Baxter Academy for Technology and Science.
The Maryann Hartman Awards will be presented in a ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. April 5 at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Maine.
The keynote address will be given by Maryann Hartman Award recipient and UMaine alumna Trish Riley, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
The awards recognize Maine women whose achievements in the arts, politics, business, education, health care and community service provide inspiration for women. They honor the legacy of the late Dr. Maryann Hartman, an associate professor of speech communication who was a distinguished educator, feminist, scholar and humanitarian.
Registration for the Maryann Hartman Awards ceremony is online.
Contact: Margaret Nagle, 207.581.3745