ORONO — The 30th annual Maryann Hartman Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at the University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House.
Honored will be Joyce Taylor Gibson, dean of the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College Maine Attorney General Janet Mills; and calligrapher and book artist Nancy Ruth Leavitt of Stillwater.
The Young Women’s Social Justice Award will be presented to Anabiri M. Benjamin of Westbrook, an advocate for disadvantaged and imprisoned youth. She is a senior at Baxter Academy for Technology and Science.
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 and distinguished educator, feminist, scholar and humanitarian.
Registration for the Maryann Hartman Awards ceremony is online at www.umaine.edu/womensgenderandsexualitystudies/public-events/maryann-hartman-awards/.
The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the University of Maine.
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